Following the South Australian Film Corporation’s lead, Screen Queensland has introduced a 10 per cent uncapped post, digital and visual effects (PDV) rebate.
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The musical partnership between composers Matteo Zingales and Antony Partos has served them well, earning them four combined nominations for year’s Screen Music Awards, to be staged jointly by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) in November.
A fourth season of Easy Tiger Productions’ 'Doctor Doctor', the third series of Endemol Shine Australia’s 'Australian Ninja Warrior' and the sixth edition of ESA’s Australia’s 'Married at First Sight' will screen on the Nine Network next year.
Eighteen years since 'SeaChange' ended its 39-episodes run on the ABC, Sigrid Thornton and John Howard will be back on screen in 2019 in a new version of the show created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox.
Aussie filmmakers are now in position to encourage a broader range of investors into the sector, writes PwC Australia's Megan Brownlow.
The streaming market in Australia and New Zealand will soon become even more cluttered and competitive as AMC Networks announced its direct-to-consumer services Sundance Now and Shudder will launch in both markets later this year.
Four Australian films - 'Ladies in Black', 'Gurrumul', 'Breath' and 'Mary Magdalene' - have received nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, to be held in Brisbane in November.
Aquarius Films’ Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford have taken over as the producers of Guy Pearce’s directorial debut, 'Poor Boy', in which he will also star.