Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has established the Screen Export Advisory Council with the aim to promote and advance the export potential of the Australia screen industry.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner used his opening address to the organisation’s Screen Forever conference to call for greater support from regulators and government in order to consider strategic interventions that will address competition and trade issues that have emerged in the digital era.
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.
President and CEO of Canada’s Shaw Rocket Fund Agnes Augustin will speak about funding children’s content at Screen Producers Australia’s Screen Forever Conference.
The 2017 calendar year saw the independent screen production sector generate $1.2 billion in production revenue, export $163 million and support around 20,000 jobs. However, more than one in five companies reported a loss and another half only small profit. Almost one in 10 businesses report they are worried about staying afloat over the next five years.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has hit back at the commercial broadcasters for continuing to use second-run New Zealand content to help meet local content quotas, and made a renewed call for government to put an end to the practice.
Elle Curran has been appointed director, legal and business affairs at Screen Producers Australia.
Are feature film producers who want to be better remunerated during the five years they typically spend developing each project prepared to see Screen Australia slash the number of projects it develops to fund higher fees?