Screen Australia today announced funding for film festivals and special events across the country, representing $2.7million in support for Australian screen culture over the next three years.
Talent Camp - an initiative designed to forge career pathways for emerging creatives from diverse backgrounds - has united the industry on a national level.
Key organisations from across the screen industry have made a united and formal commitment to work towards building a more inclusive sector.
Screentime will produce 'Pine Gap', a six-part political thriller set in and around the US/Australian spy satellite base in the Northern Territory for the ABC and Netflix.
After a decade gestation, director Stephen Johnson’s frontier Western 'High Ground' is scheduled to shoot next year in Arnhem Land and Kakadu National Park.
Alana Hicks, Grace Feng and Llewellyn Michael Bates will each receive $24,000 to produce a short work thanks to Talent Camp, a joint initiative of AFTRS, Screen Australia and the state screen agencies to bolster emerging talent from diverse backgrounds.
Director Maya Newell's feature documentary 'In My Blood It Runs' will have its world premiere in competition at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
The South Australian Film Corporation and Screen Territory have partnered to launch 'Centralised', an initiative to support Indigenous filmmakers across South Australian and the Northern Territory through new funding, support and development opportunities.