Call for Entries: Screen Qld Professional Development Placements

Screen Queensland recently announced the five companies that will be supported to host traineeships in a Post, Digital and Visual Effects Professional Development Placement Program.

Alt.VFX, Chop Shop Post, FIKA Entertainment, Folklore Sound and The Post Lounge have been selected to train one early to mid-career Queensland professional to join their team for 12 months.

Screen Queensland is contributing up to $50,000 per placement, for roles including Production Coordinator, Junior Compositor, Junior Virtual Production Editor, Junior Producer/Sound Supervisor and Assistant Sound Editor.

Screen Queensland Chief Creative Officer Dr Belinda Burns said, “Raising the state’s PDV Incentive last year to 15 per cent, and lowering the spend threshold to $250,000, has made Queensland the most competitive PDV destination on the east coast of Australia.

“Championing and supporting Queensland talent through skills development and paid opportunities is crucial to ensuring the post-production sector attracts and maintains a strong pipeline of both national and international work into the state.”

Recent projects choosing Queensland for post-production include Paramount Pictures’ The Infernal Machine at Serve Chilled and MGA Entertainment’s LOL Surprise! OMG – The Movie at Pixel Zoo.

Early or mid-career, post-production practitioners with skills that suit the roles offered and who have resided in Queensland for more than six months can now apply. Applications are encouraged from practitioners identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, female, LGBTQIA+, culturally and linguistically diverse, living with disability, regionally/remote-based and from under-represented ages and socio-economic backgrounds.

Eligible applicants must have resided in Queensland for more than six months at the time of application.

Applications are open now and close Monday 6 June at 9am.

screenqueensland.com.au