tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175703092010-02-09T11:27:53.551+11:00ScreenACT, the ACT Government Office of Film, Television and Digital Media, is responsible for implementing industry development initiatives, providing location production support and working with other states on potential partnering projects. This news comes from Canberra, Australia. This newsletter is provided in web log format by Tomw Communications Pty Ltd, with permission of the Department of Economic Development, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia.ScreenACTnoreply@blogger.comBlogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17570309.post-48203947933274678782010-02-09T11:27:00.003+11:002010-02-09T11:27:53.561+11:00

Congratulations to ACT director Liam Newton and his team for his film “Awakening” and Directors Scott Holgate, Tony Nichols and their team for “Every Second Weekend.”For more information check out the Tropfest website.

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Lights! Canberra! Action! is a Scavenger Hunt for filmmakers. You have 10 days to make a short film including 10 items, around a theme to be in the running for CASH prizes! The 2010 Competition will run from 26th February to 8th March with the Top Twelve Screening & Awards on Friday 12th March.2010 sees the seventh Lights! Canberra! Action! Filmmaking Festival take off with the new theme

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FINAL CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR 2010. CLOSING SOON!!With only 1 week to go, the count down to the Australian Film Festival is on! Submissions are closing soon for Features, Documentaries, Short Films and 15min Scripts of any genre.Evolving from the 2009 Australian Film Week, the Australian Film Festival is the country's most exciting presentation of Australian film content.Held over 12 inspiring days

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The AWGIE Awards are the Australian Writers' Guild’s annual awards for excellence in film, television, stage, radio and new media writing. The AWGIEs are the only peer assessed awards for performance writers with judging based on the written script - the writer's intention - rather than the finished production.AWG President Tim Pye said that “Over forty years, the AWG has been proud to present

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Happy New Year to you all. 2010 is shaping up to be a busy and exciting year at ScreenACT. And already many deadlines for great events are looming! Check out below.Remember if you have an event or news you would like to share with the Film, TV and Digital Media communities in the ACT and the rest of the country, drop us an email

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The ScreenACT production directory is growing – are you and your company on it? If you are a professional in the film, TV or digital media industry and have services to offer – you should be listed. Please email some details and you will be given log in information.

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This intensive two-day course offers processes and insights necessary for professional screenwriters to expand their skills base into narrative comedy for television and film. Attendees will be shown how to construct a sitcom from the ground up, making choices in terms of theme, sub-genre, character, structure, morality, style and tone. The principles of comedy film’s sub-genres and styles (i.e.

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Screen Australia recognises rigorous craft-based script development as an essential part of the feature filmmaking process. The foundation of good development is the ability to read and analyse a screenplay in order to ascertain its potential strengths as well as correctly identify the source of its weaknesses. As a stand-alone practice in Australia, the script developer role demands specific,

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Dates: 09/02/2010Venue: Meeting Room, Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen ACTDescription: Risk Management for the ArtsContacts: Jennifer Innes on (03) 9616 0314 or at skillsdev@abaf.org.auTime: 9:30AM - 12:30PMCost: $90.00 AUDTopics include:an introduction to the principles of risk management including the Australia standard the importance of integrating strategy and risk management

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The Australian International Documentary Conference is taking place end of February in Adelaide. Click here to register.

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St Kilda Film Festival 2010Deadline: Friday, 29 January 2010St Kilda Film Festival screens Australian short films in all genres including drama, comedy, documentary, animation and digital media. The competition will screen the top 100 short film entries received, and the competition is fierce. The short film competition awards over $40 000 worth of cash and in-kind craft awards, including a $10

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Screen Australia is offering Travel Grants for producers to attend two markets in 2010 – the European Film Market (EFM) and the 11th Annual KidScreen Summit, the largest event for children’s entertainment executives.The EFM is held in conjunction with the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and will run 11–21 February 2010.To be eligible to apply, producers must have a previous body of

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Screen Australia, in partnership with the Ateliers du Cinema Europén (ACE), will offer a special bursary for one selected Australian producer to attend the ACE international training program (ACE IPA).The ACE IPA is an eight-day residential workshop for independent feature producers designed to favour co-productions between Europe and the rest of the world and to gradually build an international

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With 38 applications which is 60% increase from the previous round, the ScreenACT Project Fund 2009 round was very competitive. ScreenACT was also able to award 8 grants thanks to an extra top up to the grant funds by the ACT Government.Congratulations to the following screen practitioners who have been awarded a grant:Christian Doran for "The Singing Bug", a children's TV seriesClare Young for

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The AIDC which is set for 23 - 26th February in Adelaide. For more information check out www.aidc.com.auScreenACT will be offering two grants of $750 for documentary makers to attend. If you are interested in applying, download the guidelines.

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ACT People to NoteCongratulations to Jarrad Woods who won the Best Game category at the Independent Games Festival in Shanghai China for his project "Captain Forever".And to Michael Tear and the Bearcage Team for being greenlit for a 10 part documentary series with backing from Screen Australia. Bearcage was also on the shortlist for the Screen Australia Enterprise program and whilst not

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Yes, ScreenACT now is catching up with the times and has a face book page. Become a fan to keep up to date with what is going.

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How can we harness creative ecologies and discover the business environments in which creativity and innovation best thrive?The Creative Industries Innovation Centre, in partnership with the University of Canberra, invites you to attend a special event byworld-renowned creative industry expert, John Howkins. He will be joined by University of Canberra graduate, Michael Tear, who is a member of

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Would you like to know the secrets to becoming a very successful writer for both the screen and the page, as well as discover how to get your film produced or book published?You are invited to a FREE seminar presented by Best Selling Author Michael Domeyko Rowland in Canberra at the Rydges Capital Hill Hotel on Sunday, 29th November (2:30 - 5:00). Michael has just raised the finance, produced,

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Just a quick reminder that entry to Movie Extra Tropfest 2010 is OPEN! Everything you need to know about submitting your film into the competition can be downloaded from www.tropfest.com/au (entry guidelines, handy tips, template release forms etc).With deadline day in just over 2 months, we are urging filmmakers out there to grab a camera and start shooting before it’s too late!ENTRIES CLOSE

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For more details go to www.angryproductions.org and download an entry form. There is an early bird deadline until the end of November 2009 for all Australian entries of $15. After November it will go up to $25. The only criteria is that films must be under 15 minutes.

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THE INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2010 – BOLLYWOOD & BEYOND (IFF 2010) is running a short film and video competition. The amazing prizes could be life changing for aspiring filmmakers, Bollywood fans and travel enthusiasts alike! There will be two winners – one from India and one from Australia, NZ and elsewhere and approximately 10 shortlisted entries. For more information and entry forms check out

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Recently described as the SXSW of the southern hemisphere in super cool international film magazine Electric Sheep, Australia’s most cutting edge film event, the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, is throwing open its official 2010 Call For Entries.Were looking for short films, narrative features, documentary features, experimental work, animation, micro-docs, and everything in between

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Bernadette O'Mahoney, Head of Development and Production for ACTF, will be holding a briefing session in Canberra on Thursday, November 5th.This briefing is a must for any writer or producer who is interested in Children's TV. Bernadette has a wealth of knowledge in the area of children's TV and the ACTF can take on many different roles - from developer, producer, even distributor.The ACTF is a

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The deadline for the ScreenACT Project Grants is almost here... applications are due this Friday. They can be posted or hand delivered to the ScreenACT Office.If you are posting your application, they must be post marked 18th September:Monica PendersScreenACTPO Box 132Campbell ACT 2612If you are hand delivering them, they will need to be in the office no later than 5.00pm on Friday 18th.

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