SPA and Netflix have announced the successful applicants of the inaugural Broad Horizons initiative, which is designed to increase access and opportunities for First Nations screen professionals.
Animated space comedy 'Lesbian Space Princess' has joined sci-fi thriller 'Monolith' in being greenlit for production after being developed through South Australia's Film Lab: New Voices initiative.
South Australian filmmakers Travis Akbar, Tammy Coleman-Zweck, and Adam Jenkins will receive production grants of up to $45,000 and $10,000 of Panavision film equipment hire for their short film projects as part of the South Australian Film Corporation’s First Nations Short Film Initiative.
Travis Akbar is the third recipient of the Centralised First Nations Documentary Australia Fellowship, with the filmmaker to receive a grant of up to $30,000 to develop his project ‘Kuta New Wiltja’ (Toward New Camp), as well as up to $10,000 of in-kind support to attend training opportunities at AFTRS.
Australians in Film and Screen Australia have revealed the six participants for this year's Untapped development lab, drawing from nearly 400 entries.
Five teams have been selected as finalists for AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes, and are set to pitch their feature film ideas to judges at Screenworks' upcoming Regional to Global Screen Forum.
Eight creatives from three teams will undertake 12-months of skills development and mentoring as part of Film Lab: New Voices after progressing to the initiative's next phase.
The shortlist for this year's Film Lab: New Voices feature film skills development program have been revealed, with seven teams selected for the second round.