A harried single mum juggling school pickup and disposing of a corpse, aspiring young players on the cusp of AFL glory, and the space-bound mob of Mt Jorj navigating a galaxy far, far away are just some of the projects that will share in over $750,000 of Screen Australia funding.

Screen Australia has launched a new Games Festivals and Events Fund to facilitate the elevation of Australian games and/or gamemakers. The fund supports the production, organisation and presentation of Australian games festivals and events that significantly benefit the Australian gamemaking community.

A new funding round is now open for General Television Drama Production, Children’s Television Drama Production, and Feature Film Production.

Screen Australia will host Venice Film Festival (La Biennale di Venezia) pre-selector Paolo Bertolin in May to view new eligible Australian feature films for this year’s festival.

Screen Australia has launched a new Audience Design Initiative, supporting mid-career producers and/or key creative teams to gain an increased understanding of audiences within the globally competitive feature film marketplace, enabling them to effectively advance their scripted feature film projects.

Screen Australia’s Head of Documentary Richard Huddleston shares the headline discussions and key takeaways from this year’s AIDC.

Screen Australia and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have announced the three finalists of the Fresh Cuts Documentary Pitch Initiative who will receive development funding for their projects – Paradise Camp: Homecoming, In/Out, and Fridge Foraging.

Screen Australia have announced the five recipients of the inaugural Future Leaders Delegation, which provides early-to-mid career gamemakers the opportunity to travel to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) for the first time, seek out professional opportunities, and build relationships that will benefit their careers.

Applications for the Producer Equity Program (PEP) will cease for the remainder of the 2023/24 financial year at 5pm AEDT on Thursday 29 February 2024. The next round of PEP will open 1 July 2024.

BTL Next Step is a credit springboard and career accelerator for below-the-line (BTL) mid-career practitioners to step up into senior crew and leadership roles that have been identified as experiencing shortages. The latest round is focused on upskilling Art Directors, Location Managers, Production Accountants and Production Managers.

BTL Next Step is a credit springboard and career accelerator program to support established mid-career below-the-line (BTL) practitioners to step up into senior crew and leadership roles that have been identified as experiencing shortages.

Screen Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Huddleston as Head of Documentary, starting 29 January 2024. Richard will lead the Documentary Unit and report to Director of Content Grainne Brunsdon.