Screen Queensland has announced the six screenwriters who will take part in the first year of The Writers’ Room, a talent development initiative offering guidance from some of Australia’s most respected showrunners and screenwriters.
Queensland talent development initiative Sunny Coast Showdown has ramped up the prize money for its fifth year, offering $250,000 to a project that can progress the Sunshine Coast's local film industry.
Newly appointed ABC managing director Hugh Marks and Screen Australia chair Michael Ebeid are among more than 150 speakers for the event.
Screen Queensland’s In the Frame Screen Practitioners forum will expand to Far North Queensland next month as part of a focus on regional screen production.
As Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to dump heavy rain on parts of south-east Queensland and north-east NSW, Screen Queensland has confirmed there has not been any significant impact on the local production sector beyond a precautionary pause as the weather system made landfall last week.
Screen Queensland is offering grants of up to $100,000 to support local creators producing original episodic factual and scripted content for online platforms.
A heartwarming dramedy about friendship, cultural differences, and romance has received $10,000 in funding through Screen Queensland's NQ Discovering New Online Voices initiative.
Screen Queensland has announced another seaside production on the Gold Coast, with the location double for the Cayman Islands during the 19th century in Frank E. Flowers' 'The Bluff', to be produced by the Russo brothers.