Courtney Gibson has departed her role as Screen NSW CEO ahead of the establishment of Create NSW; a new agency that will merge Screen NSW and Arts NSW.
Create NSW and the ABC have unveiled the recipients of $445,000 in production and development funding, spanning across three different drama initiatives.
The ABC and Create NSW have launched a $100,000 development initiative to sniff out character-driven, half-hour dramas.
Create NSW and SBS have backed six teams of emerging filmmakers with $180,000 to create shorts which will air next year as part of SBS's coverage of the 40th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Create NSW and SBS will fund up to six short films from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmaking talent for this year’s Generator: Emerging Filmmaker Fund.
Abe Forsythe’s zombie film 'Little Monsters', French-Australian co-production 'Slam' and an as yet untitled film from the Roache-Turner brothers are among 12 productions recently backed by Create NSW.
Create NSW has already achieved its target of an average 50:50 gender split in its screen development and production funding programs by 2020.