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Australian talent headed to Toronto including Simon Baker’s Breath

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Wednesday 16 August 2017

It was announced overnight that Simon Baker’s feature film directorial debut Breath will have its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) competing in Contemporary World Cinema.
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Cli-fi: climate change and big ideas for the small screen

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Wednesday 16 August 2017

A unique one-day forum will today bring together prominent national and international climate scientists with some of Australia’s leading screen creatives, to explore ‘Cli-fi’, or climate-fiction, an emerging small screen genre.
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Cameras roll on telemovie Riot

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Tuesday 15 August 2017

ABC and Screen Australia are pleased to announce that filming is underway in Sydney on the telemovie event Riot.
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Homecoming Queens coming to SBS On Demand

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Friday 11 August 2017

Screen Australia, in association with Screen Queensland and Film Victoria, has announced production investment funding for online series Homecoming Queens commissioned for SBS On Demand.
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Content Review consultation paper released

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Thursday 10 August 2017

The Australian and Children’s Screen Content Review aims to make sure that Government policy supports the creation, exhibition and export of Australian screen stories now and into the future.
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47% of Screen Australia titles that received production funding are female-led projects

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Sunday 06 August 2017

Speaking at MIFF 37°South, Screen Australia COO Fiona Cameron today revealed that 47% of successful production funding applications had female-led creative teams across a two-year average (2015/16 – 2016/17 inclusive).
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Diversity and inclusion initiatives receive Development funding alongside 18 projects

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Friday 04 August 2017

Screen Australia has today announced more than $700,000 in funding through the Story, Talent and Sector Development programs.
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Smart for a Girl: ROAR kick-starts careers of next generation female screenwriters

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Friday 04 August 2017

Fifteen entry-level female television screenwriters from across Australia have been given the opportunity to kick-start their careers working with renowned producer Imogen Banks (Offspring) and screenwriter Alice Bell (Puberty Blues, The Beautiful Lie) as part of Endemol Shine Australia’s Smart for a Girl: ROAR, the development program which received funding from Gender Matters: Brilliant Careers.
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Arclight Films launches Chinalight Co-Pro Development Program

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Wednesday 02 August 2017

Arclight Films’ new development initiative, Chinalight, begins taking submissions today.
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Iconic Australian film Romper Stomper to be recharged as Stan Original TV series

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Tuesday 01 August 2017

Australia’s leading local streaming service Stan announced today that production will commence this week on its newest Original series, Romper Stomper, a six-part drama continuing the story first told in the ground-breaking and controversial feature film of the same name, released 25 years ago.
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Leading media organisations sign diversity charter

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Tuesday 01 August 2017

The Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (SDIN), which includes many of Australia’s leading media organisations as well as screen agencies, has today launched a Charter to promote diversity in the sector.
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Midnight Oil, David Gulpilil and Bob Hawke – Screen Australia invests $4 million across 15 documentaries

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Monday 31 July 2017

Screen Australia today announced $4.15 million in production investment funding for 15 new documentaries through the Documentary Producer and Commissioned programs.