Screen Australia is offering marketing support for producers to attend this year’s World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP), which is being held 18–21 November in Beijing, China.
The ailing screen production sector is set to get a major boost with more than $80 million worth of films, TV dramas and a documentary receiving funding from Screen Australia.
Screen Australia is broadening the Enterprise program by introducing three new strands which will invest a total of $10 million in screen businesses and creative personnel in the next three years.
Screen Australia’s guidelines for funding documentaries will remain in place for the rest of this year after the agency decided to extend a review of its funding policy.
Producers, filmmakers and guilds have welcomed Screen Australia's switch to grants for all funding up to $500,000 and expressed relief that the budget cuts have largely spared investment in film and TV production and development.
Screen Australia is radically changing the way it operates, including making all funding of up to $500,000 as a grant and relinquishing its stake in the copyright on those projects.
Six short films have received support from Screen Australia, it was announced today.
Penny Smallacombe has stepped into the role of Head of Indigenous at Screen Australia, it was announced today.