Screen Australia will be forced to cut its funding programs after the federal budget reduced its allocation by $3.6 million over the next four years, to the chagrin of producers and directors.
The MEAA is holding events around Australia to try to enlist the public support to protest the government's cuts to ABC and SBS funding.
The ABC will be forced to dramatically cut spending on content if the federal government does not fund the costs of redundancies and other efficiency savings.
Malcolm Turnbull has derided the ABC's warnings it may be forced to axe shows such as Lateline after threatening to can Peppa Pig earlier this year.
The National Film and Sound Archive and the Australian Film Television and Radio School have not escaped unscathed from the federal Budget cuts.
The ABC says the cost of its prime-time program lineup will jump by more than a third as competition from digital channels increases
The state's production investment funding has been dramatically cut by the NSW Coalition
A leaked document released a day before the budget has proved to be false