Screen producers are hopeful an incoming Coalition Government will agree to their pleas to lift the producer offset for TV drama from 20% to 40% and to raise the uncompetitive 16.5% location rebate to 30%.
Tim Brooke-Hunt, ABC TV's controller of children's content, will step down in September to pursue new opportunities in children's entertainment.
Kim Mordaunt's debut film The Rocket was voted best narrative feature at the Sydney Film Festival in the Foxtel Movie Channels Audience Awards.
Two Australian actors who are emerging on the international scene have been cast as the leads in Fell, the first feature from director Kasimir Burgess.
After a few weeks of negotiations Palace Films has finalised the contracts for 10 films from the Cannes Film Festival and market for release in 2014.
Australian film and video production revenues reached $2.2 billion while the post sector plummeted to $330 million last year, according to a new report.
The Screen Production Association of Australia has warned about a proposed easing of copyright laws and lamented the fall in the volume of TV drama production.
SBS managing director Michael Ebeid has called for increased government funding to enable the broadcaster to commission more Australian content.