Funding
FUNDING ARCHIVE
Screen Canberra provides a range of funding opportunities to support and develop local practitioners and projects. Funding is also available for productions looking to shoot or post produce in the region.
CBR Screen Fund
- SIX FESTIVALS (on hold due to COVID-19)
Feature film
Production company: Superlative Pictures
Applicant: Shannon Wilson-McClinton
Funding type: Production investment - LIFEBLOOD
Television series – fiction
Production company: Beyond Entertainment
Applicant: Melinda Wearne
Funding type: Development loan - SISSY
Feature film
Producers: Lisa Shaunessy, John De Margheriti
Funding type: Production investment - LITTLE ONE
Television series – biopic
Funding type: Development loan - PARANORMAL BLACKTIVITY
Television series
Funding type: Development loan - SWING SET
Feature film
Funding type: Development loan
Total amount to date $451,900
Made in CBR - Covid Support
- 6 FESTIVALS
Feature film
Production company: Superlative Pictures
Producers: Shannon Wilson McClinton and Michael Wren
Funding type: Hardship loan - WOMBATS IN SPACE
Documentary feature
Producer: Robert Nugent
Funding type: Development funding - IT TAKES A VILLAGE
Television series – fiction
Production company: Screencraft
Producers: Michael Fardell, Barry Kirby, Asher Floyd, Justine Fardell
Funding type: Development loan (conditional approval) - BIG BANGS
Documentary feature
Production company: Wildbear Entertainment
Producers: Alan Erson, Holly Trueman
Funding type: Development funding - HOW TO BUILD A CITY
Television series documentary
Production company: Wildbear Entertainment
Producers: Serge Ou, Harriet Pike
Funding type: Production loan - THE GRIEF HOLE
Fiction Feature film
Funding type: Development loan - CIPHER
Television series
Funding type: Development loan - GIRL ON THE MOON
Television series – fiction
Funding type: Development loan
Total amount to date $132,100
ACT Screen Arts Fund 2020
- Catherine Petocz
Script adaptation of Hired Mother - Christopher Eley
Research and development for Australia, a Users Manual - John Milner
Short film production for Henry, Maude and the Importance of Being Honest and Pavlova and the Rabbit - Joshua Koske
Proof of concept for Cut To Care - Julia Martin
Mentorship for The Future of Fabric - Maddalena Esterbrook
Produce online Documentary Series of Know Your Neighbours - Tim Maricic
Script development for Cellar Door
Total amount $78, 072
Australian International Documentary Conference
- Robert Nugent – registration grant
- Michael Fardell – registration grant
CBR Screen Fund
- FIVE EYES
Television series – fiction
Applicant: Joanna Werner
Funding type: Development funding - HOUSE OF SIGHS
Feature film
Applicant: Joshua Koske
Funding type: Development funding - JACK HEATH’S “ESCAPE FROM”
Multi-platform: Podcast, TV animation, VR experience
Production company: Silversun Pictures
Applicant: Tamzin Nugent
Funding type: Development loan - Production and Development Cashflow loan
Wildbear Entertainment
2019 CBR Screen Fund total funding: $337,000
ACT Screen Art Fund
- Claudia Cooney
Work with an experienced screenwriter to develop a pilot episode for drama series, Monsoon Season. - Meg Donnelly
Production funding for short film, The Sacred. - Christian Doran
Development funding for web-series, Mirrors. - Zayaan Jappie
Development funding for short documentary, Bianca (working title). - Nicole Lawson & Craig Brown (Shy Kids Club)
San Fransisco International Gaming Conference and game development, With Friends Like These. - Marisa Martin
Production funding, Violet Daze.Total funding distributed $83, 969
Australian International Documentary Conference
- Kim Beamish
- Inga Koralewska
Screen Producers Australia - Screen Forever Conference
- Tamzin Nugent – travel grant
- Joshua Koske – travel grant
Screen Australia's Indigenous Producers Program
- Nevanka McKeon
SBS Diversity Talent Escalator
-
Farnoush Parsiavashi
CBR Screen Fund 2018
- THE FURIES
Feature Film – Horror
Producers: Andrew Marriott and Lisa Shaunessy
Production Company: The Film Distillery - FAMILY
Feature Documentary
Producers: Alice Taylor Director/Producer Kim Beamish
Production Company: Non’D’Script - TOTAL CONTROL
6-part TV Series – Drama
Producer: Darren Dale
Production Company: Blackfella Films and ABC - IRON FISTS AND KUNG FU KICKS
Wild Bear Entertainment
2018 CBR Screen Fund Total Funding: $160, 000
ACT Screen Arts Fund 2018
- Hallam Drury
Production and mentoring support for the completion of a documentary, Carrying Everest. - Declan Shrubb
Assist with the script development a feature film, Imaginary Friend. - John Milner
Assist with the script development a feature film, Imaginary Friend. - Thusus Jones
Create Aurora Sound VR, an immersive, interactive music visualisation sandbox for virtual reality. - Cindy Li
Develop first draft screenplay of a feature film, The Cruellest Kiss, with support from of a script editor. - Sean Fenemore (Savage Yeti Games)
Create Kid Witch, a 2-4 player 2D party game for the PC platform. - Lina Foti
Undertake a mentorship in scriptwriting for children’s animated TV with Writer/Producer Holly Huckins. - Simon Cunich
Mentoring support for the post-production phase of a new narrative short, The Rolling Ground.
