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Screen Queensland, in partnership with Essential Screen Skills, Kolperi Outback Filmmaking and Screen Well, is reigniting our immensely successful Film Intensive Script to Screen (FISS) program with iterations running in both Brisbane and Cairns in 2025.
FISS is a crew development program for entry-level and emerging practitioners who are looking to gain set-ready production skills and industry credits. Selected participants will be mentored by highly experienced local industry professionals to build hands-on filmmaking experience through a series of workshops and intensives, culminating in the production of new short films.
BRISBANE
Registrations close: Friday 29 November
Please note, applications for this initiative are completed in two stages:
Registration – a short form including personal details that must be submitted by the above closing date.
Application – sent directly via email after completing registration. This stage must be completed to be eligible.
KEY DATES
January 2025 – successful applicants notified
Friday 7 March – Workshop 1
Saturday 8 March – Workshop 2
Wednesday 12 March – Workshop 3
Thursday 13 and Friday 14 March – Film pre-production
Monday 17 to Friday 21 March – Film production
Thursday 22 and Friday 23 May – wrap up workshops
CAIRNS
Registrations close: Friday 29 November
Please note, applications for this initiative are completed in two stages:
Registration – a short form including personal details that must be submitted by the above closing date.
Application – sent directly via email after completing registration. This stage must be completed to be eligible.
KEY DATES
January 2025 – successful applicants notified
Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February – Workshop 1
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February – Workshop 2
Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 March – Workshop 3
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 March – Film pre-production
Monday 24 to Friday 28 March – Film production
Monday 12 to Friday 16 May – wrap up workshops
GUIDELINES
WHO CAN APPLY?
The entry-level program is aimed at participants aged 18 or over, including those with transferrable skills from other professions.
The program is in-person, with two distinct streams run in Brisbane and Cairns on specific dates (see above). Participants will have the opportunity to work over 3 stages of pre-production and production. For the Cairns-based program, participants who live outside of Cairns can request financial assistance to cover travel and accommodation costs within the application form.
A minimum of 10 places in the program will be reserved for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people pursuing a career in the screen industry. Applications are encouraged from people from other under-represented backgrounds.
HOW DO I PREPARE MY APPLICATION?
To apply for the FISS program, you will be required to:
- Provide a 200-word biography about who you are, your most recent education status (just graduated, looking at enrolling) and why you’re applying for the FISS program OR a 60-second video introducing yourself, explaining who you are, why you’re applying and the industry you are from.
- Have a drivers licence and your primary residential address located in North or Far North Queensland area or South-East Queensland region.
- Be available to attend the onboarding day and subsequent filming periods that are shown in the schedule for the FISS program in your chosen location.
- Have the availability to travel within Cairns or Brisbane to attend the FISS program.
Please note late applications cannot be accepted. Screen Queensland reserves the right to not accept incomplete applications. Application material will not be returned by Screen Queensland.
An automated email will be sent to you within 30 minutes of submitting your registration to confirm that Screen Queensland has received your registration. It is the applicant’s responsibility to contact Screen Queensland if you do not receive an registration receipt email.
HOW WILL MY APPLICATION BE ASSESSED?
Applications will be assessed on the basis of:
- your passion for storytelling conveyed via your CV or video
- your availability to attend and engage in the entire process.
Assessments will be undertaken internally by Screen Queensland staff and all applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by mid-January 2025.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS TO READ BEFORE APPLYING
PAST PARTICIPANTS
2023
- George Hurst
- John Doolan
- Shontell Ketchell
- Douglas Robins
- Hannah Fulton
- Krishna Patel
- Lillian White
- Michelle La
- Rebecca Anderson
- Elleni Geena Adams
- Garth Edwards
- Liz Christensen
- Kerry Balzarolo
- Danielle Hastie
- Dane Hallam
- Keziah Warren
- Shanna Niehsner
- David Mashengo
- Ella Pearce
- John Kinbacher
- Dylan Comino
- Riley Lawson
- Cathryn Harbert
- Jack Fealy
- Marion Finch
- Anthony Geagea
- Brokke Gordon
- Liam Johnston
- Bastian Agusto
- Ashleigh Lawrence
- Jacqueline Williamson
- Eddie Turpin
- Joanna Morgan
- Kate Barnyi
- Alicia Jamieson
- Jules Manier
- Danniel Gagai
- Claire Constantinou
- Nelson Alo
CONTACT US
Screen Queensland FISS Coordinator
fiss@screenqld.com.au
07 4243 5892
Spotlight on 2024 FISS participants: Hannah Grace Fulton and George Hirst
Screen Queensland’s Film Intensive Script to Screen program is funded through the Workforce Connect Fund, powered by the Queensland Government’s Good people. Good jobs: Queensland Workforce Strategy 2022–2032 and delivered in partnership with Essential Screen Skills, Kolperi Outback Filmmaking and Screen Well.
