The NSW Government has established a body of 11 industry stakeholders to advise on its 10-year cultural policy, which Arts Minister John Graham says is well underway.
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All creative decisions are framed by financial constraints – and those constraints have become far tighter as interest rates have skyrocketed in the wake of the pandemic.
Screen Australia has announced that 18 individual opportunities and 18 business proposals will share $5.2 million of Enterprise funding.
Queensland producers with three or more projects can access $50,000 of development slate funding from Screen Queensland as part of changes to the agency's funding guidelines announced today.
The Queensland government has re-confirmed its support for the state's key screen incentives over the next financial year, including Screen Queensland's $28 million Production Attraction Strategy.
Australian children's content and the National Film and Sound Archive both received funding boosts in last night's Federal Budget, with the government also announcing the removal of the cap on 'above the line' costs for the Producer Offset from July 1.
Stories about a harried single mum juggling school pickup and disposing of a corpse, aspiring young players on the cusp of AFL glory, and the space-bound mob of Mt Jorj navigating a faraway galaxy are among the online projects that will share in over $750,000 of Screen Australia funding.
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.