Co-financing with US production companies and selling Australian formats internationally will be among the key topics on the agenda at SPAA's Screen Forever conference.
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The finalists for the Screen Producers Australia Awards have been announced.
Actors Dan Ewing and Lisa Gormley have signed with US talent management company Silver Lining Entertainment.
Network Ten will telecast the third annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards as a 90-minute show at 8.30 pm on Thursday January 30.
The inaugural International Partnership Market at this year's SPAA conference Screen Forever will give producers the chance to meet producers and executives from the US, UK, Canada and Israel.
Kim Mordaunt won the Australian Writers' Guild best original screenplay award for his debut film The Rocket and Cate Shortland and Robin Mukherjee got the feature film adaptation prize for Lore at the AWGIE awards held in Melbourne on Friday night.
Tree Australia's Brian Rosen and Taylor Media's Sue Taylor have been re-elected for a third term as president and vice-president of the Screen Producers Association of Australia for 2013/2014.
The prevailing attitude among young teens who illegally download films and TV content can be summed up as: "Why would I pay when I can get it for free?"Â