Head of Screen NSW Grainne Brunsdon has listed numerous ways in which the agency is helping producers to get back to business through and after the pandemic.
To support small-to-medium organisations and businesses across the screen, arts, and cultural sector through the COVID-19 crisis, Create NSW has announced a series of new initiatives and repurposed funding, totalling $6.34 million.
State screen agencies are taking a number of initiatives to help producers whose projects have been suspended or delayed.
Screen NSW and Australians in Film (AiF), with the help of a grant from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), will support five writers and directors, including representation of Indigenous screen talent, to attend a customised five-day professional development lab in Los Angeles in May.
Joshua Longhurst, Aaliyah-Jade Bradbury and Joanna Beveridge have each been selected to undertake a customised paid industry internship via Screen NSW's annual Emerging Producer Placement initiative.
Two NSW-based emerging producers from diverse backgrounds will have the chance to undertake a six-month paid industry internship next year, thanks to the Screen NSW Emerging Producer Placement program.
L-R: Ben Quilty, Aemmon Sheehan, Jason Phu, Técha Noble and Zareh Nalbandian. Técha Noble, Jason Phu and Aemmon Sheehan will...
Grainne Brunsdon has been appointed head of Screen NSW, following a reshuffle of Create NSW's leadership structure.