Ausfilm has told a Senate public hearing that the soon-to-be increased Location Offset will encourage new offshore investment in infrastructure such as studios, as well as make the screen sector more sustainable.
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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.
First Nations professionals working on the medical front line and an elite female cycling team are among the subjects for nine documentary titles to share in $2.3 million of Screen Australia production funding.
Production on major WA family feature Whale Shark Jack remains delayed more than a year after the Screen Australia-supported film was first announced.
The Western Australian government will put almost $19 million into the state's screen industry to attract international and domestic production and boost skills capacity.
Nearly 30 projects, including a new animated series from Ludo Studio, will benefit from more than $810,000 of story development funding from Screen Australia.
Screen Australia will support three new placements as part of its BTL: Next Step initiative, as well as six programs/projects via its Skills Development Fund, with the recipients sharing $560,000 of industry development funding.
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.