SXSW selections 'Audrey' and 'The Moogai' will battle it out against feature animation 'Memoir of a Snail' and the WA-filmed 'Runt' for this year's $100,000 CinefestOZ film prize.
Renowned Indigenous writer/director Jon Bell, writer and producer Adam Zwar, and documentary filmmaker Damon Gameau are among the first speakers to be confirmed for Screenworks' Regional to Global Screen Forum, to be held in Lennox Head from July 31 - August 2.
Australia is among the most represented countries outside of the US in the initial line-up for this year's SXSW Film and TV Festival, with Natalie Bailey’s 'Audrey', Jon Bell's 'The Moogai', and Jack Clark and Jim Weir's 'Birdeater' among the films selected.
Writer and director Jon Bell's debut feature 'The Moogai' and Sally Aitken documentary 'Every Little Thing' make up the Australian contingent bound for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Screen NSW has selected three teams for its Short to Feature Fast-Track initiative, and separately, has named writer and director Jon Bell the recipient of the inaugural First Nations Screen Scholarship.
No Coincidence Media and Umbrella Entertainment have put the call out for First Nations screenwriters to submit their feature ideas, offering to fund one concept with development costs of up to $40,000.
Screen Territory has announced the recipients of its first round of 2022/23 funding, with $93,000 to be distributed across story development, audience development, and career development.
New seasons of 'Total Control' and children's titles 'Rock Island Mysteries' and 'Strange Chores', as well as feature film projects from Northern Pictures, Made Up Stories and Causeway Films are among the nine projects that will share in $12 million of production funding from Screen Australia.