# Open Channel Victoria

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Open Channel is a not-for-profit film and television training organisation based in [Melbourne](/source/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](/source/Metro_Screen) (NSW), [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).

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](/source/Screen_Australia) at a Federal level and offers opportunities to Victorian filmmakers through initiatives such as the [Raw Nerve Short Film Initiative](/source/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:

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! Year || Title || Producer
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|2011|| "Switch" || Phoebe Hartley
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|2011 || "Phone Call" || Daniel Deparis
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|2011 || "Bruce Lee Played Badminton Too" || [Corrie Chen](/source/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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