Screen Australia and ABC encourages emerging Doco makers

Launched Today, Opening Shot is a new initiative by Screen Australia and ABC TV Documentaries to help emerging documentarians find funding and screens on ABC2.

Creating a prime time series, the $400,000 initiative will commission up to six one-off films looking at contemporary Australian life by filmmakers considered emerging talent, age 35 and under (at 1 July, 2011).

Broken into half-hour allotments, applicants can apply for $80,000 per documentary.

For guidelines and applications see www.abc.net.au/independent and Screen Australia.