39-924: Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the Screen Australia Act 2008 . From 1 July 2008 Screen Australia took over the functions of its predecessor agencies the Australian Film Commission (AFC), the Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Australia Limited. Screen Australia supports the development, production, promotion and distribution of Australian narrative and documentary screen content. The Commonwealth Screen Australia Act 2008 provides detailed information about
78-449: A film for Warwick Thornton (who was also a friend), From Sand to Celluloid – Payback . Radiance (1998) was her first feature fiction film as a director. She said later that it took a long time to cast the main characters, who included Trisha Morton-Thomas , Rachael Maza , and Deb Mailman , then a newcomer from Brisbane , and that they rehearsed for six weeks. In 2001 she co-wrote (with playwright John Romeril ) and directed
117-506: A particular focus on Indigenous Australian stories. Much of her film work was done under the company name. Perkins wrote, directed, and co-produced (with Ned Lander ) a 55-minute documentary film about her father's 1965 protest bus journey into regional New South Wales , dubbed the " Freedom Ride ". The film was called Freedom Ride , and it was part of the 1993 series Blood Brothers , which profiled four prominent Aboriginal men. Perkins said that she travelled with her father to many of
156-491: A project in which an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian has a key creative role, such as a writer or director. As of 2020 (having introduced a new system in 2018), Screen Australia runs several funding programs for Australian filmmakers: There are also separate programs for funding feature films relating to Indigenous Australians , documentary films , and for pitching films to international markets. The application process to receive funding from Screen Australia
195-542: Is actress Madeleine Madden . She and her sister attended Melrose High School in Canberra. Perkins' paternal grandmother's people were from Alice Springs , and she wanted to learn more about that side of the family's culture, so, after finishing school in 1988, she applied for a job as a television presenter with the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA), mainly to get
234-508: Is an Indigenous Australian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. She founded and was co-director of the independent film production company Blackfella Films from 1992 until 2022. Perkins and the company were responsible for producing First Australians (2008), an award-winning documentary series that remains the highest-selling educational title in Australia, and which Perkins regards as her most important work. She directed
273-811: The Australian Film Commission from 2004 to 2008, and since 2009 has been on the board of Screen Australia . She has been a member of the boards of the New South Wales Film and Television Office (now Screen NSW), the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), National Indigenous Media Association , the Indigenous Screen Australia, and the Australian International Documentary Conference . She has said that she gets onto these boards in order to help drive government policy. In 2015, she raised funding for
312-605: The CEO is Graeme Mason, while Grainne Brunsdon is Head of Content. The chairman of the Screen Australia Board is Nicholas Moore, while board members include Claudia Karvan and Deborah Mailman . The agency not only provides funding to individuals and companies within the industry, but also administers the tax rebate for the production of Australian screen content, known as the Producer Offset. (The other rebates which complete
351-473: The telemovie One Night the Moon , featuring musicians Paul Kelly , Kev Carmody , and Maireed Hannah. First Australians was a seven-part documentary series broadcast on SBS Television in 2008. The general manager of SBS Nigel Milan had asked Gordon Briscoe what he could do for Indigenous people, and Briscoe suggested giving them back their history. It was a very ambitious project, and Perkins said that it
390-638: The "Australian Screen Production Incentive" suite are maintained by the Department of Communications and the Arts .) In 1993, the Australian Film Commission established the Indigenous Branch, whose work was continued through Screen Australia's Indigenous Department. This branch was creating following the recommendations of Shirley McPherson and Michael Pope's report, Promoting Indigenous Involvement in
429-637: The Arrernte Women's Project, which had been established in 2014, one of the goals of which was to record the traditional songs and associated cultural knowledge of the Arrernte women of Central Australia , to create an archive for future generations. Perkins became president of the AIATSIS Foundation in 2015. She was a council member from 17 May 2017 to 16 May 2021, and is deputy chair of AIATSIS board from 1 July 2024 30 September 2024. In 2019, she
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#1732859021831468-589: The Film and Television Industry , with the primary objective of increasing the rate of engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the screen industry. After the establishment of Screen Australia in 2008, it took over the department. From 2004 the AFC and from 2008 Screen Australia's Indigenous units helped to fund the Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival . In her role as head of
507-470: The Indigenous Department (continuing from head of the AFC's Indigenous Branch), Sally Riley was responsible for the production of the award-winning feature film Samson and Delilah in 2009, directed by Warwick Thornton . She also helped to launch the career of other Indigenous film professionals, such as Wayne Blair , Beck Cole and Darlene Johnson, and under her leadership, development support
