Open Channel is a not-for-profit film and television training organisation based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia. It is the Victorian member of Screen Development Australia (SDA)<ref>{{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|accessdate=16 December 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}}</ref> which also includes Metro Screen (NSW), QPIX (Qld), Media Resource Centre (SA), Wide Angle Tasmania (Tas), and FTI (WA).
Open Channel assists with the film, television and multimedia industries by offering a variety of support to aspiring and emerging filmmakers. It providing facilities hire, training and production support. The organisation receives financial support from Film Victoria at a state level and Screen Australia at a Federal level and offers opportunities to Victorian filmmakers through initiatives such as the Raw Nerve Short Film Initiative.<ref>{{cite web|title=Raw Nerve Winners Announced|url=http://www.beat.com.au/arts/raw-nerve-winners-announced|publisher=Beat|accessdate=16 December 2012}}</ref>
Recent films developed by Open Channel include:
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year || Title || Producer |- |2011|| "Switch" || Phoebe Hartley |- |2011 || "Phone Call" || Daniel Deparis |- |2011 || "Bruce Lee Played Badminton Too" || Corrie Chen |}
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== External links == * [http://www.openchannel.org.au/ Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103081410/http://www.openchannel.org.au/ |date=2013-01-03 }}
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