Film Victoria, in association with Arenamedia and SBS, has announced a joint development initiative climaxing in a $1.5 million low budget feature with a cinema release before a national broadcast. It is called Originate.
Low budget feature programs, with funding from $350,000 to $2.5 million, have proved valuable across Australia when the particular conditions of the local screen communities are appropriate. This is the first time that Film Victoria has engaged so completely with this approach.