Melbourne International Games Week Travel Grants 2018
- Matthew Sanderson (Moloch Media)
- Justin Mullins
- Aberrant Realties
- Rip Tide Feature Film
- Oyster Documentary Film
- Blight of The Immortals Video game
Melbourne International Games Week Travel Grants
Siege Sloth Games
Cardboard Keep
Screen Forever Registration Grant
Daniel Sanguineti
Billie Dean
ACT Screen Arts Fund
Zhenshi van der Klooster – Mentoring (Cinematography)
Catherine Prosser – Development Attachment (Princess Pictures)
Vanessa Gazy – 'Bluebelle' (Feature Film)
Andrew Pike – 'Pumphead' (Documentary)
Melanie Calvert – 'The Blue Tier' (TV Series)
Mia Thurgate – 'Race to Rescue' (Documentary)
Georgina Jenkins – Professional Development (The Athena Project)
Christian Doran – 'The Last Time Traveller' (Game Development)
Changed Forever Television mini-series
Night Parrot Stories Documentary Film Secret City Television series The Code - Season 2 Television series Joe Cinque's Consolation Feature FilmScreen Forever Registration Grant
Paul Bissett
ACT Screen Arts Fund
Lina Silva – Producer Attachment
Vanessa Gazy – 'Erase Us' (Short Film & Script Development)
Georgina Jenkins – Producer Attachment
John Concannon – National Screenwriters Conference (NSC) Attendance
Clare Conroy – 'Fyshwick' (Feature Film)
James Batchelor – 'Deepspace' (Film Installation)
Ian Hart – 'My Brother Ben' (Feature Film)
Alice Taylor – 'The Krewd Party' (Web Series)
Andrew Einspruch & Billie Dean – 'The Return of Arthur' (Feature Film)
Me And My Mates Vs The Zombie Apocalypse Feature Film
A Tale Of Two Cities Documentary Mini-seriesNet-Work-Play Registration Grants
Kris Kerehona
Alice Taylor
ACT Screen Arts Fund
Sotiris Dounoukos – ‘Joe Cinque’s Consolation’ (Feature Film)
Deborah Kingsland – ‘Talk about Hot!’ (Documentary)
Vanessa Gazy – ‘Id’ (TV Mini Series)
Liz Lea – ‘Fire/Filmed’ (Short Film)
Simon Cunich – ‘The Undiscovered’ (Documentary)
Christian Doran – ‘Luminous’ & ‘Terror Australis’ (Feature Film)
Megan Watson – ‘Dragon Ladies’ (Documentary)
Hew Sandison & Ashley Charnock – ‘Shift’ (TV Series)
Anthony Shaw – ‘Antarctica – Two Artists’ Vision’ (Documentary)
Julie McKay – ‘Nudes, Taboos and Black Tattoos’ (Feature Film)
Steve Herczeg – ‘Control’ (Feature)
ACT Screen Development Fund
Cubicle Productions – ‘Deep State’ (TV Series)
Paul Bissett – ‘Hoop’ (TV Series)
Simon Cunich – ‘How to be a Man’ (Documentary)
Screencraft – ‘Eww … Gross’ (TV Series)
Joe Kisch – ‘Wolf in the Wardrobe’ (Feature)
Peace Mountain Productions – ‘Dumpling, Tea & Rice’ (Feature)
CAAMA Productions – ‘Desert Dogs’ (Documentary)
SPA Registration Grants
Joe Kisch
AIDC Registration Grants
Michael Kraaz
Ian Hibberson
ACT Screen Arts Fund
Andrew Pike – ‘Missionaries’ (Documentary)
Clare Young – ‘Unruly Girls’ (Feature Film)
Daniel Sanguineti – ‘Me and my Mates Vs The Zombie Apocalypse’ (Feature Film)
Humphrey James – ‘Unreal Estate’ (TV Series)
Joe Kisch – ‘Jandamarra’ (Feature Film)
Kris Kerehona – ‘The Centenarians’ (Documentary)
Melanie Calvert – ‘Freycinet’ (Feature Film)
Simon Weaving – Mentorship/Professional Development
Vanessa Gazy – ‘Highway’ (Short Film)
Galore Feature Film
Canberra Confidential Documentary Film
The Boffin, The Builder and The Bombardier Television mini-series From The Bottom Of The Lake Documentary Film The Story Of Australia Documentary mini-seriesLocal Ambassador – CIFF Body of Work
Jimmy Ennett
Harriet Pike
ACT Screen Development Fund
Peter Castle – ‘Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire’ (Game)
James Hunter – ‘Maralinga’ (Feature Film)
Clare Young – ‘The Perfect Mother’ (Documentary)
Ian Hart – ‘Dumpling’ (Feature Film)
Michael Fardell – ‘Outback Yum Cha’ (TV Series)
Matched Funding Loans
Bearcage – The Boffin, the Builder and the Bombardier Series 2 (TV Series)
SPAA Registration Grant
Humphrey James
Asian Side of the Doc Travel Grant
Kris Kerehona
AIDC Registration Grants
Kathryn Kelly
Rob Nugent
Tim Maricic
ACT Screen Arts Fund
Rebecca Filipczyk – 'Get It Off Your Chest!'
