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About the Indigenous Branch
Within Screen Australia, the Indigenous Branch's funding programs support creatively ambitious projects and people, and imaginative, resonant stories authored by Indigenous Australians.
We aim to assist the career development of talented writers, directors and producers who have the potential to make a significant contribution to screen culture and the national cultural life by actively engaging at all stages with key creatives in the development and production of their works.
The Branch proactively strives to support Indigenous projects and practitioners through: - providing draft development investment in projects that have the potential to be realised.
- providing Development and/or Production Investment in targeted initiatives, one-off projects, or in collaboration with broadcasters or other funding entities.
- provide support for Indigenous practitioners to attend conferences, markets and festivals, nationally and internationally.
- provide support and facilitate internships and mentorship programs with more experienced practitioners.
Other key roles of the Indigenous Branch are: - to work with the Indigenous filmmaking community in developing strategies for enhancing employment and professional development opportunities, and the creation of a vibrant screen sector for Indigenous filmmakers.
- to provide assessment and guidance to projects with Indigenous content that are submitted to the Industry and Enterprise Development Branch.
- to contribute to Screen Australia and industry policy development.
Email: indigenous@screenaustralia.gov.au
Fax: (02) 9357 3672
Ph: (02) 9321 6499
A Brief History
In 1992, the AFC commissioned the report Promoting Indigenous Involvement, in the Film and Television Industry, prepared by Shirley McPherson and Michael Pope. One of the recommendations of the report was the setting up of an Aboriginal program within the AFC, to develop strategies to proactively engage Indigenous Australians in the film and television industry.
The Aboriginal Program, or Aboriginal Unit as it was called, was renamed the Indigenous Branch in 1993 with two staff - a director and an administrator - and its own operational budget. This was in recognition of the need for self-representation by Indigenous Australians in the film and television industry. It also demonstrated the AFC's commitment to increasing the participation of Indigenous Australians in the film and television industries. |
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Nana Photo: Mark Rogers
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Ngaire Pigram in the short drama Plains Empty, funded under the Dramatically Black initiative.
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