Metro Screen was a not-for-profit film, television, and digital media training organisation based in Sydney.
Description Metro Screen was located in the Paddington Town Hall in Paddington.
It was the New South Wales member of Screen Development AustraliaOther members include Open Channel (Vic), QPIX (Qld), Media Resource Centre (SA), Wide Angle Tasmania (Tas), and FTI (WA). QPIX (Queensland) was also a member until it ceased operations in 2013.
History Metro Screen began in the 1970s as the Paddington Video Access Centre, before being incorporated as Metro Screen in 1981, with seed funding from the Australian Film Commission. During the eighties Metro was instrumental in developing community access to video and television production through training, productions, and capital investment in equipment and facilities. In the late eighties Metro organised the community television trials and was a key organisational player in the establishment of Sydney's community television station Television Sydney, which started broadcasting on 21 November 2005.
It received annual funding of $240,000 from Screen Australia in 2014-2015, to contribute to core operational costs. Metro Screen closed down in December 2015, after the funding from Screen Australia was not renewed, owing to a decision to no longer fund the development of emerging practitioners, that being the responsibility of the education sector.
Films
Films developed by Metro Screen include:
Year Title Producer2011 "Burrowed Frowns" Thomas Wright2011 "Grand Design" Samuel Bartlett2011 "I Spy" Samuel Faull2011 "This Dog's Life" Jo-Anne Brechin2010 "Gone" Josh Mawer2010 "Abbie" Erin Good2010 "Sal" Benjamin Brink2010 "The Burnt Cork" Alexandra Edmondson2009 "Barton the Ghost Catcher" Roy Weiland2009 "Francis and Annie" Genevieve Clay2009 "Hinterland" Sam McKeith2009 "Rebel Wessex" Sarah-Mace Dennis2008 “Butterfingers” Paul Searles2008 “Homecoming” Ngaire O'Leary2008 “Body Dysmorphic” Daren Nair2008 “The Last Cherry” Lisa Kowalski2007"Glory"Donna Chang
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References
External links (archived February 2016)