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Get a Sneak Peek: A Morsel of This Year's Inner West Film Fest Program!

Get a Sneak Peek: A Morsel of This Year’s Inner West Film Fest Program!

The 2nd Inner West Film Fest [IWFF] has announced the first five films from this year’s program, including actor and director Faouzi Bensaïdi’s comical road film, DÉSERTS, which premiered at the Cannes Director’s Fortnight; and the Australian premiere of DRUGSTORE JUNE, co-written, produced and starring comedian Esther Povitsky, with a side-splitting support cast, including Beverly D’Angelo, James Remar, Haley Joel Osment, Bobby Lee and executive producers Bill Burr and Al Madrigal, in this satire promising to leave audiences grinning (and groaning) from ear to ear!

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NATALIE MILLER FELLOWSHIP SUPPORTING WOMEN IN THE AUSTRALIAN SCREEN INDUSTRY WITH APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2023 GRANT

Celebrating its twelfth year helping women achieve outstanding success in their fields, applications for the Natalie Miller Fellowship are now open for its annual grant of up to $20,000. The grant is designed to inspire the next generation of female leaders, supporting established women in the Australian screen industry.

MIFF ANNOUNCES $300,000 PRIZE POOL AND 2023 FILM AWARDS, NOMINEES AND JURY LINE-UP

Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has today announced a total prize pool of over $300,000 across a suite of six award categories, together with the juries and nominees for two significant competition awards: the inaugural First Nations Film Creative Award in collaboration with Kearney Group, and the return of the Blackmagic Design Australian Innovation Award recognising an outstanding Australian creative within a film playing in the MIFF 2023 program.

SCREEN WARRIORS PROGRAM SCORES FUNDING BOOST WITH SCREEN AUSTRALIA GRANT

Announced today, the ground-breaking new program ‘Screen Warriors’, inaugurated this year by the Veterans Film Festival (VFF) in partnership with the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), has been provided a significant $50,000 grant from Screen Australia, to extend and develop the program to support Australian Defence Force Veterans and deliver new skilled talent to the film sector.

SCREEN AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES OVER $1.7 MILLION FOR INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT

Screen Australia has announced the 12 recipients of the Production Crew Skills Training Fund, three recipients of the Transferable Skills & Returning Crew Training Fund and 12 host companies providing 14 placement opportunities for mid-career practitioners through BTL Next Step.

The Best Dumplings in Melbourne: A love letter to Melbourne’s Chinatown and nightlife.

Coffee may be the official Melbourne beverage, but one could argue that dumplings are the quintessential food of Melbourne. On any given night in Chinatown, you’ll see hordes of people queuing in front of the many dumpling houses on Lt Bourke St, waiting to begin their night with a plate of delicious dumplings.

New Australian Feature Film “SONS OF SUMMER” to Premiere on the GOLD COAST on Wednesday 23rd August at HOTA

Action movie SONS OF SUMMER is gearing up for cinema release nationally on August 24, 2023.

FIRST NATIONS WRITERS DEVELOPMENT FUNDING

No Coincidence Media (WE ARE STILL HERE, THE MOOGAI) in partnership with Australian distribution company, Umbrella Entertainment are investing in the development of one feature film created by a First Nations writer, and welcomes submissions from First Nations writers to submit their feature film ideas.

Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism Used DaVinci Resolve Studio’s AI Features and Fairlight Desktop Audio Editor

Blackmagic Design announce that the new horror film Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism was completed using DaVinci Resolve Studio for color correction, editing, visual effects (VFX) work and audio editing.

2022/23 SPA COMMISSIONER SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS UNFAIR STREAMER COMMISSIONING BEHAVIOURS

Today Screen Producers Australia (SPA) released findings from their second annual Commissioning Survey, which aims to better understand the challenges faced by Australian production businesses when dealing with the leading commissioning platforms in Australia.

SCREEN AUSTRALIA LAUNCHES ACCESS COORDINATOR TRAINING PROGRAM

Screen Australia has announced a new Access Coordinator Training Program designed to train and support up to 12 people in this new and integral production role.