Recognizing that many DOPs are in dire straits financially, the Australian Cinematographers Society is giving one year's free membership to its 1,600 members.
Screen Australia has decided to postpone the introduction of the revised documentary programs from July 1 until 2021, to the dismay of some factual filmmakers who wanted the new regime to happen sooner.
Hoodlum Entertainment's Nathan Mayfield was devastated when the pandemic forced a halt to filming the third season of the ABC's Harrow and the second of Network 10's Five Bedrooms.
Australian actors, producers, writers, directors and crew members have slammed the Federal Government's decision to deny access to the JobKeeper wage subsidy to freelancers and other casual workers.
The Federal Government's decision to rule out extending the $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper wage subsidy to casual workers who had been employed for less than a year will penalise many thousands of cinema industry employees and screen sector freelancers.
The US studios and independents have booked more than two dozen films for the US summer season, starting with the launch of Disney/Pixar’s Soul on June 19.
Most independent production companies and thousands of freelancers in the screen industry face financial hardship as they don't qualify for the Federal Government's $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper wage subsidy.