Support filmmakers from diverse backgrounds, and they may turn the sector upside down. Image: Maria Tran in Gaffa.
Co-pro between Screen Australia and the ABC Fresh Blood 2 will give twenty teams $15,000 to make three sketch comedy eps maxing at five minutes. That is, the price is around $1000/minute.
The entire list is a hoot, picks mercilessly on Millennials and produces more zesty synopses than most production rounds for major financing. [Though good ideas that will sustain long form stories are a lot harder to find than a loopy three minuter].
