A reduction in high-budget production activity across international TV and Australian theatrical features is behind a nearly 30 per cent year-on-year decline in the amount spent on scripted content in Australia across the last financial year, Screen Australia says.
Endemol Shine Australia and Screen Australia have unveiled the four inaugural participants of the Early Career Writers Program, aimed at fostering the next generation of screenwriting talent.
Up to eight First Nations creative teams will be supported in bringing romantic comedy short film concepts to life as part of a new initiative from Screen Australia, ABC, and NITV.
Screen Australia has appointed Joanna Beveridge to the role of investment and development manager in the online department, and Marigold Bartlett as investment manager in the games team.
Endemol Shine Australia's experience producing 'Headliners' - a five-part documentary series about nine musicians with disabilities - has laid the groundwork for the company’s inclusion and accessibility strategies in future productions.
The second part of IF's exclusive coverage of Screen Producers Australia's AI PRISM forum last month features insights from the third and final discussion, titled 'Who Shares the Benefits?'.
How reliable are Producer Offset provisional certificates in the wake of the ‘Fragmentary’ decision?
Screen Australia's decision to reject the Producer Offset claim from the team behind low-budget feature 'Fragmentary' has raised concerns about the validity of provisional certificates.
Screen Australia's decision to quash the Producer Offset application by the team behind horror-thriller 'Fragmentary' has raised questions about a common shooting method used by documentary filmmakers.