"Bringing the big city film experience to a small country town is an absolutely great thing for the local residents."
A multi-year funding commitment for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) headlined support for the screen industry in Tuesday's Federal Budget.
Warner Bros.' 'Those Who Wish Me Dead' was declared DOA as it opened in the US over the weekend, but Australian audiences took to the neo-Western, with the film topping the box office.
Melbourne-based private film finance group Elevate Production Finance has hired Shana Levine as head of production investment.
With no new major releases, last weekend saw the lowest box office tally of the year so far.
The Australian Directors' Guild and Australian Writers' Guild have joined Screen Producers Australia in proposing that SVOD and AVOD services be required to spend 20 per cent of their Australian revenue on local content as part of their submissions to the Federal Government's media reform green paper.
Free TV Australia believes the proposals outlined in the Federal Government's media reform green paper will not meet the needs of viewers or the broadcast sector, but says there is "time to get this right".
Stan has appointed former SBS channel manager Ben Nguyen as director of programming.