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Five new feature projects add to a diverse Screen Australia line-up

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Friday 28 March 2014

$4.3 million of funding was approved for a wide variety of feature film projects in various stages of production at the Screen Australia Board meeting this week.
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Screen Australia Chair to step down at end of term

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Friday 28 March 2014

Glen Boreham AM, Chair of Screen Australia, today announced that he will step down from his position at the expiration of his term on 30 June 2014.
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Creative teams selected to Skip Ahead with Screen Australia and YouTube

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Monday 24 March 2014

Screen Australia has selected five Australian online content creative teams to be part of the Skip Ahead program. Skip Ahead is a Screen Australia–led initiative to provide Australian content creators with the funding and production resources required to create unique online content and engage new audiences around the world. YouTube will contribute funding and resources, and will support the successful applicants to travel and work at the YouTube Space in Los Angeles in 2014.
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Hot Docs 2014 selects five Australian documentaries

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Friday 21 March 2014

Four Australian documentaries have been selected to screen at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and one documentary has been selected to take part in the Hot Docs Forum.
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Screen Australia announces investment in three documentary projects

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Monday 17 March 2014

Screen Australia today announced production investment of $995,000 in three National Documentary Program projects, triggering 2.6 million in production.
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Recipients of the 2014 Feature Enterprise program announced

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Tuesday 11 March 2014

Screen Australia today announced the recipients of the second round of its Feature Enterprise program, providing $380,000 in support to feature film producers.
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Screen Australia CEO focuses on documentary ‘stories that matter’

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Tuesday 04 March 2014

CEO Graeme Mason today launched Stories that Matter, a discussion paper on Screen Australia’s documentary funding programs, in a keynote at the Adelaide International Documentary Conference (AIDC), as the first stage of consultation in the revision of the program guidelines.
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Fresh blood finds new comedic talent

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Friday 14 February 2014

ABC TV and Screen Australia will commission 25 projects for Fresh Blood, an initiative to find the next generation of comedy performers and producers.
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Enterprise Asia 2014: Factual focus for Australian screen delegation headed to China

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Friday 14 February 2014

Screen Australia today announced the recipients of the third round of its Enterprise Asia program, supporting nine factual production companies to be part of an Australian screen industry delegation to attend Asian Side of the Doc, taking place in Chengdu on 18–21 March, 2014.
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Screen Australia launches short film marketing guide

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Wednesday 05 February 2014

Screen Australia's Head of Marketing, Kathleen Drumm, today announced the launch of the agency’s Short Film Marketing Guide at the annual Raw Nerve initiative in Tasmania. Authored by industry aficionado Sandy George, the manual offers filmmakers comprehensive practical information on how to effectively market short films internationally and how to negotiate the festival, sales and self-distribution environment.
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Four Australian films selected to screen at SXSW

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Friday 31 January 2014

Four Australian films have been selected to screen at the 2014 South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas. Writer/directors Michael and Peter Spierig’s Predestination, directors Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony’s The Mule, and writer/director Hugh Sullivan’s The Infinite Man will have their world premiere screenings. Kitty Green’s feature documentary Ukraine Is Not a Brothel will also screen at the festival.
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Australian film success at Sundance Film Festival

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Tuesday 28 January 2014

Australians have had great success over the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. Australian director Sophie Hyde has won the prize for best director in world cinema drama at the festival for her debut Australian feature 52 Tuesdays. Writer/director Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, starring Essie Davis, had its international premiere at Sundance and has received wide critical acclaim and distribution deals to major territories including the USA. Australian writer Ashlee Page has also picked up the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for her feature script, Archive.