Production company Lone Star Productions, casting agency Platinum Talent Management, AV specialists Wallfly, and business, camera and equipment providers Lemac Film & Digital have secured creative tenancies at Screen Queensland's new Cairns studio, with the $12.6 million facility now officially open for business.
Songstress Delta Goodrem will lead the next romantic feature from Jaggi Entertainment, formerly The Steve Jaggi Company, with filming underway in the Whitsundays on Adrian Powers' 'Love is in the Air'.
Screen Queensland and Screenworks have formed a Far North and North Queensland Screen Advisory Committee to support the former’s multi-year $4 million North Queensland Regional Program.
Screen Queensland and Network 10 are inviting applications for a new initiative aimed at emerging First Nations film and television practitioners.
North and Far North Queensland screen businesses are now eligible to apply for up to $75,000 in funding from the Queensland Government.
Screenworks will deliver a range of industry development and up-skilling opportunities in Far North and North Queensland across the next three years as part of a $675,000 investment from Screen Queensland in the region.
A location has been confirmed for Screen Queensland’s new production facility in Far North Queensland, with the studio to be built on a 6,500 square metre building site just outside the Cairns CBD.
As the Queensland Government pushes forward with its strategic plan to grow the screen industry in Far North Queensland, it has formally appointed Curtis Pitt as FNQ Screen Champion.