Grants and Funding

Skip Ahead offers $120k to creative Australian Youtubers
Youtubers will be eligible for up to $120,000 in production funding through Skip Ahead, which is funded by Screen Australia…

West Coast Visions finds 2021 team for unique low budget feature chance
Jessica Parker, Lauren Brunswick and David Vincent Smith take up the West Coast Visions challenge for 2021.

Attagirl film lab opens applications for gender diverse filmmakers
For Film’s Sake have partnered with Sydney Film Festival on two new prizes as well as an incubator program.

New documentary investments from Screen Australia defy financial hits
Screen Australia supports fine feature docs as life is about to get harder for producers.

Screenwest opens funding rounds for documentary and scripted content
Offering millions in funding to WA productions, this is the film body’s first production round for the 2021-2 financial year.

Six First Nations films receive over $600k production funding through ‘No Ordinary Black’ initiative
More First Nations stories are heading to Australian screens in 2022, with Screen Australia and NITV announcing the six films…

SBS and NITV launch new documentary initiative for diverse and First Nations creatives
A new national initiative from SBS and NITV is seeking submissions from diverse and First Nations creatives to produce documentaries…

2021 ACT Screen Arts recipients announced
The 8 successful ACT-based recipients span all stages of development, and includes an interactive fiction videogame, writing mentorship, a producer…

Emerging Writers’ Incubator calls for applications
Diverse TV drama writers are invited to apply for this joint initiative from SBS, Screen Australia, the Writers' Guild and…

Screen News in Brief: Dollars flying everywhere, but what does it mean?
Our weekly wrap of news, reviews, interviews and opinions, from budget analysis to a chat with Mortal Kombat's director and…