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25.01.2022 Calling all filmmakers - Have you created or starred in a short film featuring cast, crew or locations from Western Sydney? @madeinthewest is calling for submissions. ENTER NOW via www.madeinthewest.com.au -- submissions close Friday 23 October. #madeinthewest #filmfestival #WesternSydneyFilm
22.01.2022 The Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (SDIN) has announced nominees for the 2020 annual SDIN Award. The award recognises an Australian based producer and/or production company and/or screen organisation that has made a significant contribution through excellence or impact to diversity and inclusion either on or offscreen within the Australian screen industry. THE NOMINEES ARE:... First Day (Epic Films) Maralinga Tjarutja (Blackfella Films) Thalu (Weerianna Street Media) The award will be announced by the SDIN Co-chair Benjamin Law as part of the Screen Forever online conference panel 'Everyone Included' on Wednesday 17th February. Congratulations to the shortlist. https://www.sdin.com.au//02/media-release-monday-february/
21.01.2022 Join Australian Film Television and Radio School for the last livestream of Emerging, Gifted and X (EGX), today at 12pm on the AFTRS Facebook page, for a conversation between Violeta Ayala and Alejandra Canales. Below is the link to the live event link. You can watch all previous EGX session on this page too. https://www.facebook.com/events/305979377235180 Violeta Ayala and AFTRS’s Alejandra Canales discuss the documentary form, especially in Latin America and within the Lati...n diaspora. They explore the responsibility of diasporic filmmakers, creating work in multiple countries, and presenting authentic work that doesn’t skid into sensationalism or a singular narrative for communities they collaborate with. VIOLETA AYALA Violeta Ayala is a Quechua film director, producer, writer and artist with Bolivian and Australian nationality. She is best known for directing the award winning documentaries Cocaine Prison (2017), The Fight (2017), The Bolivian Case (2015) and Stolen (2009). Her films have premiered at a number of acclaimed festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, screening in hundreds of festivals worldwide and distributed The Guardian, PBS, Amazon Prime and others. Violeta’s won 50 awards, including a Walkey Award and nominations for the prestigious IDA in Los Angeles and the Rory Peck Sony Impact Award in London. She is working on the feature version of The Fight, Prison X an immersive and interactive VR experience based on Neo-Andean myths. Violeta is an alumnus of Film Independent, Berlinale, Hot Docs, IFP New York, Good Pitch NY, IDFA and a Sundance and Tribeca Film Institute Fellow. She is a founding member of United Notions Film.
21.01.2022 Today, the Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (SDIN), announced The Everyone Project. https://theeveryoneproject.org As signatories in this changemaking ini...tiative, we are proud to stand alongside other SDIN members to help increase diversity in the Australian screen industry, using this powerful data collection tool. From now on, productions supported through Screen Queensland must register with The Everyone Project. [Image: Bowled Over: A Dragumentary. Supported by Screen Queensland. Image courtesy of Flick Chicks.
