Screen Producers Australia has named Matchbox Pictures the Production Business of the Year at its annual awards, held last night at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne.
Screen Producers Australia's (SPA) annual conference and market, Screen Forever, will now take place in February on the Gold Coast, with a digital companion for those unable to attend in person.
Flying Bark managing director Barbara Stephen is the new vice president of the Screen Producers Australia Council, succeeding Tania Chambers who remains on as a councillor.
While Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts Paul Fletcher is keeping mum as to whether the government will adjust the screen industry's regulatory framework, in his address to the Screen Forever conference on Tuesday he emphasised government has a role to play in supporting the industry to capture global opportunities.
Given the current Delta outbreak across parts of the country, Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has announced it will shift its annual conference from November to late March.