Netflix, ABC, SBS and Paramount ANZ are among the 16 seed funders and founding members of Sustainable Screens Australia, a new initiative which will provide education, tools and resources to measure and reduce the industry’s environmental impact.
A slate of 15 television dramas, 11 feature films, and five online series will share in more than $1 million of development funding from Screen Australia.
Following screenings at Melbourne International Film Festival, Brisbane International Film Festival and Sydney Film Festival, 'Anonymous Club' will launch in cinemas in March 2022 via Film Art Media.
Australian feature films are currently dominating the box office, with exhibitors reporting a "revitalised" audience appetite for local stories. However, both producers and distributors have concerns about being able to actually get Aussie features off the ground in the future, with the Producer Offset slated to fall from 40 to 30 per cent from July.
Back in July, when every cinema around the country was shut, Sue Maslin took a leap: she committed to a three month marketing and P&A campaign for feature documentary Brazen Hussies.
Brazen Hussies reveals a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, the Women's Liberation Movement (1965-1975). Directed by Catherine Dwyer, the AACTA nominated documentary interweaves freshly uncovered archival footage, personal photographs, memorabilia and lively personal accounts from activists.
"The screen industry is sadly lagging very far behind, but I’m hopeful that these webinars will be the catalyst to help change that.”
'Brazen Hussies' celebrates the bold women who ignited a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, the Women's Liberation Movement (1965 -1975). Interweaving freshly uncovered archival footage, personal photographs, memorabilia and lively personal accounts from activists, 'Brazen Hussies' shows us how a daring and diverse group of women joined forces to defy the status quo, demand equality and create profound social change - contributing to one of the greatest social movements of the 20th Century.