Production company Lone Star Productions, casting agency Platinum Talent Management, AV specialists Wallfly, and business, camera and equipment providers Lemac Film & Digital have secured creative tenancies at Screen Queensland's new Cairns studio, with the $12.6 million facility now officially open for business.
Cairns is set to become Australia's Jersey Shore, with the Queensland location to house production on 'Aussie Shore'.
Biopixel, Kite Fish Film, Millstream Productions, and Pandamonium Films will each receive up to $75,000 to grow their operations over the next 12 months as part of Screen Queensland's NQ Enterprise funding program.
David Wenham is reprising his role as small-time criminal Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri in 'Spit', a sequel to the 2003 crime caper Gettin Square that has begun filming across the Gold Coast, Toowoomba, and Brisbane.
Documentary Australia has unveiled the recipients of this year's SheDoc grants, which are designed to support women working in key creative roles in the documentary sector.
Newly-installed Screen Queensland CEO Jacqui Feeney outlines her vision for the agency.
Screen Queensland is set to introduce a $3 million, three-year business enterprise fund to bolster the state's screen businesses and build capacity for local IP.
SBS has announced the six screenwriters that will join production companies around Australia for a 12-month placement as part of its annual Emerging Writers Incubator.