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Berlin selector visits Australia

Official delegate for the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) and head of the Generation section, Maryanne Redpath, will visit Australia in October to view new Australian feature films for consideration for the 2015 festival.

Applications for support to attend WCSFP Hong Kong now open

Screen Australia is offering marketing support for producers to attend this year’s World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP), which is being held 18–21 November in Hong Kong, China.

Call out for Screen Australia’s revamped Hot Shots shorts program

Screen Australia has renewed its commitment to talent development, launching a revamped short film program, Hot Shots: Short Fiction Funding, which will provide nearly $1 million in 2014/15 to support practitioners honing their skills to make a feature film.

Invitation: Screen Australia new directions briefing

CEO Graeme Mason invites you to a briefing on new directions for Screen Australia.

Calling producers of animation for children

Creators of Australian animated projects for children are invited to apply to participate in the third Asian Animation Summit (AAS), to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, 3–5 December 2014.

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Selector to visit Australia in August

Benjamin Illos, a member of the Selection Committee for Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, will visit Australia in August as a guest of Screen Australia. During his visit, he will view new feature films and will also join the jury of the inaugural 2014 CinefestOz Film Prize in WA.

Screen Australia: Next steps

Screen Australia today announced changes resulting from a review of programs and operations.

Everything you ever wanted to know about International Sales but were afraid to ask

Call for applications: Producers Lab Toronto, 3–6 September 2014

The Producers Lab Toronto is an initiative of European Film Promotion in partnership with the Ontario Media Development Corporation and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Busan Film Festival selector to visit Australia in July

Screen Australia will host a visit by Jin Park, programmer for the Busan International Film Festival, this July.

Australians head to Sunny Side of the Doc

Screen Australia, along with a number of state screen agencies, is supporting a delegation of more than 25 Australian factual and documentary producers to attend this year’s Sunny Side of the Doc, held 23–26 June 2014 in La Rochelle, France.

New Head of Indigenous at Screen Australia

Screen Australia today announced Penny Smallacombe as its new Head of Indigenous, succeeding Erica Glynn, who, after 11 years with Screen Australia and predecessor agency the AFC, announced her departure earlier this year.