Screen Australia has received 452 applications - the most applications ever received for any funding program - for Brilliant Stories and Brilliant Careers, the two programs announced last December under the Gender Matters initiative.
Screen Australia’s revelation that it can no longer afford to support entry-level feature filmmakers has been criticised by the Australian Directors Guild and some producers, writers and directors.
The screen industry still has work to do to address gender imbalance, but Screen Australia chief operating officer Fiona Cameron says it is off to a “promising start”.
"Let’s make no bones about it - this is a disaster."
In the lead up to the federal election, the fight to regulate streaming services looks poised to get noisier: Australian Directors Guild executive director Alaric McAusland told Screen Forever Tuesday that the industry was currently "way too polite" to government on the issue.
Screen Australia has today announced results of a survey conducted to examine the success of its Enterprise Program.
Both SPA and the ADG have identified the potential for a "production void" if there is a prolonged delay between the government's relaxation of local content quotas for commercial free-to-air broadcasters and any imposition of obligations on streamers.
Screen Australia today released a draft Statement of Intent (SOI) that sets out broad principles for the direction of the Commonwealth Government's new screen agency.
“We have had to get out of the entry-level film market as a result of funding cuts," said Screen Australia COO Fiona Cameron.