Screen Australia has received 452 applications - the most applications ever received for any funding program - for Brilliant Stories and Brilliant Careers, the two programs announced last December under the Gender Matters initiative.
The 58 recipients of Screen Australia's Gender Matters: Brilliant Stories and Brilliant Careers funding have been unveiled.
Screen NSW has announced that all TV drama series must now include female key creatives in order to receive development or production financing.
The Gender Matters-backed project is a collaboration between Bell and producer Imogen Banks which aims to mentor young female writers through the process of developing a TV series to network pitch.
The 2016 AACTA nominations were announced last week to the usual gamut of responses ranging from delight to disappointment and dismay. This year the absence of women nominees in a number of categories has been especially singled out for attention.
The Australian Directors’ Guild (ADG) is offering up shadow directing opportunities for female directors on Australian TV dramas.
Screen NSW and the Documentary Australia Foundation have partnered on a new initiative to support female documentary filmmakers based in NSW.
"Each creative team is to imagine the episode is like an open letter to their 12-year-old self that explores the hopes, the dreams, the challenges, the hardships and the belly laughs that drive today’s girls," the ABC said in a statement.