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Congratulations to Alex Sangston

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Wednesday 13 January 2016

Screen Australia’s Senior Manager of Producer Offset and Co-production Alex Sangston has been announced as the new Executive Manager of Screen Tasmania.
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Happy birthday, Flickerfest!

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Wednesday 06 January 2016

Celebrating its 25th year, Flickerfest kicks off on Friday (8 January).
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Screen Australia gives $2.9 million of funding for documentaries to inform and entertain

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Wednesday 23 December 2015

Screen Australia congratulates six successful documentary filmmaking teams who will share in more than $2.9 million of funding from Screen Australia’s Documentary Broadcast program.
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Screen Australia’s Documentary Producer Program supports 11 diverse projects

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Tuesday 22 December 2015

A diverse array of 11 documentaries tackling everything from the challenges of Year 12, to the murder case of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsay are set to receive funding as part of Screen Australia’s Documentary Producer Program.
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Screen Australia: Supporting businesses and new ideas with Enterprise Industry

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Friday 18 December 2015

Screen Australia is proud to announce the 12 companies that will share in more than $2.6 million of funding through Screen Australia’s Enterprise Industry program.
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Producer Offset and Co-Production assessment process changes

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Wednesday 16 December 2015

The Producer Offset and Co-Production Unit (POCU) is making a number of changes to its assessment processes to make it more efficient. Many of these changes will make it easier for you to prepare your applications, and make our applications assessment process faster.
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Skip Ahead: Film development workshop

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Wednesday 16 December 2015

Screen Australia and Google will host two 2½-day workshops for leading YouTubers seeking to develop films and series pilots.
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Assessment criteria

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Wednesday 16 December 2015

Screen Australia has removed the required time limits on credit eligibility from all documentary programs and will add gender diversity as well as cultural diversity as a consideration for funding decisions across all relevant Screen Australia programs.
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Screen Australia: Backing new talent with Enterprise People

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Thursday 03 December 2015

Ten emerging and talented screen practitioners will share in $1.35 million of funding for an industry placement scheme to work alongside the best and brightest in the sector. Screen Australia’s Enterprise People provides individuals with a wage of up to $70,000 a year for full-time employment for one to two years.
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Exciting new stuff from ABC, SBS and Ten announced

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Wednesday 25 November 2015

ABC, SBS and Network Ten hear you, Australia. And similar to the other major networks, their line-up for 2016 features a wealth of home-grown drama and laugh-out-loud comedy.
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Australian producers head to Content London

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Wednesday 25 November 2015

We're supporting seven drama producers to go to Content London 2015. Content London will give participating Australian screen professionals an opportunity to profile their projects and businesses, establish cross-border partnerships and attend targeted business-matching opportunities and networking events.
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Screen Australia funds eight new Hot Shots teams

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Wednesday 18 November 2015

Screen Australia today announced the eight new Hot Shots teams who will share in more than $545,000 of Screen Australia funding to produce their short films and develop their distinctive storytelling and creative production skills. These shorts will be used as proof of concept for longer form projects to get traction in the market place. They are an important part of building career pathways toward a variety of long form storytelling across film, television, online and interactive platforms.