Film Victoria transforms to VicScreen, launches a new production fund and specialist skills program.
Imagine Impact, the content accelerator program created by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell, will launch in Melbourne this year, the first time the program for storytellers will be run outside of the US.
Building upon the success of last year’s inaugural program, Impact and Gentle Giant Media Group are launching Impact Australia 2, the follow up to the highly coveted screenwriter accelerator program, which will be held this year in Melbourne, with principal funding from Screen Australia and Film Victoria.
Nominees for the 2019 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel have been announced, and we’re thrilled to see so many Film Victoria supported productions in contention.
During his time in Victoria shooting The Leftovers Series 3, US producer Eugene Kelly sat down with experienced producers and writers to share some of his insights into the business, collected over a lifetime working on features and television series with Columbia, Warner Bros., Disney, Sony and HBO.