Screen Australia is pleased to announce that it has secured over $5.2 million in funding for 18 enterprise talent opportunities and 18 enterprise business proposals.
Enterprise Business Winners Djali House and Kapwa
The Enterprise Business program supports screen businesses to make a difference, grow their businesses and build a path to sustainability. Winners include Ten4 Media, a Northern Territory-based company specializing in observational documentaries that capture unique stories and landscapes. Fremantle company Artemis Media is known for producing influential fact-based series such as ‘Maggie Beer’s Big Mission’ and ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Torres Strait Islander Aboriginal Company Lone Star is dedicated to bringing scripted projects to audiences around the world. Regional NSW’s Magpie Pictures produces the acclaimed SBS series Swift Street, with a focus on authentic storytelling.
The Enterprise People stream creates career-defining development opportunities and supports placements for practitioners to advance their careers on screen. Among the winners is 07 year creator Casey Anning, who will spend six months working at US company Paper Planes. Joshua Yassery, 2023 Fresh Blood Recipient, will begin a 12-month stint at Studio Giray, which specializes in Indigenous animation. and Ruby Davis, who recently signed a 12-month deal with Arenamedia to work on Adam Elliott’s upcoming feature Memoir of a Snail.
Screen Australia’s Indigenous division has put 100 in the program supporting four Indigenous businesses, including Djali House, Lone Star Company, No Coincidence Media and Pandamonium Films, and three practitioners, including Travis Akbar, Isaac Cohen Lindsay and Joshua Yasserie. I invested a million dollars.
Since its inception in 2009, Screen Australia’s Enterprise Program has supported more than 133 screen companies and 136 individual creators, with more than $50 million invested in the program.
Screen Australia COO Grainne Brunsdon said: “We are committed to supporting the creation of sustainable businesses, fostering creative entrepreneurship and helping individuals build their careers and create Australian stories for global industry. We are excited to support such a diverse range of businesses from across Australia and placements that provide important upskilling for local practitioners as they develop their careers here and around the world. ”
Here are the 2024 Enterprise People winners and their placements:
Travis Akbar – Dicentium Films Kacie Anning – Paper Planes Laki Baker – Artemis Media Allison Brownmoore – SAM Content Sarah Carroll – Purple Carrot Entertainment Ruby Davis – Arenamedia Michael Drake – Sinking Ship Entertainment Chris Eley – ZED Productions Lina Foti – Ouray Pictures Inc Sam Icklow – Archipelago Productions Shelly Roman – Easy Tiger Productions Isaac Cohen Lindsay – We Made A Thing Studios Courtney Mulvey – Wheel Rolling Georgia Noe – Cultivator Films Nadia Townsend – Aquarius Films Anna Vincent – Zephyr Films Joshua Yaseri – Studio Giray Debbie Chow – Fable Pictures
The 2024 Enterprise Business winners are:
Artemis Media Djali House Factor 30 Films indiVisual Films – international Kapwa Lantern Pictures Lone Star Media Mad Ones Films Magpie Pictures New Mac Never/Sleep Pictures No Coincidence Media Pandamonium Films Shop 15 Productions (Slag Productions) Ten 4 Media Thousand Mile Productions Walking Fish Productions Wild pacific media
Click here for details on each recipient.
Enterprise People Recipients (LR) Lina Foti, Ruby Davis, Courtney Mulvey
About Enterprise
Screen Australia’s Enterprise program consists of two programs, Business and People, and two streams within each, Generate and Premium.
Enterprise Business supports proposals from screen businesses that create pathways to change, growth and sustainability, benefiting the wider screen industry. Enterprise People creates careers that define development opportunities and supports the placement of individuals to support sustainable and growing screen careers.
For more information, visit Enterprise Business or Enterprise People or contact us at email protected.
