The NSW Government is investing $2.77 million in 17 new film, TV and documentary productions via Screen NSW.
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The ailing screen production sector is set to get a major boost with more than $80 million worth of films, TV dramas and a documentary receiving funding from Screen Australia.
Screen Australia is broadening the Enterprise program by introducing three new strands which will invest a total of $10 million in screen businesses and creative personnel in the next three years.
Crowd-funding platform Pozible and producer/financier Thomas Mai are teaming up to help producers of five film projects each raise a minimum of $100,000.
Screen Australia’s guidelines for funding documentaries will remain in place for the rest of this year after the agency decided to extend a review of its funding policy.
Screen Australia today announced nearly $535,000 in development funding for 18 features including projects set in Canada, inner-city Berlin, Mexico City, Vietnam, the Middle East and medieval England.
Film and TV streaming service Quickflix has raised $1.8 million from Australian and international institutional investors, placing 204.2 million shares at 0.9 cents per share
Film Victoria’s switch from equity investment to non-recoupable funding of film and TV productions has prompted other state screen agencies to review their funding policies to remain competitive with the Vics.