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 Enterprise People program presents an opportunity for two specialist creatives to undertake a six month placement with Wooden Boy Productions in Portland, Oregon, USA working on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.

Benjamin Illos, a member of the Selection Committee for Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, will visit Australia in late February as a guest of Screen Australia.

Paolo Bertolin, programming correspondent for the Venice International Film Festival, is being hosted by Screen Australia to visit in June to view new films for pre-selection.

Screen Australia will host Venice Film Festival programming correspondent Paolo Bertolin in Australia this June, where he will be viewing eligible local films.

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

Venice programming correspondent Paolo Bertolin is coming to Australia in June.