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Screen Australia investment triggers over $64 million in production

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Monday 17 December 2012

Screen Australia today announced over $11.4 million investment in five feature projects, five adult television drama series and one children’s series, triggering over $64 million in production.
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Seven feature projects receive development support and new industry internships announced

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Thursday 13 December 2012

Screen Australia today announced $216,000 in development support for seven feature projects. Four new projects have been added to Screen Australia’s feature film development slate while three teams will receive continued support to develop their projects.
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Screen Australia invests $5 million in 13 documentaries

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Wednesday 12 December 2012

Screen Australia today announced $5 million investment in 13 documentary projects triggering nearly $15 million in production.
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Game changing $20 million open for industry debate

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Monday 10 December 2012

Pre-production, production and enterprise funding are all being explored as options for the Federal Government’s new $20 million games fund.
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AFTRS producing graduate receives Screen Australia prize

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Friday 07 December 2012

Screen Australia, Village Roadshow Pictures and The Gotham Group are pleased to announce that Eva Di Blasio is the recipient of the second $20,000 Screen Australia Producer Internship prize, awarded to a recently graduated producing student from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS).
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Top of the Lake and Two Mothers selected for the Sundance Film Festival

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Tuesday 04 December 2012

Palme d’Or and Academy Award®–winning writer/director Jane Campion’s new TV series Top of the Lake and the Australian/French co-production Two Mothers directed by Anne Fontaine have been selected to screen at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, widely regarded as the highest-profile film festival in the US.
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Screen Australia announces support for four multi-platform projects

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Monday 03 December 2012

Screen Australia today announced that four new multi-platform projects which push the envelope of creative storytelling have been supported through the third funding round of the Multi-platform Production Program.
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Screen Australia invests in four Signature documentaries

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Friday 30 November 2012

Screen Australia today announced $780,000 investment in the production of four one-off documentary projects from the Signature Documentary Program triggering over $1.7 million in production.
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Coral: Rekindling Venus to screen at Sundance

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Friday 30 November 2012

The feature project Coral: Rekindling Venus, written and directed by Australian installation artist Lynette Wallworth and produced by John Maynard, has been selected to screen at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Nineteen feature projects to receive development support

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Monday 19 November 2012

Screen Australia today announced over $450,000 in funding to support the development of 19 feature film projects. Six new projects have been added to Screen Australia’s development slate, while 13 teams will receive continued support to further develop their projects.
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Offset gives Australian producers a greater stake in success

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Tuesday 13 November 2012

At the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference in Melbourne today, Screen Australia’s Chief Executive Ruth Harley released the results of a survey undertaken on the Producer Offset – a tax rebate of 20 per cent for television drama and documentaries and 40 per cent for Australian films, introduced in 2007.
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Screen Australia invests in two feature films and second series of Redfern Now

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Monday 12 November 2012

Screen Australia today announced almost $5.5 million investment in two feature films from rising Australian talents and a second series of the landmark ABC television drama Redfern Now, generating over $21 million in production.