With Australia’s notoriously strict defamation laws undergoing a shake up in the past couple of
years and dramatic retellings of recent history becoming increasingly popular, has the state of play
for creatives wanting to base projects on real events and people changed? IF weighs up the views of producers and legal experts to find out.
See-Saw Films took out Production Business of the Year at Friday evening's Screen Producers Australia Awards, held on the final night of Screen Forever on the Gold Coast.
IF speaks with the documentary filmmaker and NIDA green ambassador about the important role storytelling can play in sustainability.
Venn and Screen Well have joined forces on a research project to examine on set leadership and culture, and how it impacts mental health and wellbeing. Venn managing director Jonathon Dutton shares some of the preliminary findings.
Actor, writer, director and producer Aaron Fa’aoso, managing director of Lone Star Production Group, talks to IF about his projects in development and hopes for a Torres Strait Islander-specific screen strategy.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner writes that Screen Forever 37 comes at critical period for industry, with robust discussion required.
SixtyFourSixty's Brian Rosen and Su Armstrong will be jointly presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at new week's Screen Producers Australia Awards.
Lazy Susan Films and Mad Ones Films' 'Latecomers', the second season of Epic Films and KOJO Studios' 'First Day', and Blackfella Films' 'The Australia Wars' will contend this year's SDIN Award.