Among the recipients for Enterprise Business are production companies Blacksand Pictures (The Ninth Tower, Salma’s Season); Closer Productions (Aftertaste, 52 Tuesdays, Animals, In My Blood It Runs); SAM Content (Hot Potato: The Story of the Wiggles); Unless Pictures (Retrograde, Finding Jedda); and First Nations businesses Blackfella Films (The Australian Wars, Total Control and Redfern Now); GARUWA (Power to Country and Through the Fire); Oombarra Productions (The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson); and Pink Lake Creative.
Amongst the recipients of Enterprise People are Larissa Behrendt (After the Apology, The First Inventors) who will undergo a placement at Eleven Film (Sex Education); Mohini Herse (Appetite) who will be placed at Merman (Bad Sisters, Catastrophe); Rob Innes (Phenomena, Housemates) who will be placed at Arrow Media; Jessica Magro (Fez, The Alexander Ball) who will be placed at Stampede Ventures (K-POPS, Prince of Port Au Prince); Alexandra Keddie (The Housemate) who will be placed at Celeste Barber’s Nondescript Productions (Wellmania); and Huna Amweero (Blaze, Krystal Klairvoyant) who will be placed at Stephen and Hunter Page’s Djali House.
Each Enterprise recipient has been paired with a personalised creative and strategic business mentor to provide dedicated highly-specialised advice that will further support their unique goals and growth. Additionally, all recipients will receive exclusive access to a comprehensive 12-month education program facilitated by industry stakeholders, including 113 Partners, Screen Producers Australia (SPA), Australian Directors Guild (ADG), Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) and Australians in Film (AiF). 113 Partners is engaged as Screen Australia’s Industry Partner, and, in addition to providing analysis of Business applications, is involved in the co-design and co-facilitation of the business development support for the applicants.
Screen Australia’s CEO Graeme Mason said, “We are absolutely thrilled to announce over $4.6 million in Enterprise funding that will create meaningful career pathways and offer businesses significant opportunities for growth. This diverse slate of recipients showcases the extraordinary potential and ingenuity of Australian practitioners and businesses in our local screen ecosystem, and will support them to continue to build their businesses into the future.”
“From trailblazing production companies, emerging talent and those looking to expand locally and globally, these Enterprise recipients are well-placed to shape the future of Australian storytelling at home and on a global stage,” said Mason.
