Raw Nerve
In partnership with the Australian Film
Commission the MRC runs the Raw Nerve
production initiative for new filmmakers
annually providing $4000 cash, $2500
equipment and facilities and a supervising
producer. In 2008 the four films produced
will screen at the end of June in the
Mercury Cinema. A call for entries will be
announced in October 2008.
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TradeFilms
TradeFilms aims to bring emerging
screen industry practitioners and small
to medium sized enterprises together to
create innovative screen based advertising
campaigns and to seed screen businesses.
Three creative teams have been selected
to create campaigns that will be
showcased at the Mercury Cinema as
part of UniSA International Business Week
2008 in August.
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I Can See Queerly Now
In partnership with Feast the award
winning Queerly program has grown each
year and these films have screened at
over 30 international film festivals. A call
for entries will be announced in May, so
if you’re 26 or under and interested in
creating a film around the idea of queer
identity this initiative is for you! All films
are screened as part of the Feast festival
in November at the Mercury Cinema.
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The Company
The aim of The Company 2008 initiative
is to create ensemble driven character
based short films with a focus on the
development of a relationship between a
creative filmmaking team and the Adelaide
Centre for the Arts, Acting Department 3rd
year acting graduates.
With $2500 cash,
mentor support, a supervising producer
and in-kind equipment and facilities on
offer filmmakers are supported through
every step of the process. A call for entries
has been announced for 2008.
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Silent re Masters
Silent re Masters offers South Australian
bands, composers, sound designers, DJ’s
and musicians the opportunity to create
an innovative new score for one of four
classic silent films screening as part of the
Mercury Cinema’s Cinémathèque program
in December 2008. A call for entries will
be announced in July 2008.
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Digital Animation Production Initiative
The initiative will provide three emerging animation teams with the training, mentors, resources and $2500 in cash to make a low budget short film in a real industry environment.
Local animation companies The People’s Republic of Animation, Rising Sun Pictures and Monkeystack will provide one-on-one technical and creative mentorship to each of the selected teams and Producer Hugh Nguyen from The People’s Republic of Animation will be on board as supervising producer of all three selected projects.
Applications are now closed.
Sponsored by the South Australian Film Corporation and the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology. |
Office for Youth A-Teams - Innovating South Australia’s future
A collaboration with the Office for Youth and Adelaide Thinkers in Residence
This A-Team will be run in conjunction with the next phase of the residency of Adelaide Thinker in Residence, Dr Geoff Mulgan, a former adviser to British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and an expert in developing social innovation policy. Dr Mulgan’s residency is titled: Social innovation: meeting unmet needs. He is exploring ways that South Australia can innovate to reach a place that South Australians want their state to be in the future.
This A-Team will be called Innovating South Australia’s future. Young people will have the opportunity to imagine what they want South Australia to look like in the future and what action has to be taken now in order for us to get there. The A-Team will be structured around South Australia’s Strategic Plan, with six groups of young people focusing on policy innovations around the plan’s six objectives.
The Media Resource Centre will work in collaboration with the Office for Youth to develop six short screen based projects, communicating the policy message of each of the A-Teams. Small groups of young screen based practitioners will work closely with the young people involved in policy development to create a series of two minute films outlining their vision for South Australia’s future.
  
Filmmakers & Artists confirmed to date:
The People’s Republic of Animation
Tom Young, David Scarborough & Kirsty Stark
Syliva Warmer, Carly Turner, Bowen Ellames & Simon Mazengarb
Nunga TV
Michael Yuen
Kade Richardson |
