Screen Australia’s short springboard into a feature

Screen Australia is calling on applications for their Springboard: Short Film Initiative.

The short film development and production opportunity is designed to help filmmaking teams one step away from making their first professional feature film.

A three part workshop to take place between December 2011 and February 2012, it will see five teams of writer, director and producer, develop a short film to be a talent showcase for festivals and act as a calling card for a proposed feature film. As such, teams will be required to submit two short film ideas as well as their feature film idea.

“Springboard is about career building for the long term and Screen Australia recognises the way short films can provide an essential stepping stone in a professional career for an emerging filmmaker,” said Head of Development, Martha Coleman. “This Springboard workshop maintains the strategic vision while focusing more acutely on the broader creative process to encourage the development of strong voices with something to say.”