In Australia there are a number of bodies charged with aspects of this task. You could begin by looking at the Film Finance Corporation -- a form of merchant bank set up by government to invest in film production. The Australian Film Commission also does work of various types, funding, script development, marketing assistance and so on. You could begin with a site which has been set up as a 'gateway' to information on the Australian film industry: Screen Network Australia. http://www.sna.net.au/ From her go to the Film Finance Corporation (FFC) site and those of the Australian Film Commision (AFC) and the Federal Government Department of Communications and the Arts (DCA) all of which have links at the Screen Network Australia Site. Peter ------ Dr Peter Hughes Department of Media Studies La Trobe University Bundoora VIC 3083 ph: +61 3 9479 3065 (w), fax: +61 3 9479 3638 (w) http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/artmedia/MediaHome.html Screening the past. An international, refereed electronic journal of visual media and history: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/screeningthepast Visit the site of Experimenta Media Arts: http://www.peg.apc.org/~experimenta/ ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite