Sony Pixel Power calrec Sony

Screen Australia and Google Australia announce Skip Ahead 6

25/03/2020

25 03 2020 - Media release Screen Australia and Google Australia announce Skip Ahead 6

Skit Box, Parked, 1999

Screen Australia and Google Australia today announced applications are open for the sixth instalment of the Skip Ahead initiative. Since 2014, Skip Ahead has helped develop a generation of Australian YouTube storytellers to expand the vision and scale of their content. Skip Ahead alumni include comedians Aunty Donna and Superwog, science educator Vanessa Hill, documentarians Mighty Car Mods, fantasy creator Pi ra Forde and influencer Wengie.

The initiative is targeted at creators who have a track record of reaching an audience on YouTube and are ready to skip ahead' their careers in terms of creative ambition and production values. Up to $150,000 in production funding will be available per project, with up to five projects to be funded. Screen Australia and Google Australia are jointly funding the initiative.

Both scripted narrative (i.e. fiction) and documentary projects are eligible, and the program guidelines detail how existing YouTube creators can submit applications together and/or work with an external production house.

Senior Online Investment Manager Lee Naimo said, Skip Ahead not only provides Australian creatives with funding to make new content with higher production values, but it allows them to push their storytelling boundaries. We are open to applications for any kind of fiction or documentary content, whether it be short film, episodic or anything in-between creators can dream up.

Aside from receiving production funding for their project, successful applicants will also participate in two workshops to be held in Sydney (July/August 2020 TBC). Travel and accommodation support will be provided for up to four team members per project.

Michael Cooley, Public Policy Manager, Google Australia and New Zealand said, Skip Ahead aims to provide the next generation of Australian storytellers on YouTube with the support and tools they need to make amazing content and build new audiences, both locally and internationally. We've seen so many talented locals come through the program over the last five rounds, and we know Skip Ahead is an important step in the careers of many successful Australian content creators, in an ever-changing screen content environment. We're looking forward to seeing who is next!

Applications close 5pm AEST Thursday, 7 May 2020. Apply here

If Skip Ahead isn't right for you, visit the Funding and Support section of the Screen Australia website to explore development and production funding opportunities for online creators.

If you are just starting out, read Screen Australia for Beginners

SKIP AHEAD ALUMNI Skip Ahead has contributed over $3 million in funding to 24 productions. The projects released to date have amassed nearly 50 million views on YouTube and garnered critical acclaim including:

Over and Out created by Adele Vuko and Christiaan Van Vuuren, was awarded Best Short Form Series at Canneseries 2019.

Superwog's pilot funded through Skip Ahead was so popular it propelled the comedy duo to land a full ABC TV series. Superwog also have the distinction of having created the top trending YouTube video in Australia in both 2017 and 2019.

Vanessa Hill's Braincraft content now appears on PBS in the USA.

Michael Shanks' project Rebooted was released this week on YouTube having been featured at Austin Film Festival, Flickerfest (Best Australian Animated Short Film) and nominated for a Best Short Film AACTA Award 2019.

The full Skip Ahead alumni are included below.

Channel

Title

Class of

Axis of Awesome

Axis All Areas

2014

Mighty Car Mods

Lend Us A Ride: Australia

2014

Sexual Lobster

Fernando s Legitimate Business Enterprise

2014

Veritasium

This Will Revolutionise Education

2014

Neighbours

Neighbours vs Zombies

2014

The Roundabout Crew and

Frenchy SungaAttack

The Australiana Hostel

2015

Aunty Donna

1999

2015

SketchShe

Traffic Jam - The Musical

2015

Draw with Jazza

The Tale Teller

2015

How to Cook That

The Sweetest Thing

2015

Superwog

The Superwog Show

2016

Charli s Crafty Kitchen

Crafty Kingdom

2016

Racka Racka

Stunt Gone Wrong (Live)

2016

BrainCraft

Mutant Menu

2016

Van Vuuren Bros

Over and Out

2017

Study with Jess

Life of Jess

2017

Timtimfed

Rebooted

2017

Wengie

Parked

2017

Skit Box

Skit Box

2017

Neel Kolhatkar

Crossing The Line

2018

Fury Fingers

Love, Guns and Level Ups (to be released)

2018

Pi ra Forde

Nevernight

2018

Chloe Ting

The Not So Social Networks (to be released)

2018

Chloe Morello

YouTube Famous (to be released)

2018

Related MaterialsDownload PDF

Media enquiries Jessica Parry | Senior Publicist

61 2 8113 5833 | 61 428 767 836 | [email protected]

Lidia Williams | Publicist and Events Officer

61 2 8113 1091 | 61 468 784 170 | [email protected]

All other general/non-media enquiries Sydney 61 2 8113 5800 | Melbourne 61 3 8682 1900 | [email protected]
LINK: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2020/03-25-ski...
See more stories from screenaustralia

Asia, Australia & Oceanic Stories

24/04/2024

SBS marks Earth Day as The Cook Up with Adam Liaw becomes first Australian show to have its carbon footprint validated through SSA

SBS marks Earth Day as The Cook Up with Adam Liaw becomes first Australian show ...

