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.
Thinking of doing productions in the United States and wondering the best strategy to accomplish this while taking into consideration all the immigration rules and regulations?
Production companies looking to film in the United States with foreign talent have a couple key issues to think about when it comes to getting visas for their cast and crew: Who will sponsor the foreign cast and crew? What visa options are available?
The emerging sexual harassment allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein have sent the Hollywood entertainment industry reeling – and have also prompted intense international discussion on the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace.
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.
It is important to be smarter about the choice of visas, the time frame to process the visas, and where the visas will be adjudicated, writes Andrea Szew.