Screenworks, the national not-for-profit organisation that provides industry and talent development programs and networking for people living in regional Australia, has attracted some of the industry's biggest names for its annual fundraiser.
Brooke Collard and Gary Hamaguchi have taken out this year's AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes initiative with their horror concept 'Reclamation'.
Screenworks has partnered with Australians in Film in Los Angeles to establish a regional screen scholarship program for talented screenwriters and content creators living in regional, rural and remote Australia.
Five early-career writers in regional, rural or remote Australia who are keen to write for television are being offered places in a five-day script lab staged by Screenworks and Matchbox Pictures.
When Byron Bay-based aspiring creator/writer Jo Coby took a project she created with her brother Ben to a Screenworks writing workshop last year, she never imagined how it would become a catalyst for her career
A comedy-drama about a teen boy's quest to take part in his rural home town's debutante ball as his drag queen persona will receive development support via the AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes initiative.
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the cancellation of four screen industry events, halted production on Netflix's Clickbait and two major movies, and postponed shooting of two big TV reality shows.
The NSW government has announced $500K in funding to deliver professional development programs for screen professionals and support film festivals and events.