ScreenACT Newsletter

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 completed, produced and released work, and have at least two feature films in development at a market-ready stage. Producers can apply for up to $5000 towards their travel expenses.

The KidScreen Summit will be held 10–12 February 2010 in New York. Children’s entertainment executives attend to engage in critical dialogue on issues that affect the industry; and understand current market needs, opportunities and challenges.

To be eligible to apply, producers must have a previous body of completed, produced and released work, and have at least two projects in development at a market-ready stage. Producers can apply for up to $6000 towards their travel expenses.

More information about the EFM and KidScreen Summit can be found on the Screen Australia website: www.screenaustralia.gov.au/markets

The Marketing Travel Grant Guidelines and application form, outlining all eligibility criteria, are available to download from the Screen Australia website.

The deadline for applications to both EFM and KidScreen is 5pm Tuesday 1 December 2009.

All applications must be discussed in the first instance with Screen Australia’s Marketing Support Coordinator, Nicole Powell, on 02 8113 5835 or email nicole.powell@screenaustralia.gov.au

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 network of independent film producers.

Eight non-EU producers will be selected to participate in the ACE workshop taking place 14-21 March 2010 in Paris, France and Zurich, Switzerland.

Australian producers wishing to apply must have already produced at least one feature film, be eager to develop long-term business relationships with the European audiovisual industry and have one feature project with a strong international dimension in development.

Screen Australia will offer €5,800 to a selected Australian producer to cover their tuition fees, travel from Paris to Zurich and full board accommodation in Europe. ACE is also offering a long-distance flight ticket to each selected participant.

More information about ACE and the ACE IPA can be found on their website:

www.ace-producers.com
ace-producers.com/producteurs-hors-ue

The short description of the program including selection criteria, schedule, and the application form are available to download from the Screen Australia website at
www.screenaustralia.gov.au/industry_support/Marketing-Support/Travel_ACE.asp

The deadline for applications is COB Monday 30 November 2009.

For further information about the program and application process, please
contact noemi@ace-producers.com

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 series
• Clare Young for "My Notebook", a documentary on her experiences with Jane Campion
• Michael Tear for a documentary slate of four documentaries
• John Frohlich for the feature film "The Competition" which was shot in Canberra
• James Hunter for "One of Us" an ambitious WW1 feature film
• Sotiris Doukounos, for the feature script based on the Helen Garner book "Joe Cinque's Consolation"
• Belinda Pratten, for "Top Dogs" a documentary about wildlife preservation and the dogs that help.
• Tony Oakden, for an e learning game aimed at assisting mental health professionals
  

For the full press release, click here.

The AIDC which is set for 23 - 26th February in Adelaide.  For more information check out www.aidc.com.au

ScreenACT will be offering two grants of $750 for documentary makers to attend.  If you are interested in applying, download the guidelines.  

ACT People to Note

Congratulations 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 selected, this is a great achievement.

Do you have a success you would like to share? Send an email to Monica Penders for inclusion in the next newsletter and on the ScreenACT
website. 

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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 by
world-renowned creative industry expert, John Howkins. He will be joined by University of Canberra graduate, Michael Tear, who is a member of the CIIC Advisory Board and Managing Director of Bearcage Productions.

"Creative Ecologies and New Business Models"

Thursday 26 November 2009
4.30pm start for 5pm-7pm

The University of Canberra

Innovation Centre Foyer
Building 22
University Drive South

RSVP: Tracy Doherty
Email: events@canberra.edu.au

Phone: (02) 6201 5995 Disability access is available.

Parking information: Parking is available in the car park directly across from the Innovation
Centre (see map attached).

http://www.canberra.edu.au/university/maps

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, written and directed a cinema feature film titled 'BEING IN
HEAVEN' shot at Fox Studios.

Michael started as an Assistant Director on Wake in Fright (Jack Thompson), Age of Consent (Helen Mirren) and Skippy. He also directed several episodes of the worldwide smash hit series Return to Eden.

Whether you are a professional or aspiring, this is a RARE opportunity to discover how to create successful stories and get your work produced or
published. Over one thousand people have attended this seminar already all over Australia. Now you can join them!

For more details, please click on the link below. Seats are limited, so if you would like to come, please register immediately!

http://www.screenstorywriting.com/free-seminar/

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 THURSDAY 7 JANUARY 2010 6PM

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.

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 www.iff2010.com

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. All budgets, styles and genres are welcome. Not sure your film would fit in?
Look through our program archive to see the festivals curatorial style.
Revelations roots lie in underground cinema, so if youre a filmmaker with something edgy and different, we want to see it!

Click here to download a 2010 entry form and contact us at
info@revelationfilmfest.org for more information or to receive our confidential e-newsletter.

For all media related queries, please contact:

Rachael BernSousa
Communications Coordinator
The Revelation Perth International Film Festival
8-18 July 2010
PO Box 30, Fremantle, WA, Australia, 6959
Web: www.revelationfilmfest.org
E: communications@revelationfilmfest.org
T: +61 8 9397 9396 M: +61 (0)435 206030