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Screen Australia announces Springboard teams

Screen Australia has announced its latest intake of the Springboard: Short Film Initiative.

Springboard is designed to help promising filmmaking teams transition from short to feature film.

The teams are:

  • Writer/director Nicholas Verso and producer John Molloy
  • Writer/director Miranda Nation and producer Lyn Nyfor
  • Writer/director Lynne Vincent McCarthy and producer Samantha Jennings
  • Writer/director Sean Kruck and producer Caroline Barry
  • Writer/director/producer Antony Webb, writer/producer Ethan Marrell and producer Jaclyn Hewer.

With a feature film concept already in mind, the teams will make a short film that relates to the bigger project while taking tailor-made workshops that support each creative team.

Martha Coleman, Screen Australia’s head of development said: “This year we are very fortunate to have the hugely talented Paul Welsh running the program for us. We have refocused the workshop to place the emphasis on process and pushing the emotional core of the stories. We’re delighted with the diversity and strength of this year’s participants and I’ve no doubt they are in for a transformative experience.”

Last year’s team was writer/director Zak Hilditch and producer Liz Kearney who were among the filmmakers who this week received Screen Australia financing. Their film These Final Hours will begin filming in 2012, off the back of their short film Transmission.

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