Indigenous Support
There are three channels of funding and producing opportunities for Indigenous screen and content producers at Metro Screen to support storytelling at different career stages – First Break, Out There & Deadly and Breakthrough.
Three projects in the First Break program are reserved for emerging Indigenous filmmakers each receiving $4000 Cash, $1000 Equipment hire and many other benefits. Out There and Deadly is a program with over $30,000 Cash for early career Indigenous producers interested in telling stories for TV. Breathrough offers $22,000 cash and $3,500 in production facilities for experienced filmmakers who identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander to take that next step.
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First Break
Best for: Emerging Indigenous filmmakers
Three of the Ten projects produced at Metro Screen under the First Break program are for emerging filmmakers who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander. Each projects is provided with $4000 Cash, $1000 Equipment hire and post production facilities, a short course in Editing, a professional to assist editing the script and an experienced Supervising Editor to mentor the film all the way to screening. Applications for 2012 funding have now closed, to find out about the next round of applications sign up to the Metro Screen email newsletter.
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Out There and Deadly
Best for: Early career Indigenous filmmakers
Three of the Ten projects produced at Metro Screen under the First Break program are for emerging filmmakers who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander. Each projects is provided with $4000 Cash, $1000 Equipment hire and post production facilities, a short course in Editing, a professional to assist editing the script and an experienced Supervising Editor to mentor the film all the way to screening. Applications for 2012 funding have now closed, to find out about the next round of applications sign up to the Metro Screen email newsletter.
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Breakthrough
Best for: Experienced Indigenous filmmakers
Breakthrough is for experienced filmmakers who identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander Australians to make a 20 minute story. A range of formats are considered including drama, documentary, animation, series pilot, experimental and cross-platform projects are all considered. Breakthrough is for sole person applications only however Metro Screen encourages applicants with established Director /Producer and Director/Screenwriter relationships to apply. Breakthrough is generously supported by Screen Australia.
Visit the photo gallery from the 2011 Screening of Breakout and Breakthrough films.
Applications for funding in 2012 have now closed, to find out about the next round of applications sign up to the Metro Screen email newsletter.
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Lester Bostock
We are proud to acknowledge Aboriginal elder Lester Bostock as our patron. Lester has been involved with Metro Screen for many years and has had a huge impact on our Indigenous program. Lester is a highly esteemed indigenous radio, television and film pioneer and was awarded The Order Of Australia in 2011 and the 2010 NAIDOC Award for Elder of the Year.
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Free short courses
Metro Screen, in partnership with Screen NSW, offers Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander screen practitioners free access to our full range of short courses.
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Our RAP
Metro Screen has developed a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to detail ways we can make a difference in supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culture.
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The Media RING
Metro Screen is a member of Media RING. Check this site to keep up with all the latest news, opportunities, events, articles and resources.
Indigenous Success
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The Biggest Port
Elizabeth Wymarra is a Gudang/Wakaidth Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island woman who has a passion for telling Indigenous stories on different platforms. A published children’s author, actor, writer and now producer/director, comes from a rich back ground in Radio, Theatre and TV. Her first fully funded short film The Biggest Port screened at the Short Film Festival S.A. and Message Sticks in 2011.
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The Caretaker
Filmmaker Alanna Rose is personally interested in Indigenous storytelling “who better to tell our stories than the people that are still living them? Who better to give a true representation of our history? To tell the story of the ‘ordinary man’ living in extraordinary circumstances within a powerful, dramatic art form such as film is truly exhilarating for a filmmaker.” Her work has screened at festivals including the World of Women festival tour nationally in 2011. The Caretaker was made by Alanna Rose and Mirri Mirri Productions through the Indigenous Breaks Funding program at Metro Screen.