South Australian not-for-profit screen organisation Mercury CX will introduce a monthly subscription model as part of a new business plan unveiled at its annual general meeting this week.
The Mercury has announced Bryce Kraehenbuehl as the recipient of this year's $45,000 Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellowship, established to enable experimental and surreal filmmakers to develop a distinctive voice and create bold work for the screen.
Screen training organisation Wide Angle Tasmania is set to cease operation after two decades.
South Australia's Mercury CX has undergone an overhaul of its operations in an attempt to remain solvent, with a new board restructuring its model to reduce overheads and engaging an interim general manager to replace outgoing CEO, Karena Slaninka.
South Australia's Mercury CX reports it will close in the next three months unless it secures $700,000 worth of funding via government or philanthropic means.
Eight creatives from three teams will undertake 12-months of skills development and mentoring as part of Film Lab: New Voices after progressing to the initiative's next phase.
Writer Lucy Campbell, director Matt Vesely, and producer Bettina Hamilton have become the first team from South Australia's Film Lab: New Voices development program to have their project greenlit for production.
The shortlist for this year's Film Lab: New Voices feature film skills development program have been revealed, with seven teams selected for the second round.