Screen bodies including the Australian Writers’ Guild and music rights organisation APRA AMCOS have outlined their support for a Senate committee's recommendations on adopting artificial intelligence (AI).
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Distributor Umbrella Entertainment has acquired Mark Hartley's Australian rock documentary Sweat it Out!, which will be released in Australian and New Zealand cinemas next year.
Sophia Banks will helm a new feature about Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto which she will produce through her production company Getaway Entertainment.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) believes the screen industry's new entrants and smaller operations are at risk of being squeezed out by unsustainable financial pressures, following a member survey showing producers are increasingly being asked to bear the monetary and creative burden of project development.
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