Screen Australia partners with Snapchat on original scripted content

Screen Australia and Snapchat have teamed up with a new initiative aimed at developing and producing premium Australian content for a global audience.

Two vertical mobile series will be created initially, with a grant of $15,000 for two teams of filmmakers and an all-expenses-paid trip to Snapchat HQ in Los Angeles to workshop their concepts for the platform.

Snapchat has already begun to invest in original vertical content, including Two Sides