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 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.

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

Hear from writers, directors and producers pushing for change in the Australian screen industry.

Official delegate for the Berlin International Film Festival, Maryanne Redpath, will visit Australia in October to view feature films for potential festival preselection.

An analysis of three years of sales and distribution deals.

Go behind-the-scenes of five of the Fresh Blood 3 projects and meet the creators of Australia’s newest comedy webseries.

Meet the teams behind five of the Fresh Blood 3 projects and Australia’s newest comedy webseries.

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.