Now in its eighth year in Tasmania, Wide Angle Tasmania is proud to deliver Raw Nerve 2015, a national production initiative of Screen Australia and Screen Network. This year, Raw Nerve will select three teams with an early career director to make short films that explore the theme of ‘One Night’. An industry panel will…
Writers’ rooms, script workshops and audience-driven distribution are the major themes running through Screen Australia’s re-imagined Enterprise Industry program announced today. Amongst the successful recipients are Robert Connolly (Paper Planes) and the Van Vuuren Bros. (Bondi Hipsters). Ten Australian production companies have been awarded $3.2 million to develop projects and talent with a view to expanding production and broadcast pipelines. “This is a…
Screen Australia has announced over $550,000 in funding for 16 feature film projects, backing a number of debut and second-time writers, directors and producers – including many making the transition into features for the first time after creating for other platforms. Eleven new projects have been added to Screen Australia’s development slate, while five projects…
Two Australian feature films have been selected to screen in the Generation program of the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). Galore will have its international premiere, joined by 52 Tuesdays, which will have its European premiere after screening at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Writer/director Rhys Graham and producer Philippa Campey’s debut feature Galore is a moving, lyrical drama about a…
Screen Australia recently announced $5.4 million investment in six feature films, triggering over $32.3 million in production expenditure. Screen Australia’s Chief Executive Ruth Harley said, “The feature slate announced today includes exciting projects from some of Australia’s most loved and acclaimed directors such as Gillian Armstrong and Paul Cox, as well as projects from rising directorial talents such as Mark Grentell and Kim…
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