20.01.2022 The ABC TV + iview has launched a $5 million development fund to provide urgent and critical support to independent Australian producers and safeguard local content and creativity during these unprecedented times. Spanning five streams listed below, the ABC’s Fresh Start Fund recognises the essential role played by independent producers in helping the ABC deliver Australian stories for audiences, across all its platforms and services. The fund also supports emerging Australia...n talent and creatives for the Australian market, to ensure the viable future of the local production industry. 1. Enhanced Development & Production Fund Supports existing productions and new concepts by Australian production companies that have worked with the ABC or gained some industry recognition. 2. Innovation Fund Supports innovative content ideas by individual Australian creatives who may not have worked with the ABC previously. 3. Arts Digital Fund Supports Australian creatives and production companies with innovative ideas for new arts content, particularly documentary storytelling. 4. Children’s Content Fund Supports excellence in children’s content. 5. Australian Music Fund Supports independent Australian artists and musicians across all ABC music networks. Funding applications open from 4 May to 12 June. For further info head to https://www.abc.net.au/events/freshstart/
19.01.2022 Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers will have the opportunity to work with acclaimed Indigenous screen industry all-rounder Leah Purcell, and her producing partner Bain Stewart, in Screen Queensland initiative First Peoples: First Draft. The First Peoples: First Draft initiative is part of Screen Queensland’s $3.3 million support package to help sustain the local screen industry through COVID-19. Applicants must submit a video pitch, one-page story o...utline, bio and samples of previous work and writing by 5.00pm, Monday 6 July 2020. Find out more information on how to apply below: https://screenqueensland.com.au//screen-queensland-suppor/
16.01.2022 Are you a screen creative or creative team from a First Nations or Diverse Cultural background with a strong concept for a TV series and a completed pilot script ready to pitch? Cinespace Inc. have just launched their latest program "Package to Pitch", a masterclass delivered by Tony Ayrnes and Michael McMahon (Matchbox Pictures) Rachel Okine (Aquarius Films) Robert Connolly (ArenaFilm), Laura Waters (Princess Pictures) Ian Collie (Easy Tiger), Jenevive Chang (Screen Australia) Katherine Slattery (Film Vic). Entries close on November 30th. For more information, please visit - https://www.cinespace.org.au/package-to-pitch
13.01.2022 Free training for filmmakers. Bus Stop Films has launched Inclusion in Action, a unique screen industry focused workshop aimed at producers, production companies, broadcasters and filmmakers with a focus on gaining a better understanding of the rights and capacity of people living with disability. The workshop explores pathways to employment, engaging people living with disability within organisations and productions and is underpinned by the principles of inclusive filmmakin...g, complementing Bus Stops` The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit. Inclusion in Action was inclusively developed by industry professionals with lived experience of disability and is being delivered FREE during a pilot program, with a suite of online sessions now open for enrolment. Inclusion in Action was funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) through an Information Linkages and Capacity Building grant and developed by Bus Stop Films with the support of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). For more information about Inclusion in Action and to register for a workshop head to https://www.busstopfilms.com.au/inclusion-in-action/
13.01.2022 Media organisations around the country have now begun implementing the first stage of The Everyone Project, a significant new initiative to help Australian scre...en industry companies and organisations track, boost and foster diversity in their screen productions. Australia’s diversity is one of its great strengths, with rich multicultural, disability and LGBTQIA+ communities, so reflecting those communities and their stories on our screens is important. The Everyone Project will establish the diversity across Australia’s screen sector, both in front of and behind the cameras, and provide understanding of what a diverse workforce looks like to those driving productions in Australia. Managed by the SDIN and Screen Industry Innovation (Sii), The Everyone Project is an easy-to-use web app that invites people to self-identify on a set of characteristics around the diversity of the talent and crews working in their current projects. SDIN members are now inviting staff, contractors and crew members and cast to participate by completing the voluntary and confidential survey. For further information visit theeveryoneproject.org and sdin.com.au.
12.01.2022 For those of you who didn’t get a chance to tune in to the DARTS Creative Equity Toolkit Launch How to be Anti-racist in the Arts you can access it via the Opera House website here > https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com//creative-equity-toolkit. Our SDIN co-chair Benjamin Law spoke on the panel, along with Peter White (Create NSW), Mikala Tai (Gallery 4A) and facilitated by Lena Nahlous (DARTS). ... The Creative Equity Toolkit is a fantastic new initiative by Diversity Arts Australia and partnering with British Council Australia Creative Victoria, Create NSW and Western Sydney University The Toolkit is a knowledge-exchange website and program to support the arts and creative organisations in reaching their diversity and inclusion goals. It focuses on ethno-cultural and migrant racial equity in the arts, cultural and creative industries. https://creativeequitytoolkit.org/
10.01.2022 Screen Queensland, SBS Australia and Madman Films together with The Post Lounge and Media Super are actively looking for feature films for the RIDE (Respect, Inclusion, Diversity, Equality) Feature Film Fund, an opportunity for under-represented Queensland talent to develop and produce a $1.5 million feature film, every year for three years. This is an open call. Visit the Screen QLD website for further detail on how to apply. https://screenqueensland.com.au//i/ride-feature...-film-fund/ Image: Queensland Director Ivan Sen on the set of feature film Mystery Road, a Screen QLD-supported production.
