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 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.

Screen Australia is hosting a webinar on Working with an Access Coordinator on Tuesday 12 December 2023 from 6pm – 7.30pm AEDT.

Following the launch of the 2022/23 Drama Report, Screen Australia identified an error in the Spend by Location section, specifically for QLD and NSW.

BTL Next Step is a credit springboard and career accelerator for established below-the-line (BTL) mid-career practitioners to step up into senior crew and leadership roles that have been identified as experiencing shortages. This round’s opportunities are focused on Line Producers, Production Accountants, and Post-Production Supervisors.

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