Screen leaders have outsize influence on industry workplace culture, with producers the most influential of all. Yet the vast majority have received no leadership or people management training, according to new research.
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IF chats with the producers who will be on the ground at Screen Forever via the Ireland Connect delegation, and asks what they want in Aussie co-production partners.
We get advice about navigating Screen Forever from Donna Andrews, CEO of Sticky Pictures, and Julia Redwood, owner and MD of Prospero Productions. A top tip: don't follow potential partners into the bathroom to pitch!
Filmmaker Aprille Asfoura and sustainability and environmental advocate Anna Jane (AJ) Linke will receive mentorship from Documentary Australia as part of its Impact Producer Program.
A retrospective marking the 35 anniversary of Fred Schepisi's 'A Cry in the Dark' and appearances from Deborra-lee Furness and Simon Baker headline this month's Australian International Screen Forum.
There is confidence within the documentary sector that its concerns about the genre's omission from last year's streaming regulation models have been heard ahead of the legislation's introduction to parliament.
“This promises to be a watershed year”: Screen Forever to ‘prepare the ground’ for regulatory change
Ahead of next week's Screen Forever, Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner reflects on a tumultuous 2023, and outlines his hopes for 2024 to be a landmark year - regulation pending.
SPA and Netflix have announced the successful applicants of the inaugural Broad Horizons initiative, which is designed to increase access and opportunities for First Nations screen professionals.