Screen Australia’s First Nations Department and Meta Australia have announced the return of the First Nations Creators Program for Instagram. For the second year in a row the First Nations Creators Program will continue to foster First Nations talent, amplify their voices online and help create long term career prospects in social media and digital […]
Screen Australia, SBS and National Indigenous Television (NITV) have announced that applications are now open for the third Digital Originals initiative. The Digital Originals initiative aims to develop exciting and innovative short-form drama projects to premiere as a single episode program on SBS On Demand and NITV, from screen creatives who are currently under-represented in […]
Screen Australia has announced it’s backing a whole bunch of new documentary projects investing 3.7 million into new Australian works, among the chosen projects is a documentary on Israel Folau and his controversial social media posts. The project does not yet have an official title but is described as “a feature documentary about Australia’s most […]
Screenwest and Screen Australia have collaborated to launch Out Now, an LGBTQIA+ screen funding initiative focused on Western Australia. Out Now is the first Australian scripted funding initiative open exclusively to LGBTQIA+ web series proposals. Screenwest and Screen Australia, with the support of Lotterywest, are looking for projects that will ensure LGBTQIA+ Western Australians can […]
When beloved Australian actress Noni Hazelhurst was given a lifetime achievement award at the Logies, she described the Australian screen industry as moving at a glacial pace when it came to embracing diversity. Now a new report from the nation’s peak body for the screen industry has shone a light on how the television industry […]
