Screen Australia has received a record-breaking 452 applications for Brilliant Stories and Brilliant Careers, the two programmes announced in late 2015 under the Gender Matters initiative. This is the most applications ever received for any funding programme.

334 female-led creative teams applied for Brilliant Stories. These teams include new and emerging talent who were attracted by the open eligibility of the fund. The only eligibility for Brilliant Stories was satisfying the ‘Three Tick Test’, in which three out of four creative positions (producer, writer, director and protagonist) are female.