Screen Producers Australia may be submitting its feedback to the government about the proposed models of streaming regulation this week, but it was far from the only focus for CEO Matthew Deaner as he opened the 37th Screen Forever conference on Wednesday.
Screenrights has announced the seven initiatives it will support via its 2020 Cultural Fund, which this year had the theme of ‘New Voices’.
Blackfella Films company director Darren Dale, actor/director Rhoda Roberts, and screenwriting pair Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna will headline Screenworks' annual Regional To Global Screen Forum, which will be held as a hybrid event next month.
Since 2009, Sydney’s Bus Stop Films has provided a film studies program and various filmmaking opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. The not-for-profit has long advocated for a more inclusive screen industry.
Applicants for the 2022 Screenrights Cultural Fund will be able to draw on assistance from the organisation in making their submissions as part of this year's New Opportunities theme.
Genevieve Clay-Smith's 'What Was It Like?', made via Bus Stop Films, took home Best Australian Short at the Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival over the weekend.
Bus Stop Films has partnered with RMIT University to launch its Accessible Film Studies Program for people with living with disability in Melbourne.
Bus Stop Films has launched a training program focused on pathways to employment in the industry for people living with disability.