For Film's Sake has expanded its rapid talent development incubator, Platform, to creatives Australia-wide. To be held in person over just four days, 10 filmmakers will form creative teams to work on new fiction projects that they'll then publicly pitch at the Sydney Film Festival Hub.
For Film's Sake has selected 13 filmmakers to come together for an intensive that will see them form teams and generate new projects in just five days, culminating in a public pitch at Sydney Film Festival.
Following on from anthology film 'Here Out West', writer-director Dee Dogan is readying another project set in Western Sydney - her debut feature, the semi-autobiographical 'A Cup of Tea'.
In partnership with Bonsai Films, FFS will release Alena Lodkina’s 'Strange Colours' next week and Gabrielle Brady’s 'Island of the Hungry Ghosts' in the first quarter of next year.
For Film's Sake (FFS), the advocacy organisation behind the female-focused film lab Attagirl, has joined with Sydney Film Festival (SFF) to announce two new prizes and an incubator program aimed at supporting filmmakers of diverse background.
Screen Australia has announced $1 million worth of funding via its Enterprise program, including four Enterprise People talent opportunities and 11 Enterprise Business & Ideas projects.
'Seriously Red' writer and star Krew Boylan and creator of 'Bump' spin-off 'Year Of', Jessica Tuckwell are among this year's Platform: Lab participants, with the cohort to benefit from the expertise of international producers Samm Haillay (UK) and Mmabatho Kau (South Africa).
Tracey Rigney, Emma Freeman, Tanya Modini, Laura Scrivano, Zoe Pepper, Eve Spence and Amin Palangi are among the directors who will take part in Attagirl, the new lab dedicated to creating production and distribution pathways for feature films by female and non-binary creative teams.