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Screen Australia
2008–Present
Location

Australia

New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Description

Screen Australia supports the development, production, promotion and distribution of Australian narrative (drama) and documentary screen content. The agency invests directly in Australian film, television, online titles and games. It also administers the Producer Offset tax incentive for Australian screen stories. The agency also offers sector-building programs such as Enterprise, initiatives including Gender Matters and funding through Screen Australia’s First Nations Department. Screen Australia represents Australia’s screen industry internationally, including at festivals, markets and major awards. The agency also tracks and reports on industry health, maintains a database of Australian titles called The Screen Guide and provides free industry resources via Screen News.

“What We Do - About Us,” Screen Australia, accessed March 9, 2024, https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/about-us/what-we-do.
Works in catalogue
  • A person is on a stage talking into a microphone that they are holding. The person is shirtless with light skin and short brown hair. They are wearing a spiked leather bracelet and a black neckalce. The background is a sequined curtain.

    Full Monty is a short documentary shot on mini-DV about a Jewish Australian intersex dyke who performs at a lesbian stripping club in Sydney, Australia and 'comes out' as intersex (naked) during the performance.

  • Eight people pose with one person in the forefront. The person in the front has light skin, tattoos covering their chest and arms. They have a red short sleeve t-shirt, a red and black pleated skirt, a red belt with the belt buckle that says "evil", and knee high socks. They are posed with their hands on their hips, they have red hair pulled back, a piercing under their lip, and red and black striped face paint on either cheek. The person behind them to the left is posed in the same way with light skin, blonde hair and glasses. They are wearing a yellow tank top and yellow cheetah print pants with roller skates on. There are varying people behind them posing, some with red shirts and some in yellow, most in roller skates. The background is dimly lit with the focal point of the light on the group. The floor is blue with yellow lines on the floor and some red circles.

    Roller Derby Dolls

    film/video, 2008

    In the sprawling outer suburbs of Brisbane, a revolution is brewing. A sassy group of women from all walks of life has a dream: to resurrect the lost sport of full-contact roller derby in Australia.