A Senate committee has recommended the government temporarily raise the copyright cap on documentaries and work to strengthen Australia's PDV sector as part of its offset reform.
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.
Screen Producers Australia is inviting applications for its Ones to Watch program, which will be again be held online.
Hayley Adams and Ljudan Michaelis-Thorpe are the winners of Screen Producers Australia's (SPA) Ones to Watch program for 2020.
Screen Producers Australia has released its submission to Federal Government's media reform green paper, outlining steps to address what it percieves to be a "regulatory gap" with streaming platforms in Australia.
With an unprecedented level of production going on around the country, local producers are reporting increased difficulty in crewing productions and are facing increased rates.
In a welcome move for industry, the Federal Government has backtracked on its decision to harmonise the Producer Offset for film and television, announcing on Sunday that the offset will remain at 40 per cent for theatrical features.
A delegation of actors, crew, writers, and producers converged on Canberra this week to push for local content requirements for SVOD and AVOD platforms, as well as other reforms relating to the screen sector.