"Australians, you cannot support Black Lives Matter in the US if you don’t support Indigenous Lives in Australia."
Twelve teams of emerging creatives from under-represented backgrounds will have the chance to pitch their drama projects to SBS, NITV, and Screen Australia as part of this year's Digital Originals initiative, with a week-long workshop for the first round of selected applicants commencing this week.
SBS has revealed the next crop of creatives for its Emerging Writers' Incubator, with six participants set to begin paid 12-month placements at production companies across the country.
A mobile coffee van that has its momentum halted by a space alien and a trans comedian who must navigate the pitfalls of viral fame are among the subjects covered by the projects in the first round of Digital Originals for 2023.
Executives from Paramount, Amazon and the ABC will share their commissioning priorities at Screenworks Regional to Global Screen Forum later this month, alongside those previously announced from Stan, Netflix and SBS.
'Erotic Stories', 'First Inventors', 'In Our Blood', 'Limbo', 'Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)' and 'Strait to the Plate' will compete for the SDIN Award.
Screen Producers Australia has named domestic and international screen executives that will sit across two advisory boards for next year's Screen Forever, taking place in March on the Gold Coast.
VicScreen has announced that four films developed through its Originate Features initiative will head into production, while also launching a series version of the program.