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Screen Australia and Al Jazeera announce Witness pitching comp for AIDC

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Wednesday 18 September 2019

Screen Australia and Al Jazeera English’s flagship documentary strand Witness, have today announced a new pitching competition for early career documentary filmmakers to take place at AIDC.
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Screen Australia announces Pitcher Perfect finalists

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Monday 16 September 2019

Screen Australia has announced the finalists of the first ever Pitcher Perfect competition, which will be held at VidCon Australia on Friday 20 September.
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Screen Australia exceeds Gender Matters target and announces new KPI

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Wednesday 21 August 2019

Screen Australia has exceeded its Gender Matters KPI, released new industry-wide data, and set a new 2022 target.
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Applications open for scholarship to the American Film Institute Conservatory

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Tuesday 20 August 2019

Screen industry veteran and philanthropist Greg Basser and his wife Kiera O’Neill have announced submissions will open in September for the second Screen Australia-Onbass Fellowship, a scholarship providing full tuition for a student to attend the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory.
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Acclaimed series The Heights commissioned for a second season

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Monday 19 August 2019

Critically-acclaimed series The Heights will return to the ABC in 2020 with filming beginning this month in Perth, WA.
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Six Australian projects selected for Toronto International Film Festival

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Friday 16 August 2019

I Am Woman will have its World Premiere at the festival alongside True History of the Kelly Gang, Dirt Music and Black B*tch (working title).
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New collaborative initiative ‘Centralised’ links screen story storytellers north to south

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Tuesday 13 August 2019

A ground-breaking initiative between the South Australian and Northern Territory governments will boost Indigenous filmmakers and screen creatives in Australia’s north, south and centre with a raft of new funding, support and development opportunities.
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SBS partners with Screen Australia to increase opportunities for under-represented screenwriters

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Monday 12 August 2019

SBS has teamed up with Screen Australia to launch Digital Originals, a new initiative aimed at developing innovative scripted short-form projects for SBS On Demand.
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Talent USA: LA 2019 recipients announced

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Friday 09 August 2019

12 Australian creatives will travel to Los Angeles for a bespoke program of targeted meetings.
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Screen Australia announces development funding for 17 projects

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Wednesday 07 August 2019

The slate is the final funding awarded in the 2018/19 financial year and marks 12 months since the Premium and Generate Funds were introduced.
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Screen Australia announces $3.6 million for 18 documentaries

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Friday 02 August 2019

Screen Australia has announced documentary funding for five Commissioned and 13 Producer projects.
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Bunya Entertainment to produce online sketch comedy series Nice Shorts

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Thursday 01 August 2019

Bunya Entertainment has announced production of the online sketch comedy series Nice Shorts, Bunya’s first foray into comedy.