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13 January 2012

AUSTRALIAN LINE-UP FOR CLERMONT-FERRAND

It’s great to be able to kick off our first bulletin for 2012 by announcing that four Australian films have been selected from over 7,100 entries to screen at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Two shorts were selected to screen in the International Competition section: Tethered (w/d Craig Irvin) and Paris Lakes (w/d/p Robert Stephenson). The experimental content Lab Competition will screen Attach Boat to Motor (w/d Nathan Lewis) and At the Formal (w/d Andrew Kavanagh).

Find out more.

HIGH CONCEPT MOVIE WORKSHOP APPLICATIONS OPEN

Hollywood script consultant Michael Hauge will return to Australia to run the High Concept Movie Workshop in Sydney, 19–21 March 2012. The workshop will guide screenwriters in developing their high concept movie idea into a workable, well-structured treatment. Guidelines and application form are now available on our website. Application deadline 6 February.

Read the guidelines & apply.

SALES AGENT DIRECTORY

We have published a Directory of International Sales Agents, providing a snapshot of companies representing Australian feature films around the world. Inside you’ll find details of each seller’s acquisition policy, which markets they attend, at what stage they prefer to be approached and whether they pay advances. There’s also a list of the Australian films that sales agents have handled.

Download the directory.

BERLINALE/EFM 2012 – CALL FOR ATTENDEES

Screen Australia is organising an Australian stand at the European Film Market during the Berlin International Film Festival (9–19 February 2012).

We are collecting details of all Australians attending the film festival and market. If you are planning to attend the Berlinale or EFM, please send your details to Lucy Burne at lucy.burne@screenaustralia.gov.au, or by phone on 02 8113 1086 ASAP to ensure you are included in the Screen Australia activities and events.

LATEST FUNDING APPROVALS

• On Tuesday we announced support for four short films through the Short Film Completion Fund. The successful shorts are: Spine (w/d Sophie Miller), The One Who Broke Your Heart (w/d Scott Pickett), Lois (w/d Alexandra Schepisi) and Strange Face (w/d Lynne Vincent McCarthy). More details.
  
  

• In late December we announced $2.6 million investment in eight outstanding documentary projects triggering over $8 million in production. Three projects were approved under the National Documentary Program, three under the General Documentary Program and two under the International Documentary Program. Find out more.
  
  

ENTERPRISE STAFF MOVEMENTS AND ENQUIRIES

After three years as Screen Australia’s Enterprise Manager, Megan McMurchy left the agency in mid-December 2011. Please direct any enquiries regarding the Enterprise Program to Eliza Percival, Administration Assistant, on eliza.percival@screenaustralia.gov.au or Elena Guest, Project Manager, State & Industry Partnerships, on elena.guest@screenaustralia.gov.au and any General Development Investment (GDI) or Screen Venture Business Program (SVBP) loan repayment enquiries to Liz Newman, Senior Recoupment & Disbursement Analyst, on liz.newman@screenaustralia.gov.au.

PRODUCER OFFSET AND
CO-PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS

A number of applicants have contacted the POCU this week seeking information on their lodged Producer Offset and co-production applications. The estimated time frame for assessing applications is: up to six weeks for a completed Provisional Certificate application and up to 10 weeks for a completed Final Certificate application. However, please note that the holiday shutdown period is outside of the above time frames. So while the POCU is working very hard to finalise the large number of applications it currently has under active assessment, we ask for patience under the circumstances.

SCREEN AUSTRALIA SUPPORTED EVENTS

Flickerfest opened last week with the world premiere of short Fish & Chips (p: Steve Kearney, Leanne Tonkes, w/d: Anna Broinowski) which was funded through our Springboard: Short Film Initiative.

Browse through our calendar of supported events to find out what's on each month.

CURRENT POSITIONS VACANT

Investment Development Manager, Documentary (Melbourne), closes 20 January – please see the jobs page of the website.

UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINES

January
13 January – Hot Docs – Canadian International Documentary Festival
13 January – Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
23 January – Frameline – San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
27 January – Sheffield International Documentary Festival

February
15 February – Annecy International Animated Film Festival
15 February – Hamburg International Short Film Festival
24 February – Silverdocs
27 February – Sydney Film Festival

March
1 March – Melbourne International Film Festival
5 March – Cannes Film Festival

PROGRAM DEADLINES

Indigenous
16 March – Documentary Development
16 March – Drama Development

Documentary
3 February – Documentary Development
3 February – National Documentary Program
3 February – International Documentary Program

Producer Equity Program
3 February – Producer Equity Program

TV Drama
16 March – General TV Drama
16 March – Children’s TV Drama

All Media
10 February – All Media Production
17 February – Digital Ignition

Talent Escalator
20 January – Short Animation Production

See all deadlines.

Please note: some Screen Australia funding programs do not have deadlines and are not assessed in rounds. Please check our website for application details for specific programs.

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