Emerging Filmmakers Fund Opens
$90,000 for three short projects

Applications are now open for the 2015 round of the Emerging Filmmakers Fund (EFF): the pre-eminent fund for short film production in NSW.

Metro Screen, with support from Screen NSW, is looking for compelling stories from the best emerging filmmakers in NSW to put onto the screen.

Three teams will be provided with up to $30,000 to complete their projects. Projects can be narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, multiplatform or webisodes, and must be a maximum of 15 minutes in length.

Metro Screen is pleased to confirm... [read more]

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