24/04/2024

Save money every day with SBS's Ricardo Gonalves and Peggy Giakoumelos on new Cost of Living Secrets podcast

Save money every day with SBS's Ricardo Gon alves and Peggy Giakoumelos on n...

24/04/2024

Screen Australia celebrates Australian projects bound for Cannes Film Festival 2024

24 04 2024 - Media release Screen Australia celebrates Australian projects bound...

23/04/2024

Social entrepreneur Hedayat Osyan wins Les Murray Award for Refugee Recognition

Social entrepreneur Hedayat Osyan wins Les Murray Award for Refugee Recognition 23 April, 2024 Media releases The prestigious award is now in its third yea...

22/04/2024

SBS marks Earth Day with Australian TV milestone as The Cook Up with Adam Liaw becomes first show to measure its carbon footprint

SBS marks Earth Day with Australian TV milestone as The Cook Up with Adam Liaw b...

18/04/2024

Alone Australia goes from strength to strength

Alone Australia goes from strength to strength 18 April, 2024 Media releases The program again delivers for SBS with significant uplifts in digital BVOD vi...

18/04/2024

Screen Australia and Dynamic Television announce new Scripted Initiative

18 04 2024 - Media release Screen Australia and Dynamic Television announce new Scripted Initiative Savage River Screen Australia and Los Angeles-based telev...

16/04/2024

ABS Agility Beyond Space announces Appointment of Mark Rigolle as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

ABS Agility Beyond Space announces Appointment of Mark Rigolle as its Chief Ex...

11/04/2024

Alone Australia Ep 2 reaches over 1m Australians

Alone Australia Ep 2 reaches over 1m Australians 11 April, 2024 Media releases The program continues to consistently grow week-on-week in linear audience w...

11/04/2024

Screen Australia and Meta launch fourth year of First Nations Creators Program for Instagram

11 04 2024 - Media release Screen Australia and Meta launch fourth year of First...

10/04/2024

Screen Australia announces over $2.3 million for nine documentaries

10 04 2024 - Media release Screen Australia announces over $2.3 million for nine documentaries Guardians of the River Screen Australia has announced nine doc...

09/04/2024

Groundbreaking NITV documentary series Our Law expands across Australia from Thursday 9 May

Groundbreaking NITV documentary series Our Law expands across Australia from Thu...

09/04/2024

Psst; inflo transcribes with Whisper

Techtel, the creators of inflo, today announced that a new speech to text transcription engine from openai called Whisper, is available to inflo customers who a...

04/04/2024

Manu Feildel, Miranda Otto and Pat Rafter join life-changing new season of Who Do You Think You Are?

Manu Feildel, Miranda Otto and Pat Rafter join life-changing new season of Who D...

04/04/2024

Alone Australia season 2 continues to redefine Australian TV viewing through on-demand digital consumption

Alone Australia season 2 continues to redefine Australian TV viewing through on-...

27/03/2024

Living Black, the longest-running Indigenous current affairs television program in Australia, returns for its 21st year with new guests

Living Black, the longest-running Indigenous current affairs television program ...

26/03/2024

Crime is relative in SBS's new Canneseries nominated crime-family dramawith a difference

Crime is relative in SBS's new Canneseries nominated crime-family drama with...

25/03/2024

SBS gears up for Season 2 of Alone Australia with the creation of Alone Cologne'

SBS gears up for Season 2 of Alone Australia with the creation of Alone Cologne...

22/03/2024

SBS Learn partners with the Islamic Museum of Australia to support classrooms in understanding Ramadan and Eid with new teacher resource

SBS Learn partners with the Islamic Museum of Australia to support classrooms in...

21/03/2024

Screen Australia announces over $1.6 million in support of the games industry

21 03 2024 - Media release Screen Australia announces over $1.6 million in support of the games industry Which Way Up: Galaxy Games Screen Australia has anno...

18/03/2024

Screen Australia and VicScreen launch new Screen Careers initiative

18 03 2024 - Media release Screen Australia and VicScreen launch new Screen Careers initiative LTR Denise Eriksen, Esther Coleman Hawkins, Caroline Pitcher, K...

15/03/2024

The Creators 2024 Participants Announced

15 03 2024 - Media release The Creators 2024 Participants Announced The Creators program recipients. L-R Thomas Duncan-Watt, Vanessa Gazy, Sarah Lambert, Lea...

14/03/2024

SBS to mark Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr with all Australians

SBS to mark Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr with all Australians 14 March, 2024 Media releases Content in 22 languages*, a collection of movies to stream free on d...

14/03/2024

Notice of Nominees for Directors (Resolution planned, June 19, 2024)

March 14,2024 -- KDDI Corporation KDDI Corporation resolved at a meeting of the Board of Directors held today to change (newly appointed, retire) a director ...

13/03/2024

Screen Australia announces dramas Critical Incident and Sunny Nights for Stan

13 03 2024 - Media release Screen Australia announces dramas Critical Incident and Sunny Nights for Stan Critical Incident: Akshay Khanna and Zoe Boe. Photo c...

