First Break
We are sorry to advise that First Break has now finished and will not be offered in 2013. Please visit 2013 Breaks Funding.
Ten projects for emerging filmmakers are produced at Metro Screen under the First Break program with $4000 cash, $1000 equipment hire and post production facilities, a short course in editing, a professional to assist editing the script and an experienced Supervising Editor to mentor the film all the way to screening.
Applications
Ten projects for emerging filmmakers are produced at Metro Screen under the First Break program with $4000 Cash, $1000 Equipment hire and post production facilities, a short course in Editing, a professional to assist editing the script and an experienced Supervising Editor to mentor the film all the way to screening.
Applications for the 2012 program have now closed, for more information about the next round of First Break funding sign up to the Metro Screen email newsletter.
Current first break projects
The 2012 First Break funding recipients are:
Destiny in the Dirt – director Ella Bancroft
Dreaming of Mum – director Charlotte McLellan
Fatland – director Tessa Muskett
I’m Gunna Make It – director Bjorn Stewart
Kiss Me Deadly – director / writer Colin Kinchela and writer Gavin Walters
Kite – director Natasha Bassett
Only One – director Anita Lee
Ravage – director Jaime Lewis and writer Joshua Longhurst
Scene 16 – director Katie Wall
Today – director Brendan Galinie
Flick through film stills from the sets of 2011 First Break films.
First Break Success
In 2010 Writer / Director Kirsty Best was granted a First Break to make Something Fishy, a visually driven short about Maxine a little girl obsessed with goldfish. In 2011 the film screened internationally at Dungog Film Festival, LA Comedy Shorts, DC Shorts, Cornwall Film Festival, The Friars Club Comedy Film Festival New York and The Connecticut Film Festival.
