
27 09 2022 - Media release Nine Australian writers set to accelerate their projects through Impact Australia
Impact Australia 2022 launched in Melbourne yesterday (Photo: Sarah Chavdaroska)
Nine Australian writers have been selected to participate in the highly coveted screenwriter accelerator, Impact Australia, delivered by Impact and Gentle Giant Media Group.
Launching in Melbourne yesterday, the eight-week intensive will see talented writers from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory convene at the University of Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts' Southbank campus to participate in the program.
The successful participants of Impact Australia 2022 are: Victoria
Other People by Jordan Prosser
After Her by Sunanda Sachatrakul
Don t You Remember by Dannika Horvat
New South Wales
Norfolk by Elias Jamieson Brown
The Mandala by Joel Perlgut and Victoria Zerbst
The Almost Insufferable Burden of Being a Talented Woman by Siobhan Domingo
Queensland
Roxbury Manor by Paul Clarke
Australian Capital Territory
Poly by Naomi Telushkin
Participants will be mentored by industry-leading screenwriters from around the globe. This team of Shapers will support and empower the diverse group of creators with the goal of accelerating the selected projects to be pitch-ready for global buyers and producers at the Impact Global Pitch Day in January 2023.
This year, the world-class Shapers will include Shaun Grant (Nitram, Snowtown), Kai Yu Wu (The Flash, Paper Girls), Sarah Lambert (Lambs of God, Love Child), Stuart Beattie (Obi-Wan Kenobi, I Frankenstein), Hunter Covington (Community, Black AF) and Stacy Traub (Black-Ish, Glee).
Impact Australia is supported by Screen Australia and Learning Partner the University of Melbourne, in partnership with VicScreen, Screen NSW, Screen Queensland and Screen Canberra.
Impact CEO, Tyler Mitchell said, "The success of Impact alumni has been phenomenal to watch. With 8 movies produced, a Best Foreign Film Oscar candidate, 48 projects set up at major studios and networks, and the series Firebite on AMC , which was co-created by Impact Australia s Brendan Fletcher - it s just been incredible to see these writers careers take off. We can t wait to see the exciting material that emerges from this talented group of Creators and look forward to bringing this next wave of Australian creative talent and their projects to the global stage in January 2023."
Gentle Giant Chairman and CEO Greg Basser said, It is so exciting for Impact Australia to return to Melbourne for its Third Season, for the first time in person at the Victorian College of the Arts on the University of Melbourne Southbank Campus. None of this would have been possible without the great support from Screen Australia, Vic Screen and the University of Melbourne along with our partners at Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, Screen Canberra and Screen Territory. We can't wait to see what these outstanding nine creators deliver as they work with some of the best writers from the global screen industry under the watchful eye of the Impact team. Melbourne and Australia continue to show that they truly are the home of original content for global audiences.
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason said, A huge congratulations to this year's talented cohort. We're thrilled that Impact is back in person this year and we are pleased to support these impressive writers with an opportunity to build invaluable relationships through the program and forge pathways to achieve global success with their screen stories.
Victorian Minister for Creative Industries Steve Dimopoulos said, As global demand for quality screen content continues to boom, we're positioning Victoria's screen industry for success delivering more local jobs on some of the world's biggest screen projects.
We're backing Impact as part of our $191.5 million VicScreen strategy, which is just one of the ways we are investing in local skills, stories and talent.
The mentorship program launched in Melbourne yesterday and runs for eight-weeks, culminating in the Pitch Day in January 2023. For more information visit: https://www.impactdevelopment.com/australia
IMPACT AUSTRALIA MEDIA ENQUIRIES
Siobhan Murphy, [email protected]
AUSTRALIAN MEDIA ENQUIRIES
VicScreen | Jadan Carroll [email protected]
Media enquiries Maddie Walsh | Publicist
61 2 8113 5915 | 61 400 156 625 | [email protected]
Lidia Williams | Senior Publicist
61 2 8113 1091 | 61 468 784 170 | [email protected]
All other general/non-media enquiries
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