Deborah Kingsland – 'Hanna and the Heifers'
Bruce Davie – 'Scars'
James Batchelor – 'Ersatz'
Matthew Anderson – 'Eighty-Six'
Jimmy Ennett – 'Cult Like Behaviour'
Andrew Einspruch & Billie Dean – 'In Conversation with Cows and Sheep: Wisdom from the Paddock'
By George Studios – 'Flesh & Blood'
New Zealand from Above Documentary Feature
Anthology Feature Film Grant Recipients
The Colour Of Friendship – Micael Ortiz
Love For The Taking – Rebecca Filipczyk
Joy Flight – Megan Watson
It’s Not That Simple – Ben Wade/Chris Webb
Scars – Bruce Davie
Good Monster, Bad Monster – Evan Croker
Busker’s Lock – Daniel Lloyd
To My One And Only – Tony Marziano
A Familiar Feeling – Luke Hendrickson
SPAA Conference Attendance
Jun Xiao, Emerging Producers Scheme
Sophie Brown, Emerging Producers Scheme
Ian Lumsden, Emerging Producers Scheme
Development Fund Grant Recipients
Brianna O’Donohue – Elephant In The Room (Animated TV Series)
Che Baker – KICK (Feature Film)
Evan Crocker – George Lazenby – This Never Happened to the Other Fella (Documentary)
Ian Hart – Looking for Johnny Fong (Documentary)
Kathryn Kelly – A Foot in the Door (Documentary)
Katie Winchester – Witchy Warts (Animated TV Series)
Meg Donnelly – God’s Country (Feature Film)
Bearcage – Avalanche Hunters (TV Series)
Nicky Tyndale Biscoe – A Modern Eduation (Feature Film)
Travel Grant Recipients
The Digger Documentary Film
Development Fund Grant Recipient
Christian Hauberg - 'Omnivore' (Reality TV Series)
Micael Ortiz - 'Farm Squad' (Animated Children’s TV Series)
Richard Jameson - 'Where are the Warriors' (Feature Film)
Harriet Pike Bearcage (Documentary Slate)
John de Margheriti - 'Takedown'
Sotiris Doukounis - 'Mona Lisa' (Feature Film Script)
James Huntern - 'Maralinga' (Feature Film)
Brendan Sloane - 'Laying with Dogs'(Feature Film)
Julie McKay - 'Nudes, Taboos and Black Tattoos' (Feature Film)
Kris Kerehona - ‘Pastry Perfection’ (TV Series)
Matthew Anderson, writer for the feature film ‘Acoustic #7′
Travel Grant Recipients
Che Baker SPAA
Yve Laffey SPAA
Brianna O’Donohue SPAA
Justene Taylor-Canon SPAA
Project Pod Grant Recipients
Marisa Martin, Geraldine Martin – 'The Della Morte Sisters' (Children's TV Series)
Michael Kraaz - 'The Great Unsigned' (A Hard Rock Documentary)
Lucas Li - 'D’Orks' (iPhone Game)
Phil Selby - 'Seeing Things' (Animated Adult Supernatural TV Series)
Belinda Barancewicz - 'And They’re Off' (Feature Mockumentary RE: Fashions on the Field)
Project Fund Recipients
Tony Oakden - Subversive Games (eLearning Game)
Michael Tear - Bearcage Productions (Documentary Slate)
Clare Young - The Note Book (Independent Documentary Producer)
Christian Doran - TV Series - The Singing Bug (Independent Documentary Producer)
Sotiris Dounoukos - Joe Cinque’s Consolation (Writing)
Belinda Pratten - TV series - Top Dogs (Documentary Producer)
James Hunter - Feature Writer/Director (One of Us)
Travel Grant Recipients
Kris Kerehona AIDC
Helene Walsh AIDC
Marisa Martin SPAA
Project Fund Round 2 Grant Recipients
Mike Jacobsen - 'Urf' (TV Series Development)
Sotiris Dounoukos - 'Irini' (Feature Script Development)
Andrew Scarano - 'Into the Shadows' (Post Production on Documentary)
Liz Weir - 'A Comic Affair' (Post Production)
Robert Nugent - 'Memoirs of a Plague' (Production Funding)
Mike Sweet - 'The Bombing of Darwin' (Production Funding)
Project Fund Round 1 Grant Recipients
Canary Yellow Productions - 'The Dinner Party' (Feature Film)
Bearcage Productions - 'Shock and How to Survive It' (Documentary)
Leanne Bartlett - 'Extreme Office Chair Racing' (Video Game)
That’s A Wrap Productions - 'Resistance' (TV Series)
Liz Weir - 'A Comic Affair' (Documentary)
Travel Grant Recipients
Andrew Einspruch AIDC
Andrew Scarano AIDC
Kath Callow SPAA
Red Jeffrey SPAA