Shorts director Cris Jones will make his feature debut on The Death and Life of Otto Bloom.
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Screen Producers Australia has confirmed its international executive lineup for the Screen Forever 2015 International Partnership Market.
Screen NSW has named Grainne Brunsdon as acting CEO after Maureen Barron stepped down last Friday and has revealed its program funding for 2015/2016.
Selection for the three 37ºSouth places at PFM was guided by the votes of international financiers/buyers at MIFF 37ºSouth Market.
Kimble Rendall's 3D action adventure The Nest, a sequel to A Few Best Men and a TV drama starring Rebecca Gibney are being co-funded by Screen Australia.
Screen Australia's multi-platform drama program has the scope to invest up to $500,000 in a low budget feature- yet not one feature producer has applied.
Facing four years of budget cuts, Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason has challenged producers to think of new ways of funding and distributing content and to scrap projects which have languished for years in development.
Screen Queensland is increasing the cap on production investments from $650,000 to $750,000, plus a $100,000 "top up grant" for eligible long-form and large scale productions.