First Nations filmmakers in the Northern Territory have received funding grants to further their careers in film.
The funding will see First Nations creatives get the opportunity to work on films such as psychological horror, The Moogai.
This is the first round of the 2022-23 Screen Territory funding which will see recipients share over $93,000 in grants.
The Screen Territory funding is split across three grant streams, story development, audience development and career development.
Emerging Aboriginal screen practitioners Samantha Laughton, Delroy Tranter and Jayden Moyle will all get the opportunity to work on The Moogai as part of the Career Development support stream.
The Moogai is an Aboriginal psychological horror about a family terrorised by a child-stealing spirit.
Tranter, Sound Attachment on the crew, said he originally began working on films behind the scenes because of his father.
Together they worked on The Moogai.
"There was a lot of Indigenous cast and crew on the film so that was a good thing. I didn't really feel out of place," the Alywarr and Pitjantjatjara man said.
"I've got to work to my best standard working with dad.
"And also having John Bell, Meyne Wyatt and Shari Sebbens on set, I was a bit nervous at the start when you're around people like that. You grow up watching them and then you're working with them."
Tranter has previously worked in the sound department on True Colours and Sweet Country and hopes to develop his experience more in 2023.
"It was a great experience and met a whole lot of people and I've already got a few films and TV series lined up for this year," he said.
The Story Development grant stream will be split amongst a documentary following the Mulga Bore Hard Rock band, Tamarind Tree Pictures who will develop the First Nations book Dear Son and Darwin based writer and producer Angelo Raza will develop scripted series Mine Raiders.
The Audience Development grant has been awarded to Flickerfest to bring the largest short film festival Flickerfest to NT in 2023.
