The NSW government has announced $500K in funding to deliver professional development programs for screen professionals and support film festivals and events.
Twelve Aussie creatives are off to Los Angeles for Talent USA: LA, a week-long program that involves meetings, workshops and networking opportunities.
The Australian Cinematographers Society, the Australian Writers' Guild and the Australian Screen Editors Guild are among the recipients of the South Australian Film Corporation’s (SAFC) new audience and industry development grants.
Screen Australia and the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) have opened applications for the third year of Talent USA: LA, a week-long program of targeted and curated meetings, workshops and networking opportunities for Australian creators, directors and/or screenwriters.
If elected, Labor has promised to convene a taskforce to "conclude" the government's Australian and Children's Screen Content Review.
Applications are now open for Talent Camp, a national workshop program to provide skills development opportunities for emerging storytellers and screen content creatives from diverse backgrounds across the country.
Industry guilds and the free-to-air broadcasters alike have expressed dismay over the Federal Government's move late last week to extend the Post, Digital and Visual (PDV) and Location Offsets to online platforms, arguing the government has missed an opportunity to introduce further policies that could benefit the local industry.
"There is no shortage of original ideas and top-class writers in Australia. Only a shortage of willingness to develop them and their ideas properly. Cautious and cynical production and programming are increasingly the order of the day."