The sixth iteration of Screen Australia and Google's Skip Ahead initiative, designed to help YouTube creators up the scale of their content, has opened for applications today.
Enzo Tedeschi's horror anthology 'Deadhouse Dark' will have its world premiere in the short form competition at Canneseries, the only Australian entry in the event which runs alongside the MIPTV market in Cannes.
Screen Australia has announced five online projects that will share in $500,000 funding, including an animated satire about the ghost of Captain Cook; a science fiction drama; and a romantic comedy told from the perspective of someone on the Autism spectrum.
"You'll find us moving the dial away from what I call 'traditional funding', because last time I checked pretty much anyone under 30 is not watching films. They're not watching our TV. They watch the online stuff. So we're going to move more and more into that space."
The Australian government is currently conducting separate inquiries into the future of film and television content in this country, and the market effects of digital platforms. Any decisions we make in these domains could affect social media entertainment, so it’s critically important we understand the industry lest we inadvertently strangle it as it’s just getting started, writes QUT's Stuart Cunningham.
The 'Superwog' series follows the highly dysfunctional Superwog family as they struggle to navigate life in Australian suburbia.
Australian online content creators, both established and emerging, are at the front and centre of the Comedy Channel's new skit series, 'The Slot', produced by Princess Pictures.
Stan has warned it could not continue to invest in quality local content or provide employment opportunities for Australians if content quotas are imposed on SVOD services.