tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175703092009-05-29T08:28:24.377+10:00ScreenACT, 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.comBlogger448125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17570309.post-26412976414872731562009-05-19T10:38:00.001+10:002009-05-19T10:39:00.003+10:00

Representatives from Screen Australia will be in Canberra on Friday of this week to have one-on-one briefings about funding as well as a general briefing session. This is fabulous opportunity for you to get on the radar of Screen Australia and to discuss the various funding initiatives on offer. To make an appointment, please follow this link. http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/news_and_events/

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Our nations capital will be next to host Flickerfest – screening at the Dendy Cinema Canberra Centre on March 21 & 22 www.dendy.com.auFlickerfest will be kicking off its Opening Night by screening the outstanding International 2 programme featuring the Flickerfest 2009 Best Short Film Award Winner Dennis and the Academy® Award nominated Russian short Lavatory Love Story. Free wine tasting will

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36 entries were received. Each film had to be produced in just 10 days, run for 7 minutes or less and feature 10 items from around Canberra.The judges included: Dianne Ireland, Senior Manager, Chief Minister's Department's Events unit and LCA judge since its inception 6 years ago and Belinda Barancewicz: a Producer/Director at Southern Cross Ten, Previous winner of LCA and Previous judge.12

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Application close: 19 May 2009AFTRS is running a National online course introducing participants to the fundamentals of creating an industry standard feature film script.The course comprises 10 modules with a variety of written assignments. Courses will be run ONLINE on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm-9pm starting on June 2 and finishing on August 6, 2009. Total cost of the course is $750.00Luke

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Local Canberra production house, DVAustralia would like to announce upcoming APPLE CERTIFIED TRAINING weekend boot camps.FINAL CUT PRO: 21st-22nd MarchCOLOR: 26th-27th MarchMOTION: 2nd-3rd MayCertified training for just $700 a seat.Run by Australia's Apple Master instructor for Pro Apps.To register your interest please call:0412 780 207 or visit www.dvaustralia.com

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Entries for the Dungog Film Festival close on March 31. The festival is open to completed shorts, features, documentaries and animation (film and digital), scripts and works in progress (for narrative and for documentaries at 50 mins and above). www.dungogfilmfestival.org

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Entries for the 2009 DigiSPAA Competition will open on April 16. Participants could win $15,000 cash and $20,000 worth of post-production, a guaranteed screening of their film on the Movie Extra channel, plus a return airfare and free registration to the CineMart International Film Festival Rotterdam. www.spaa.org.au

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The 200 Seconds short film competition is an initiative from Australia Post and the Australian Film Institute. Filmmakers are invited to make a 200 second long film featuring a parcel. The judging panel includes Robert Connolly (Romulus My Father, Three Dollars, Balibo), Gyton Grantley (Underbelly, Balibo), Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood), Sarah Watt (Look Both Ways, My Year Without Sex),

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The Show Me Shorts Film Festival is calling for entries until 5pm Monday the 6th of July. The festival will screen throughout New Zealand from November 5, and for the first time this year, it will include workshops for short filmmakers in Auckland and Wellington. www.showmeshorts.co.nz

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The Melbourne International Film Festival has extended its deadline until April 3.

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The Filmfest@Falls short film competition is seeking submissions; entries close April 16. Spanning the queen's birthday weekend and the opening of the 2009 ski season, the festival has an industry sponsored prize pool awarded by an independent jury and valued at over $80, 000 for best film, best director, best script and special jury Recognition and new for 2009, craft awards for sound and

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The Australia-India Council (AIC) welcomes funding applications from individuals and organisations in Australia for projects which are likely to promote long-term contact and cooperation between Australia and India. AIC grants are intended to provide seed funds for innovative proposals relevant to the mission and goals of the Council.The Council gives priority to projects in the following areas:•

