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TransAthletica: the new TikTok series interrogating gendered sports

TransAthletica focuses on the trans experience in a world of gendered sports, and features the voices of leading transgender athletes and…

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Screenwriters: the SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator is back

If you're an early career screenwriter looking for a head start in the industry, the SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator is…

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$1m Screen Australia funding for drama, features and online

Development funding will go to 'a fantastic mix of originals and adaptations,' says Screen Australia.

Directing, cinematography and composing professionals are eligible for the new initiative. Image: Screen Australia.
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Screen Australia launches HoD initiative for female practitioners

Credit Maker hopes to bring positive change in female HoD representation in the sector.

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SPA welcomes $50M support package extension

In December SPA urged the government to extend the Temporary Interruption Fund into 2022. As COVID impacts linger, the call…

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Screen Australia development approvals pump up future possibilities

Screen Australia is supporting creatives with Babyteeth, Here Out West, Franswa Sharl, Jungle Entertainment, and A Sunburnt Christmas in their…

Group of confident women who run production company Dollhouse Pictures
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Screen Australia funding backs imagination

Does this round of Screen Australia funding have particular flair? It is certainly a tight combination of experience and imagination.

UNTAPPED finalists Linda Chen, Kylie McDonnell, and Kalu Oji.
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Untapped program announces support for five exciting new filmmakers

Talent program Untapped will help five diverse filmmakers finance and develop exciting film and TV projects for a global audience.

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News In Brief: Screen opportunities galore, Paramount+ launches, and MIFF goes all-digital

Tragedy for MIFF, but a wealth of good news this week for those looking for new opportunities in front of…

Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog, screening at TIFF
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All the Australian films featured at TIFF 2021

Films by Madeleine Gottfried, Nash Edgerton, Jane Campion, Philip Noyce and Eva Orner have been selected to screen at the…

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