Inspired by sessions at the recent Future Vision Summit in Melbourne, Julie Eckersley outlines ways to improve the development process.
As flagged by CEO Graeme Mason last week, Screen Australia has more than doubled the funding available through its Story Development: Premium fund.
Ahead of next week's Screen Forever conference, Emmy & AACTA award-winning producer turned screen sector executive coach Ellenor Cox summarises her key pitching and networking tips.
'Monash', a drama about army officer John Monash from Bruce Beresford; a thriller from Jasper Jones author Craig Silvey and director Ben Young, 'Cage in the Wild'; and a TV adaptation of novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart from Sarah Lambert and Made Up Stories are among the 21 projects to have recently received story development funding from Screen Australia.
Following on from their collaboration on feature film 'The Second', Screen Queensland and Stan have partnered on a new fund that will support both up-and-coming and established creatives to develop high-end drama series for the streaming service.
Following two months of industry consultation, Screen Australia’s new guidelines for drama development funding – which are platform neutral and see broadened eligibility criteria - take effect from today.
Are feature film producers who want to be better remunerated during the five years they typically spend developing each project prepared to see Screen Australia slash the number of projects it develops to fund higher fees?
Screen Queensland has today announced an injection of over $142,000 in funds to fuel the development of a number of projects.