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Resources


Federal Government Agencies

Australian Communications and Media Authority

Australian Film, Television and Radio School

Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

National Film and Sound Archive

Office of Film and Literature Classification

Screen Australia


Public Broadcasters

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) - Independent Productions

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) - Acquisition

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) - Commissioning 


Government/Industry Partnerships

Ausfilm


State Government Agencies

Film Victoria

ScreenACT

Screen NSW

Screen Queensland

Screen Tasmania

ScreenWest

South Australian Film Corporation 


Organisations

Arts Law Centre of Australia

Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Australian Children's Television Foundation

Australian Cinematographers Society

Australian Directors Guild

Australian Guild of Screen Composers

Australian Film Institute

Australian Screen Editors Guild

Australian Writers' Guild

Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Screen Producers Association of Australia


 Media

Encore

Filmink

Inside Film

Metro

Screen Hub

Urban Cinefile


Selected Australian Film Festivals

BigPond Adelaide Film Festival (February - March, biennial)

Flickerfest (January)

Melbourne International Film Festival (July - August)

Revelation Perth International Film Festival (July)

St. George Brisbane International Film Festival (July - August)

St. Kilda Film Festival (May)

Sydney Film Festival (June)

Tropfest (February)


Useful downloads from Screen Australia

I've Got a Great Idea for a Film
What to do if you have a great idea for a film or have written a script and don't know what to do next.

What is a Synopsis?  An Outline?  A Treatment?
A short and simple explanation of synopses, outlines and treatments for drama and documentary.

Standard Script Layout
A guide to writing scripts in the accepted industry format.

A-Z Budget Forms
Industry standard A-Z Budgets for feature films, documentaries, short films, animation and interactive digital media that are intended as a guide to preparing budgets in the format that is usually required by funding bodies.

Pathways & Protocols: a filmmaker's guide to working with Indigenous people, culture and concepts
A comprehensive guide for filmmakers working with Indigenous content and communities, Pathways & Protocols: a filmmaker’s guide to working with Indigenous people, culture and concepts provides information on the principles for protocols and implementing those protocols with film practice, what the concepts of communication, consultant and consent mean, copyright law and related legal issues, information for Indigenous communities and information for Non-Indigenous filmmakers as well as a detailed contacts directory.

 

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