Six shorts jump on Screen Australia’s Springboard
Six teams have been accepted into Screen Australia’s Springboard short development initiative, with the projects Please Explain, Bon Scott, The Last Hurrah, Scratch the Surface, Cat Night Morning and Dieback.
The teams will participate in two workshops to develop their short and revisit their feature script. Three projects will go into production, with a budget of up to $150,000.
Springboard will be run by screenwriting teachers and script consultants Simon van der Borgh and Jonathan Rawlinson.
The six teams are:
- Leanne Tonkes (p), Steve Kearney (p), Anna Broinowski (w/d) with political satire Please Explain
- Lizzette Atkins (p), Sophie Edelstein (w), Eddie Martin (d) with biopic Bon Scott
- Sheila Jayadev (p), Matthew Zeremes (w), Oliver Torr (w), Martha Goddard (d) with drama The Last Hurrah
- Jannine Barnes (p), Grant Scicluna (w/d) with psychological thriller Scratch the Surface
- · Annmaree Bell (p), CJ Johnson (w/d) with caper Cat Night Morning
- Ross Hutchens (p), Tenille Kennedy (co-p), Ben Young (w/d) with mystery/psychological thriller Dieback
