Filmink, ATOM, Gillezeau receive publication funding
Screen Australia has announced the recipients of the latest round of the Research and Publication Funding: ATOM, Filmink, Firelight (Marcus Gillezeau) and Monash/Newcastle Universities.
According to CEO Ruth Harley, these companies will provide audiences with information, insight and analysis about screen content helping to build a more sustainable Australian screen industry.”
- ATOM will use the funding to support the production of quarterly magazines Screen Education and Metro. Screen Australia’s support will assist these publications to succeed in the long term and enable ATOM publications to become a financially sustainable business.
- Filmink will develop an iPad application.
- Dr Romaine Morton of the University of Newcastle and Dr Therese Davis of Monash University have been funded for Beyond the remote/urban divide: re-mapping Indigenous screen content and its audiences. This Indigenous-led research project will provide an academic analysis of Indigenous media policy. It will also assist filmmakers, policy makers and screen agencies to better understand Indigenous media policy and in turn work to grow audiences for Indigenous screen content.
- Firelight will publish an All-Media Production Bible. This publication will be a practical and relevant guide to assist producers, programmers and commissioning editors to adapt and develop their skills in the evolving digital landscape. The All-Media Production Bible will be distributed widely through industry channels as a free e-book.
