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.

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.

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 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 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.

Screen Australia’s Hot Shots Short Film Fund has been reimagined as a proof of concept program and retitled Hot Shots Plus.

Screen Australia is offering grants for producers going to the 2017 Cannes Film Market.

Next month we’ll host Busan International Film Festival programmer, Dosin Pak.

Screen Australia will host a one-day workshop for film practitioners working in the distribution space.

Randy, the outspoken purple puppet from comedic duo Sammy J and Randy, has made history as the first puppet ever to be nominated for an AACTA award.

At a time when Oddball has delivered over $4.5 million at the box office after only two weekends, Screen Australia is seeking to encourage experienced writers to consider family film through the creation of the Family Film Initiative.