With Australia’s notoriously strict defamation laws undergoing a shake up in the past couple of
years and dramatic retellings of recent history becoming increasingly popular, has the state of play
for creatives wanting to base projects on real events and people changed? IF weighs up the views of producers and legal experts to find out.
Too often creatives are focused on one of two issues: raising the money or creating the content. But if we are to have a sustainable industry, there should always be an eye on the third and most crucial issue in production: recouping the money from the various territories and formats that creative content is licensed to, writes Murray Fahey.
One type of US work visa that is heavily sought after in the entertainment industry is the O visa, issued to individuals who are extraordinary in their field.
Being issued a visa never guarantees entry into the United States. A successful entry is in the hands, and at the pure discretion, of the officers at the border, writes immigration lawyer Andrea Szew.