The Black Pearls Course: Industry Training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Filmmakers

This course is a screen industry development and production system merged with a Diploma of Screen & Media (formerly Certificate IV), designed to develop the capacity of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander filmmakers  to tell their own stories and to build sustainable careers in the industry.

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Wakakirri Festival: Production Assistant

This position is full-time (Mon-Fri) position based on a 9 month contract from March through to November. 

Tasks include:

• General administration
• Online updates
• Marketing coordination
• Travel and accommodation bookings

Location:  Sydney, Inner West & Eastern Suburbs

Salary: $40,000

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Getting That Job!

Landing a successful job interview can be one of the hardest but rewarding acivements a persons life, especially when your just starting out in your chosen filed of employment. Not only do you have to compete against twenty, thirty or even fifty other great applications but you also may have to be willing to move away from family and loved ones, this can have an effect on your performance in the job interview. We thought the best way to help in getting that job and keeping focused when your in an interview was to ask industry experts who have been about the block and get them to share their knowledge and experiences.

Earlier this week I spoke to an industry expert from the ABC who not only an expert on Indigenous Employment in the media industry and has been in the industry for many years. Paul Brant is the Indigenous Employment Coordinator at ABC and has a massive task in establish strategies and programs to improve and increase Indigenous employment at the ABC on a national scale. Paul has kindly shared his top five industry tips for getting that job.

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All New Aboriginal Business Magazine

ABM informs, inspires, challenges and entertains Indigenous business owners everywhere.

Its intelligent editorial voice and strong identification will gain a reputation for quality, integrity and a loyal readership.

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The Catalyst Grant

This grant of $50,000 aims to support an existing social enterprise or social enterprise initiative within a not-for-profit which we believe has been and continues to be a catalyst for change.

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Black Book Directory

Hosted and maintained by Blackfella Films, The Black Book is the portal to Indigenous arts and media in Australia containing:

The Black Book Directory lists more than 2,700 Indigenous people and organisations working in the arts, media and cultural industries. You can search listings by their state, Indigenous nation or language group, name and category.

A list of 2,000 Indigenous works of music, literature and screen productions can be sourced through the Black Book Library on this site.

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