Jennifer Peedom and Rowan Woods will lead this year's Screenworks Directing Intensive, a two-day workshop to be held in late July.
In a welcome move for industry, the Federal Government has backtracked on its decision to harmonise the Producer Offset for film and television, announcing on Sunday that the offset will remain at 40 per cent for theatrical features.
Both SPA and the ADG have identified the potential for a "production void" if there is a prolonged delay between the government's relaxation of local content quotas for commercial free-to-air broadcasters and any imposition of obligations on streamers.
Advocating for appropriate policy reform to support Australian stories on screen will be among the chief priorities of the new Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) executive director, Alaric McAusland.
Directors Daina Reid ('The Handmaid’s Tale', 'Romper Stomper') and Kay Pavlou ('Race to London', 'Who Do You Think You Are?') will be the special guest presenters for Screenworks’ 2020 Online Directing Intensive.
First-time feature directors Thomas Wright ('Acute Misfortune'), John Sheedy ('H is for Happiness'), Ben Lawrence ('Hearts and Bones') and Natalie Erika James ('Relic') will vie for the Australian Directors' Guild Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film ($1 million or over) against Sophie Hyde ('Animals') and Wayne Blair ('Top End Wedding').
Amid production shutdowns and job losses, the ADG, AWG, MEAA and SPA have penned a joint letter to the Federal Government to seek urgent support for the screen industry.
Early bird entries are now open for the Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) Awards but be quick as they close next Monday.