Screen Australia is pleased to announce that Samuel Paynter has joined the First Nations Department in the role of Development and Investment Manager, reporting to Head of First Nations, Angela Bates.

Screen Australia has announced the latest recipients for the Skills Development Fund and BTL: Next Step initiative, who will share in over $600,000 of Industry Development funding.

BTL Next Step placements offer a unique career accelerator opportunity for below-the-line (BTL) mid-career practitioners to step up into senior crew and leadership roles that have been identified as experiencing shortages.

Screen Australia have announced the successful participants across five creative teams for the inaugural Audience Design Initiative, which involves a series of workshops with leading Audience Design Consultant Síle Culley, whose expertise has led to many projects securing millions of dollars in funding, international sales and festival selections.

Screen Australia has recently updated its Credit Policy, which outlines the agency’s credit requirements.

Projects that receive funding from Screen Australia will no longer need to provide a COVID-19 management plan (COVID-19 Plan) when applying for funding and/or as a mandatory transaction document for funding agreements that are issued from 16 May 2024.

Reopening on 24 April 2024, the General Drama, Children’s Programs and Feature Film Productions funding rounds welcomed an updated Crew Placement Scheme in place of the outgoing Inclusive Attachment Scheme.

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.