"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.
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.
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.
Richard Harris' first priority as the incoming head of Screen Australia's newly formed business and audience department will be to rejuvenate if not reinvent the tainted Australian cinema brand.
Screen Australia's Head of Business and Audience, Richard Harris, talks to IF about the year that's been, what's ahead and the risk of betting big on blockbusters alone.
Troy Lum has laid much of the blame for the virtual demise of mid-level theatrical films on the US majors' blockbusters mentality.
Doc Society global director of Good Pitch Malinda Wink is set to join Minderoo Pictures as executive director.