07/03/2024

Explore the afterlife with SBS podcast Grave Matters'

Explore the afterlife with SBS podcast Grave Matters' 6 March, 2024 Media releases Most of us are woefully unprepared for one of life's few certai...

06/03/2024

Multi-award winning electronic music duo to represent Australia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Malm, Sweden

Multi-award winning electronic music duo to represent Australia at this year'...

06/03/2024

GITAI and KDDI Successfully Demonstrates Robotics Construction Capabilities for Lunar Communications Towers

Developing Lunar 3GPP Mobile Network Technologies for Moon Exploration GITA...

04/03/2024

SBS announces new development fund to discover Australia's biggest and riskiest new factual hit

SBS announces new development fund to discover Australia's biggest and riski...

28/02/2024

Yumi Stynes returns for season two of SBS podcast SEEN'

Yumi Stynes returns for season two of SBS podcast SEEN' 26 February, 2024 Media releases Eight new trailblazers join feminist Australian icon Yumi Sty...

28/02/2024

Screen Australia announces over $810,000 in development funding for 29 projects

28 02 2024 - Media release Screen Australia announces over $810,000 in development funding for 29 projects Willy Screen Australia has announced 23 feature fi...

27/02/2024

Michael Ebeid AM appointed as new Screen Australia Chair

27 02 2024 - Media release Michael Ebeid AM appointed as new Screen Australia Chair Michael Ebeid AM and Megan Brownlow The Hon. Minister for the Arts, Tony...

26/02/2024

KDDI, Sony Honda Mobility Start Collaboration to Drive Connected Businesses Globally

Supporting AFEELAs entertainment experience and global launch with a communicati...

21/02/2024

Screen Australia and Australians in Film Announce Applications Open for UNTAPPED 2024

21 02 2024 - Media release Screen Australia and Australians in Film Announce App...

21/02/2024

Sony and KDDI Accelerate Efforts to Promote Digital Transformation in the Broadcasting and Media Industries

Aiming to deliver new video-related solutions utilizing 5G SA this year Son...

21/02/2024

KDDI Teams Up with Kyoto Sanga F.C. to Start Demonstration Test for Fan Engagement Services with Smartphone Game

Support the team with gifts while enjoying AR games in the stadium KDDI COR...

21/02/2024

U and Google's Gemini model to Provide Generative AI Services for Everyday Use

KDDI CORPORATION February 21,2024 -- Tokyo, February 21, 2024 From February 2...

20/02/2024

The Approval of SORACOM's Listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market

KDDI CORPORATION February 20,2024 -- KDDI announces that its consolidated subsidiary, SORACOM, INC. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Ken Tamagawa, herei...

15/02/2024

Alone Australia Season 2 Returns 27 March | Meet the Cast

Alone Australia Season 2 Returns 27 March | Meet the Cast 15 February, 2024 Media releases Smash hit series Alone Australia returns Wednesday 27 March on S...

15/02/2024

NITV's flagship footy show Over the Black Dot returns Tuesday 5 March, live and in high definition

NITV's flagship footy show Over the Black Dot returns Tuesday 5 March, live ...

15/02/2024

Screen Australia announces over $560,000 for crew and gamemaker skills programs

15 02 2024 - Media release Screen Australia announces over $560,000 for crew and gamemaker skills programs Liz Keogh Palmer (Australian Production Design Guil...

13/02/2024

2024 is a landmark year for SBS's award-winning current affairs line-up, covering the most impactful local and global stories

2024 is a landmark year for SBS's award-winning current affairs line-up, cov...

13/02/2024

Six Australian projects bound for South by Southwest Festival in the US

22 01 2024 - Media release Six Australian projects bound for South by Southwest Festival in the US Audrey, Birdeater, The Moogai Six Australian screen projec...

12/02/2024

Screen Australia and YouTube Australia Launch Skip Ahead 9

12 02 2024 - Media release Screen Australia and YouTube Australia Launch Skip Ahead 9 Uncovering Street Dance: Australia from Skip Ahead 8. Photographed by Ry...

08/02/2024

Screen Australia and ABC announce Bay of Fires is back for season two

08 02 2024 - Media release Screen Australia and ABC announce Bay of Fires is back for season two Marta Dusseldorp as Stella in Bay of Fires ABC, Screen Austr...

07/02/2024

4 in 10 Australians battling sleep issues as nation's sleep crisis grows

4 in 10 Australians battling sleep issues as nation's sleep crisis grows 7 February, 2024 Media releases Dr Michael Mosley and the sleep scientists fro...

06/02/2024

Six screen creatives selected for the 2024 SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator initiative

Six screen creatives selected for the 2024 SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator i...

02/02/2024

SBS Scripted TV Lunch sessions return for another year of connecting with creatives

SBS Scripted TV Lunch sessions return for another year of connecting with creati...

02/02/2024

Financial Results for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 2024

February 2,2024 -- KDDI Corporation KDDI announced the financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2024. Summary In the third q...