Screen Australia backs 23 studios with $2 million in funding

Screen Australia has announced the latest beneficiaries of its funds, amounting to AU$3 million (over $2 million) in funding for 23 studios.

The body’s First Nations Games Studio fund awarded AU$600,000 (over $400,000) to two studios.

Half of the amount will go to Guck, a Victoria-based, First Peoples-led studio currently working on Aboriginal-led mobile game Future Folklore. The other half will go to Awesome Black, which describes itself as a “creative social enterprise developing original First Nations talent and unique storytelling content,” working on games, but also on music, literature, digital art, and more.

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