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Submission deadline: 13 MarchNext Wave is seeking projects that respond in interesting and complex ways to the 2010 Next Wave Festival theme NO RISK TOO GREAT. The Next Wave Festival will take place in May 2010 in Melbourne. The Next Wave Festival is a curated biennial festival open to young emerging artists seeking support for the creation of new works or projects in visual arts, dance,

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Entries extended to: Friday 13 March 2009 at 5.00pm.The Australian Writers' Guild 42nd Annual AWGIE Awards are now open for entries. The AWGIE Awards are the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) annual awards for excellence in screen, 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

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Submission deadline: Friday, 27 March 2009SBS has called for applications for a career-enhancing mentorship award that will offer support, guidance and opportunities to emerging Indigenous talent in the Australian film and television industry.All entrants in the SBS Indigenous TV Mentorship Award must have at least one credit on a completed production shown in film festivals or on community or

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March deadline for receipt of expressions of interest is 27 March 2009Screen Australia is committed to assisting in the development and creation of viable screen businesses. The Enterprise Program will provide funding of up to $500,000 per year for a three-year period to support production companies who have identified opportunities to develop and expand their business in terms of turnover, range

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Deadline for Indications of Interest: Monday 6th April 2009Each year the Cinematography Dept at AFTRS conducts a training course for up and coming Camera Assistants. They are trained in the roles of Clapper Loader and Focus Puller in structured training sessions over 5 weeks. Following this training period, the Camera Assistants will then work on the AFTRS' Graduate Diploma Cinematographers main

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Application Deadline: OngoingScreenACT is offering a limited fund to supply ACT practitioners with up to $250 per person, by way of non-repayable grant, to assist with costs for interstate professional development opportunities or other travel opportunities. The fund is intended to assist ACT Practitioners attend conferences, festivals, seminars, or specific one-off workshops.The type of events

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AFTRS' Centre for Screen Business and ScreenACT would like to offer you the opportunity to attend 'Running your own creative business' from 4-6 March 2009 in Canberra.About the course:Running your own creative business is a three day course.In the early 1990s Monica Davidson developed the course because she desperately needed to do a course like it. She was finding the business of freelancing

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Bearcage Productions' short film Shockwaves has been selected for competition in the prestigious International Tampere Film Festival in Finland. Shockwaves is the only Australian film to have gained selection this year, in a festival classified by Screen Australia as one of the world's most prestigious short film festivals."This year three thousand films were submitted" according to Serge Ou, the

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Even if we don't slip into recession we are in for tougher times ahead so can you afford not to hear what three experts have to say about"Recession Proofing" Your Business?In this must-attend Forum, Canberra Business Council and the Capital Region BEC are proud to present three experts from the world of business marketing, business operations and business financial management who will share with

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6-15th February, Various VenuesA huge array of films from all over the globe, celebrating the many cultures that make up Australia, including focussed screenings for films from Taiwan, Bangladesh and Latin America. For a full program:http://www.multiculturalfestival.com.au/film_festival

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7th - 15th February, Dendy Canberra Centre, Normal Ticket PricesThe Windows on Europe film festival brings together a collection of films which draws on the diverse and rich cultures of Europe. The festival is a window on the wonderful world of European cinema. It is brought to you by the EUROPEAN UNION in Australia, sponsored by Dendy Cinemas with movies provided by EU member states.For more see

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Sunday 22nd February, Stage 88 Commonwealth Park, FreeThe popularity of Movie Extra Tropfest, the world's biggest short film festival, continues to grow rapidly in the national capital. The 2008 screening in Canberra had the biggest crowd yet, over 20,000 people.For more see: http://www.tropfest.nationalcapital.gov.au/

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To mark the first anniversary of the official apology to the Stolen Generations, a selection of milestone Australian documentaries from the NFSA collection: This is Their Land (dir: Lilias Castle, 1969, 9', 16mm) is an early statement on the right to Aboriginal self-determination. Tjintu-Pakani / Sunrise ... Awakening... (dir: Ande Reese, 1975, 25', 16mm) celebrates the first months of the

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