Two "massive moveables" - that is, COVID-19 and the delay in legislative changes to the offsets - mean Screen Australia has been scenario planning.
Ausfilm will convene a working group to address below-the-line workforce capacity with the Office of the Arts, Screen Australia, the state screen agencies, AFTRS and NIDA, with aims to ultimately develop a national framework to support growth.
Screen Australia and Australians in Film have announced the participants for the Talent Gateway and the Global Producers Exchange, both designed to connect Australian creatives with key US decision-makers.
Animal Logic group head of legal and business affairs Emma Drummond and KOJO Studios managing director Dale Roberts have been announced as new members of the Ausfilm board.
With Greater Sydney facing another two weeks in lockdown, the growing COVID-19 threat has led to mixed reactions regarding productions in the state as movements become more constricted.
The Federal Government has announced $8.7 million in funding for 158 independent cinemas under the Supporting Cinemas’ Retention Endurance and Enhancement of Neighbourhoods (SCREEN) Fund, but remains coy on whether assistance will be provided to major exhibitors.
Screen Australia and NITV have unveiled the six projects that will share in more than $600,000 of production funding under the No Ordinary Black short film initiative.
Screen Australia has begun consultation for a follow-up to the landmark 2016 report Seeing Ourselves: Reflections on Diversity in TV Drama, while also announcing the appointment of Jackie Leewai as its first inclusion strategy and engagement manager.