Screen Australia's revamped P&A fund is supporting the theatrical release of three Australian films.
Screen Australia's media and public affairs manager Annaliese Zuzarte has departed after 18 months with the agency.
Kimble Rendall's 3D action adventure The Nest, a sequel to A Few Best Men and a TV drama starring Rebecca Gibney are being co-funded by Screen Australia.
Screen Australia's multi-platform drama program has the scope to invest up to $500,000 in a low budget feature- yet not one feature producer has applied.
Australian producers are facing a triple whammy when it comes to financing and releasing their films in Australian cinemas, with no relief in sight while digital revenues remain modest.
Funding allows filmmakers to work as 'attachments' on a range of screen projects
Facing four years of budget cuts, Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason has challenged producers to think of new ways of funding and distributing content and to scrap projects which have languished for years in development.
Screen Australia has foreshadowed a more stringent approach to investing in children's drama in light of the paltry viewing figures for programs aired on the commercial free-to-air networks' digital channels.