Australian TV drama is in a state of flux given the dismantling of free-to-air content quotas and the continuing absence of regulations for streaming platforms. Screen executive and producer Richard Harris looks for answers ahead of the much-anticipated Future Vision Summit.
Screen NSW has selected three teams for its Short to Feature Fast-Track initiative, and separately, has named writer and director Jon Bell the recipient of the inaugural First Nations Screen Scholarship.
Closer Productions is aiming to expand its reach well beyond South Australia in the next couple of years, having secured Enterprise funding from Screen Australia and welcomed former SAFC CEO Richard Harris as executive producer.
Doc Society global director of Good Pitch Malinda Wink is set to join Minderoo Pictures as executive director.
"One of the beauties about the conversations we've been having was recognising that they were not just going to put money into individual films in an investment sense and then say goodbye."
Arenamedia and a broad coalition of industry players have called on the Federal Government to create an Innovation Fund to support new and emerging talent and diverse creative voices.
Producer Cody Greenwood is drawing on strong family connections as she and director Gracie Otto prepare to shoot a feature documentary centred on a recording studio founded by The Beatles producer Sir George Martin.
Former Screen Australia, SAFC and Australian Directors' Guild executive Richard Harris has joined 113 Partners, a corporate advisory firm which helps businesses in the creative industries to grow and find investment.