Screen Australia: into the unknown with a truck full of writers

Screen Australia outflanks broadcasters again - this time in drama.
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Gone are the days when writing was a solitary art practiced at home. Image: Vermeer’s A Lady Writing A Letter

Screen Australia has launched the first tranche of its new Enterprise Industry: Growth and Stories program – and signalled  clearly that ‘open for business’ now means something very different.

The five Enterprise Stories and five Enterprise Growth recipients are detailed here. As Fiona Cameron, the Chief Operating Officer of Screen Australia, said on the phone, ‘We haven’t outsourced major development projects before. I believe that large scale development projects belong in production companies, not in Screen Australia.’

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.