Information for program makers

If you are developing a television program proposal, both ABC and SBS have comprehensive information available for program makers about what they are looking for and what their requirements are.
 

• ABC Television
  
  
• SBS Independent
  • Get my program on SBS
  • Get my program commissioned by SBS
    
    
• Australian Communications and Media Authority

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Federal Government Agencies

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)   
• Ausfilm
• Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF)
• Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), formerly the (ABA)
• Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) 
• National Film and Sound Archive
• Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC)
• Screen Australia 
• The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

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State Government Agencies

• ACT Film Office
• Film Victoria
• Northern Territory Film Office
• Screen Queensland
• Screen West, Western Australia
• South Australian Film Corporation
• Screen New South Wales 

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Organisations

• Arts Law Centre of Australia
• Archives Office of Tasmania
• Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
• Australian Writers Guild
• Media Entertainment and Arts Aliance (MEAA)
• Tasmanian Writers Centre
• The Australian Film Institute
• Wide Angle Tasmania

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Media 

• Encore Magazine
• Filmink Magazine
• Inside Film Magazine
• Screenhub
• Urban Cinefile

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Selected Australian Film Festivals

• Adelaide Film Festival (March, biennial)  
• Australian Film Institute Awards (November)
• Brisbane International Film Festival
• Flickerfest (January)  
• Melbourne International Film Festival (July)
• Queer Screen (February)
• St Kilda Film Festival (May)

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Useful downloads from Screen Australia

• Standard Script Layout
  A guide to writing scripts in the accepted industry format.
  
• What is a Synopsis?
  A short and simple explanation of synopses, outlines and treatments for drama and documentary.
  
• I've got a Great Idea for a Film
  What to do if you have a great idea for a film or have written a script and don't know what to do next.
  
• A-Z Budget Forms
  There are now specialised budget forms for short film, animation, documentary, multimedia and feature films, plus notes on how to fill them in, as well as a page of corrections to check.

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