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.
The Australian Directors Guild has clinched a ground-breaking deal with production arms of the Walt Disney Co. for four Aussie directors who will work on crime drama 'Reef Break'.
Australia’s beleaguered documentary sector may see significant shifts in government funding availability if a raft of new proposed recommendations from Screen Australia are ratified.
In the wake of the numerous sexual assault, harassment and rape allegations against American producer and former studio executive Harvey Weinstein, the ADG has released a statement to its members condemning sexual harassment within the screen industry.
The return of the SPAA conference and X|Media|Lab to Sydney in 2009, has been welcomed by Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts Virginia Judge and by NSW Film and Television Office (FTO) Chief Executive Tania Chambers.
Shelly Lauman’s Birdie and Charles Williams’ All These Creatures will have their international and North American premieres respectively in the Short Cuts competition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Executive director Diana Burnett will depart the Australian Directors’ Guild to take up the role of studio manager at Animal Logic.
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.