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Applications now open for SBS Indigenous TV Mentorship Award

SBS is calling for applications for the career-enhancing mentorship award that will offer support, guidance and opportunities to emerging Indigenous talent in the Australian film and television industry.

The winner of the annual SBS Indigenous TV Mentorship Award will receive...

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SASA 2010 Winners Announced

At the Gala Awards Night at the Mercury Cinema last night (March 4) the winners of the 2010 South Australian Screen Awards were announced to a full house.

Although this consensus seems to be reached every year, the awards were universally regarded by all attendants as the ‘best one ever.’ A highlight was the incredibly stun...

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FESTIVAL SUCCESS FOR MRC SHORTS!!

Congratulations to filmmaker Sophie Lamonto whose Queer Real documentary Pop Doc has been selected into the 2010 Mardi Gras Festival’s My Queer Career touring program.

This follows on from Pop Doc’s recent screenings in the Brisbane Queer Film Festival, Katoomba Festival, Darwin Festival ...

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MRC green-lights Raw Nerve productions

After completing a six week script development program with the MRC development team, four projects have been green-lit for production investment by an industry committee…

“Daddy, Daddy”
Producer Alexandra Blue
Writer Nikki Wieland
Director Amber McBride

“The...

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Closer Productions Employment Opportunity

Closer Productions is an Adelaide-based screen media company with a primary business of creating and delivering drama, documentary and digital media content. Currently Closer also operates a commercial “services” arm of the business. This involves the creation of TVCs (both with agencies and direct), arts industry services (including arc...

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Screen Australia presents In Search of Stories Worth Telling

Screen Australia presents In Search of Stories Worth Telling: Robert Rosen Lecture Series

Tuesday 6 July 2010: Screen Australia, in association with MIFF 37?South Market, presents educator and critic Robert Rosen speaking on narrative storytelling and its significance both on and off the screen.

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UPDATE!! Rottofest Comedy Film Festival discount for MRC members..

The “Search for Australia’s Funniest Filmmakers” is now on as part of the 2nd annual Rottofest Film Festival.

This exciting new national competition provides filmmakers with a platform for the production and presentation of short form comedy.

Rottofest 2010 is searching for entries that will provide their audie...

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Dome Lab 2010 Scholarship

Screen Development Australia (SDA) is offering a scholarship in the form of a free registration to attend DOME Lab 2010 in Perth (31 Oct – 5 Nov 2010). The scholarship is valued at $1000.

Early career screen practitioners who are members of one of the state based Screen Development ...

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Independent Arts Foundation Creative Writing Mentorship Now Open

The Carclew Youth Arts Board funds activities for, by and with young people. Carclew Youth Arts encourages participation and excellence in the arts through a range of scholarship, mentorship, grant and funding programs.

The Independent Arts Foundation Creative Writing Mentorship aims to support the professional development of a ...

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SA HEAT WINNERS OF SDA PITCHING COMPETITION ANNOUNCED!!!

The MRC recently hosted the South Australian heat of SDA’s national Pitching Competition, looking for the best unproduced projects in Australia.

Congratulations to the following MRC members…

Winner:
Ben Crisp for his TV series Insecurity<...

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FULLDOME - INDUSTRY SCREENING

In the lead up to Dome Lab 2010, ANAT is providing an opportunity for South Australian filmmakers and media artists to experience the immersive story-telling potential of fulldome.

4pm – 5pm, Monday 23rd of August
Adelaide Planetarium
Uni SA Mawson Lakes Campus
Building P
Main Street<...

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DOME LAB 2010

Fulldome and other ‘frameless’ screens provide what filmmakers dream about – an audience so immersed they become part of the story, an experience so seamless that the story transcends its mode of delivery.

WHEN
31 October – 5 November 2010 :: Perth, Australia.

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2011 INSITE SUBMISSIONS - ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 3 SEPT

The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) and BigPond Adelaide Film Festival (BAFF) are calling for entries to the fifth biennial INSITE Competition for Unproduced Feature Screenplays.

INSITE is one of the premier screenwriting compe...

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Cartoon Network Launches SNAPTOONS Australia with $25,000 Incentive for Local Production

SPAA is hosting an exciting new initiative from Cartoon Network, SNAPTOONS Australia, at this year’s conference.

SNAPTOONS Australia is designed to provide a leg up to local Aussie talent and offers local producers the chance to pitch for a $15,0...

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CONGRATULATIONS TO MRC OBSERVERS SELECTED FOR SAFC'S TV MINILAB!!

Congratulations to MRC Members, Jennifer Jones, Fiona Sprott, Michael Zeitz, Sebastian Thorez and Ryder Grindle on being selected as Official Observers of the SAFC’s inaugural TV MiniLab.

TV MiniLab is an SAFC special initiative designed to develop a sustainable television indus...

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