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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Metro_Screen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Metro_Screen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Screen > Source revision: 1351855975 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Former filmmaking school in Sydney}} {{use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} '''Metro Screen''' was a [not-for-profit](/source/not-for-profit) film, television, and digital media training organisation based in [Sydney](/source/Sydney). ==Description== Metro Screen was located in the [Paddington Town Hall](/source/Paddington_Town_Hall) in [Paddington](/source/Paddington%2C_New_South_Wales).{{cn|date=January 2026}} It was the [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) member of [Screen Development Australia](/source/Screen_Development_Australia){{efn|Referred to in the 2015 Metro Screen report as "Screen Network".}}Other members include [Open Channel](/source/Open_Channel_Victoria) (Vic), [QPIX](/source/QPIX) (Qld), [Media Resource Centre](/source/Media_Resource_Centre) (SA), [Wide Angle Tasmania](/source/Wide_Angle_Tasmania) (Tas), and [FTI](/source/Film_and_Television_Institute) (WA). [QPIX](/source/QPIX) (Queensland) was also a member until it ceased operations in 2013.{{cite web|title=Screen Development Australia|url=http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/newsandevents/afcnews/skills/archive/2003/sda/newspage_36.aspx|publisher=Australian Film Commission News Archive|access-date=28 November 2012|archive-date=14 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314165111/http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/newsandevents/afcnews/skills/archive/2003/sda/newspage_36.aspx|url-status=dead}} ==History== Metro Screen began in the 1970s as the Paddington Video Access Centre, before being incorporated as Metro Screen in 1981, with seed funding from the [Australian Film Commission](/source/Australian_Film_Commission).{{cite book| url= http://metroscreen.org.au/EmergingVisions_Metro_Screen.pdf| title= Emerging Visions: Career Pathways in the Australian Screen Production Industry| publisher= Metro Screen | date= 2015| p=2| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160228000340/http://metroscreen.org.au/EmergingVisions_Metro_Screen.pdf| archive-date= 28 Feb 2016}} During the eighties Metro was instrumental in developing community access to video and television production through training, productions, and capital investment in equipment and facilities. In the late eighties Metro organised the community television trials{{cn|date=January 2026}} and was a key organisational player in the establishment of Sydney's community television station [Television Sydney](/source/Television_Sydney), which started broadcasting on 21 November 2005.{{cite web |title=Turning pro |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=21 November 2005 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/turning-pro-20051121-gdmh6y.html?page=2 |access-date=23 January 2026}} It received annual funding of $240,000 from [Screen Australia](/source/Screen_Australia) in 2014-2015, to contribute to core operational costs. Metro Screen closed down in December 2015, after the funding from Screen Australia was not renewed, owing to a decision to no longer fund the development of emerging practitioners, that being the responsibility of the education sector.{{cite web |title=Home |website= Metro Screen|url=http://metroscreen.org.au/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227234952/http://metroscreen.org.au/ |archive-date=27 February 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 January 2026}} ==Films== {{no sources|section|date=January 2026}} Films developed by Metro Screen include: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year || Title || Producer |- |2011 || "Burrowed Frowns" || [Thomas Wright](/source/Thomas_M._Wright) |- |2011 || "Grand Design" || Samuel Bartlett |- |2011 || "I Spy" || Samuel Faull |- |2011 || "This Dog's Life" || Jo-Anne Brechin |- |2010 || "Gone" || Josh Mawer |- |2010 || "Abbie" || Erin Good |- |2010 || "Sal" || Benjamin Brink |- |2010 || "The Burnt Cork" || Alexandra Edmondson |- |2009 || "Barton the Ghost Catcher" || Roy Weiland |- |2009 || "Francis and Annie" || Genevieve Clay |- |2009 || "Hinterland" || Sam McKeith |- |2009 || "Rebel Wessex" || Sarah-Mace Dennis |- |2008 || “Butterfingers” || Paul Searles |- |2008 || “Homecoming” || Ngaire O'Leary |- |2008 || “Body Dysmorphic” || Daren Nair |- |2008 || “The Last Cherry” || Lisa Kowalski |- |2007 |"Glory" |Donna Chang |} ==Footnotes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{official|https://web.archive.org/web/20160227234952/http://metroscreen.org.au/}} (archived February 2016) {{coord|33|53|06.50|S|151|13|32.84|E|type:landmark_region:AU|display=title}} {{authority control}} Category:Film schools in Australia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Metro Screen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Screen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Screen?action=history)). 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