YouTube and Screen Australia team up to help Australian content creators skip ahead

From John Luc and his Mychonny channel to Christiaan Van Vuuren’s Bondi Hipsters, Australian content creators are pushing creative boundaries and drawing huge online audiences in Australia and around the world. In fact, the majority of home-grown Aussie content is ‘exported’ - 9 out of 10 views of Australian YouTube content come from overseas. 

Still, there’s much to do in encouraging more local creators to share their talents online, and develop new scripted shows and formats.  

To help support the next generation of Australian storytellers, YouTube is teaming up with Screen Australia to launch the ‘Skip Ahead’ program, aimed at encouraging more talent to take up the online screen.

YouTube will contribute funding, resources and education for Screen Australia to provide to Aussie artists for the production of scripted content for distribution via YouTube and other online platforms. 

Screen Australia will select artists for the program, and these creators will receive seed funding, access to production resources, and a chance to visit YouTube Space LA, in Los Angeles, California.

We hope that ‘Skip Ahead’ encourages the next generation of Australian producers to take to the web and share Australian stories with the world. Stay posted for details of how to apply.

editors note: we amended the original blogpost to provide more detail of the program

Posted by Kristen Bowen, Partnerships Manager, YouTube