The $1 million Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund launched by Netflix and music industry charity Support Act will start dispensing money within a couple of weeks.
Screen production in Queensland is set to restart with the second season of Jonathan M. Shiff Productions’ 'The Bureau of Magical Things' and a rom-com feature from the Steve Jaggi Company.
Hoodlum Entertainment will resume filming the second season of Network 10's 'Five Bedrooms' in Melbourne, three months after production was forced to shut down.
Australia's largest production houses and a number of independent producers have asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison for urgent funding to help the industry get back on its feet.
Netflix and Australian music industry charity Support Act are launching a $1 million COVID-19 film and TV emergency relief fund to help casual workers who lost their jobs when productions were shut down or postponed.
CJZ MD Nick Murray has a cautionary message for those who are calling on the Federal Government to double the Producer Offset for TV productions to 40 per cent: Be careful what you wish for.
While insurance companies and other financiers worldwide have excluded COVID-19 from their policies, Melbourne-based Elevate Production Finance is stepping into the breach.
Veteran 'Home and Away' director Arnie Custo and series producer Lucy Addario describe how cast and crew are adapting to the COVID-safe guidelines.