As part of its drive to increase Australian content, SBS is offering funding of $20,000 to would-be writers and producers of comedy to make their scripts a reality. The SBS Comedy Runway is a national comedy initiative to find the next generation of comedic talent. SBS has committed to fund and present a new online pilot once a month, every month.
Applicants must fill out a SBS Comedy Runway Coversheet, provide a short breakdown of the proposed concept (no more than one page), attach a pilot script for a five-minute episode, with a brief treatment on how this idea would continue through a follow up web series, include a production timeline and detailed budget, and team profiles. This must all be within the scope of the Comedy Pilot Guidelines and emailed to comedyrunway@sbs.com.au by 5pm AET, on 30 April.