546-617: The Qualifying Australian Production Expenditure (QAPE) is structured. Federal Government of Australia Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 394789829 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:43:41 GMT Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins (born 1970)
585-626: The Specialist Extension Course Certificate – Producing in 1995, and also met and became friends with Ivan Sen there. A few years after beginning her traineeship at CAAMA, aged 21, Perkins became executive producer of the Indigenous unit at SBS Television , the only person in the unit. In 1992, Perkins founded Blackfella Films , a documentary and narrative production company creating distinctive Australian content for television, live theatre , and online platforms, with
624-514: The airfare to fly there. As she expected, she was not given the job, but they offered her a traineeship at Imparja Television , where she learnt the basics of production, including editing and sound recording. After starting her career as a filmmaker, in the early 1990s she won a scholarship to study production at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney , where she met and collaborated with Warwick Thornton . She completed
663-457: The best, as it is the most creative part. She also said that she feels a great sense of responsibility "to make films or to use media as a vehicle to tell my people's story and to create change". Perkins founded Blackfella Films in 1992. Darren Dale joined the company in 2000, becoming co-director of the company. The award-winning First Australians , a seven-part documentary series broadcast on SBS Television in 2008, won many awards and
702-520: The department celebrated 25 years of its existence, which filmmakers, actors and others associated with the industry, including Rachel Perkins , Ivan Sen , Leah Purcell , and Warwick Thornton , celebrated at the Carriageworks in Redfern . To be eligible for assistance from Screen Australia's Indigenous Department, the applicant must be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian and must develop
741-488: The development of a diverse range of Australian programs, with an emphasis on documentaries, children's programs and cultural programs. It also promotes programs that incorporate matters of national interest or importance to Australians, or programs with relevance to Australian people and their lives. Across its various departments, Screen Australia supports the development, production, promotion and distribution of Australian narrative and documentary screen content. As of 2023,
780-505: The development of screen culture in Australia, with a primary focus on creating innovative and commercially sustainable screen production. Screen Australia also operates to support the production, promotion and distribution of Australian screen content, as well as ensuring access to these programs. Screen Australia provides support to content creators through providing financial assistance, guarantees, services, facilities, programs and equipment, as well as sponsoring other activities, and supports
819-502: The existence of the Indigenous Department. A 2002 study found that no Indigenous actors had a notable role on Australian television in 1992, and this number had only risen to two by 1999. However, a Screen Australia study in 2016 found that 5 percent of main characters on Australian television between 2011 and 2015 were Indigenous. As of June 2018 the Indigenous Department had provided A$ 35 million in funding to over 160 projects, with its annual budget then A$ 3.3 million . In August 2018,
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#1732859021831858-507: The feature fiction film Jasper Jones , released in 2017. Perkins wrote, directed, presented, and produced the three-part documentary series The Australian Wars which aired on SBS and NITV in September 2022. This series examines the Australian frontier wars fought across the country when British settlers moved in. Perkins has said that of all the filmmaking jobs, she likes editing
897-436: The films Radiance (1998), One Night the Moon (2001), Bran Nue Dae (2009), the courtroom drama telemovie Mabo (2012), and Jasper Jones (2017). The acclaimed television drama series Redfern Now was made by Blackfella Films, and Perkins directed two episodes as well as the feature-length conclusion to the series, Promise Me (2015). Perkins is an Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman from Central Australia , who
936-598: The government on 25 June 2020. In August 2020, A$ 2.7 million in funding was announced, allocated to nine projects which include two feature films, two television series (one for children) and several online projects. In October 2020, further funding was announced the first round of funding for the 2020/21 financial year from the Premium and Generate funding schemes, which includes funding for 7 feature films, 16 TV drama series and 5 online projects. Currently there are significant legislative changes under review which will affect how
975-579: The peak of its power". Perkins executive produced the first series of First Contact (2014), a reality television show which challenged the non-Indigenous participants of Indigenous Australians. Also in 2014, she finished making the documentary film Black Panther Woman for SBS. The film was nominated for the Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary at the Sydney Film Festival . She directed
1014-495: The places that the Freedom Ride visited, and it was also a good opportunity to interviewer her father about his early life and get an insight into him and events that she would not otherwise have had access to. She also gained an "understanding of the importance of filmmaking, in terms of capturing Australian cultural history". In 1996, under the auspices of the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission , Perkins produced
1053-554: The specific functions and powers of Screen Australia. Under this act, from 1 July 2008 the Australian Film Commission, the Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Australia Limited were merged into one body, to be known as Screen Australia. New Zealand television and film executive Ruth Harley was appointed the inaugural chief executive officer, handing over to Graeme Mason at the end of her five-year term in 2013. Screen Australia functions to support and promote
1092-414: The story, intended audience and how the film will reach them. Screen Australia's annual drama expenditure for 2021/22 was $ 2.29B, made up of a record spend on Australian titles of $ 1.51 billion, plus $ 777 million spent on foreign productions. Screen Australia supplied nearly A$ 76 million in direct funding to the screen sector in the 2018/19 financial year. In the 2019/20 financial year, A$ 41 million
1131-592: Was a guest speaker in a "spotlight session" at the Australian International Documentary Conference . In the same month, she was appointed chair of AFTRS, the first Indigenous filmmaker to be appointed to the position in its 50-year history. In 2024 she conducts masterclasses for Indigenous screen students at the Centre of Appropriate Technology in Alice Springs . Some of the many awards for which her films and TV productions have been nominated or won include: Perkins has
1170-510: Was also sold overseas. Miranda Dear , formerly head of drama at ABC Television , was a producer and head of drama at Blackfella from 2010 to 2020. Other productions have included the television film Mabo , the TV series Redfern Now , and many more since. In 2009, Blackfella Films was renting space from Bangarra Dance Theatre in offices overlooking Sydney Harbour . In 2022, Perkins left Blackfella Films. Perkins served as Commissioner with
1209-566: Was approved for producing narrative films, including television drama, feature films, children's television and online productions . In 2020, the funding model and the practices of the organisation had to change significantly owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and worldwide on the film industry. Screen Australia first gave more than A$ 1 million in emergency funding for productions that had already had funding, but were forced to close down or pause production. Additional funding
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1248-413: Was broadcast in 2012. Also in 2012 Perkins directed two episodes of the first series of Redfern Now in 2012: "Stand Up" and "Pretty Boy Blue", the latter dealing with a death-in-custody . She also directed the feature-length conclusion Redfern Now: Promise Me (2015). Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, praising its "superb cast" and saying "the series concludes at
1287-537: Was directed by Perkins and released in 2009. In 2009 Perkins was curator of the Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival . This tenth anniversary of the festival held at the Sydney Opera House featured the premiere of Fire Talker , a documentary film about her father Charlie Perkins by Australian filmmaker Ivan Sen . Her courtroom drama / biopic telemovie about land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo , Mabo , featuring Jimi Bani and Deborah Mailman ,
1326-620: Was invited to give the ABC 's annual Boyer Lecture , which she titled The End of Silence , and broadcast on ABC RN in November and available as a podcast . Perkins served two terms on the Australian Heritage Council , from February 2015 to February 2018 and from March 2018 to March 2021. In 2023, she campaigned for a "yes" vote in the 2023 Australian referendum to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament . In March 2024, Perkins
1365-468: Was previously complicated and required creators to have previous screen credits in order to be eligible. However, the introduction of the Generate and Premium funds has allowed for virtually no eligibility barriers, encouraging new entrants to complete the application process. An application to receive funding from Screen Australia requires a one-page synopsis as well as a three-minute pitch to camera, describing
1404-531: Was provided for projects that could work remotely, and a new Premium Plus development fund was launched. COVID-safe guidelines were developed for the industry in a joint initiative by the Australian Screen Sector Task Force; Screen Australia allocated A$ 10 million to a new COVID-19 Budget Support Fund, and were appointed to administer the A$ 50 million Temporary Interruption Fund (TIF), announced by
1443-404: Was provided for the acclaimed series First Australians (2008), by Rachel Perkins and Darren Dale . Riley left in 2010, after being appointed as the inaugural head of the Indigenous department at ABC Television , and was succeeded by Penny Smallacombe. Statistics showed a significant shift in the engagement of Indigenous and Torres Straight Islanders within the film industry over 25 years of
1482-452: Was raised in Canberra . She is the daughter of Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins and his wife Eileen. Perkins was born in Canberra , Australian Capital Territory , in 1970. She is the daughter of Charlie Perkins , granddaughter of Hetty Perkins , and has Arrernte , Kalkadoon , Irish , and German ancestry. Her siblings are Adam and Hetti Perkins , an art curator, and her niece
1521-434: Was the most important thing she would ever work on, "because it really was an opportunity to try and tell the Indigenous story in a comprehensive manner from an Indigenous perspective, over a span of 200 years. It had never been done before". The series took six years to make, and as of 2024 remains the highest-selling educational title in Australia. Bran Nue Dae , a film version of Jimmy Chi 's 1990s hit stage musical,
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