09.01.2022 Tune in to Australian Film Television and Radio School Emerging, Gifted & X now to see S. Shakthidharan in conversation with Gary Paramanathan
08.01.2022 The SDIN are delighted to announce the appointment of Jo Dillon and Benjamin Law as the new co-chairs for 2020-21. Jo and Ben take over the SDIN Chair position from Tim Soutphommasane and Tracey Vieira. Tim and Tracey said Jo and Ben will make a great team. They have both demonstrated their commitment to diversity and inclusion over many years in the screen industry. We know they will lead the SDIN with verve and imagination and take The Everyone Project into the next phase of delivery. We welcome Jo and Ben to the role in time to support the use of The Everyone Project across SDIN member-funded productions which will commence 1st July. The Everyone Project is a significant new initiative to help Australian screen industry companies and organisations track and boost diversity in their screen productions.
08.01.2022 Screenwest has opened applications for a reimagined West Coast Visions Program in 2020. Applications close Monday, 11 May 2020 at 5:00pm AWST. Screenwest's highly acclaimed West Coast Visions initiative is a long-running screen industry talent development and production program that provides funding for low budget features to be produced in Western Australia. It gives one successful first-time feature film director their first theatrical feature film credit and is a career la...unching pad. Follow the link below for further info. https://www.screenwest.com.au//applications-now-open-for-/
07.01.2022 Today marks the beginning of National Reconciliation Week 2020. SDIN pays our respects to the custodians of the land we now call Australia and to all elders past, present and emerging. In particular we support the vitality of arts and screen practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, acknowledging the necessity of these perspectives in shaping Australian culture. In acknowledgement of #NRW2020 Media RING are presenting a free weekly fireside discussion where... SBS Australia / NITV Presenter Lowanna Grant interviews some of the biggest names in Television in front of and behind the camera. This week Lowanna Grant interviews Kyas Sherriff, NITV Senior Commissioning Editor. Head to the MediaRING Yarning Facebook page for the details. https://www.facebook.com/watch/FremantleAus/570011147225401/ #InThisTogether2020 #ourmediaworks #ourmediamatters
06.01.2022 Film Vic has reopened applications for the Victorian Screen Development Internship program, with the aim of forging career pathways for Indigenous and other underrepresented Victorian creative talent. Designed to give experience with the full scope of screen content development, 2021 participants will spend up to four months with Fremantle Australia or @PrincessPictures four months at the ABC Australia and four months at Film Vic. The internships are open to diverse creatives... with a passion for storytelling, whether they be playwrights, performers or producers from across the arts sector. Applications close January 14. Follow the link below for the details. https://www.film.vic.gov.au/funding/business-skills-support/
05.01.2022 Don't forget to tune in to the second livestream edition of Emerging, Gifted and X, taking place on the @AFTRS facebook page in 5 mins with Moreblessing Maturure in conversation with Pearl Tan.
02.01.2022 Maralinga Tjarutja has been announced as the 2020 recipient of the annual SDIN Award. The announcement was made by Benjamin Law on the 'Everyone Included' panel as part of the Screen Forever conference today. Maralinga Tjarutja was selected by an external panel from a very impressive shortlist which included First Day (Epic Films) and Thalu (Weerianna Street Media). Congratulations to @BlackfellaFilms director Larissa Behrendt and the team at @ABCTV
01.01.2022 The new @ABCTV Diversity and Inclusion Commissioning Guidelines are out! TV production companies must now meet minimum diversity requirements, ensuring the inclusion of under-represented people and perspectives, in order for their programs to be commissioned by the ABC. Visit the ABC website to view the guidelines. https://about.abc.net.au//abc-launches-diversity-and-incl/... Image: Michael Carrington, ABC’s director of entertainment and specialist programming, and Sally Riley, head of drama, comedy and Indigenous
