Screen Australia's executive director, Production Support & Investment, Chris Fitchett, will leave the agency on 5 December 2008 to pursue his own projects.
Screen Australia has announced a reminder to film producers to put up their submissions report regarding the effect of the film tax offsets on levels of independent and in-house television production.
Screen Australia is offering Travel Grants for producers to attend two markets in 2009 - the European Film Market and the 10th Annual Kidscreen Summit.
The prestigious International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam has announced the selection of six Australian titles that reflect the diversity of Australian documentary filmmaking.
The divide between emerging and established producers - as defined by Screen Australia - widened on Wednesday when a mixed crowd of screen practitioners met at the agency's Sydney offices to dissect the new guidelines.
Malcolm McDonald - director of the Screen Australia Making History documentary Mawson - Life and Death in Antarctica was awarded the Best Director Award at the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival held in Los Angeles over the weekend.
The Screen Australia National Interest Program, Captain Cook - Obsession and Discovery, has been awarded the prestigious Audio-Visual History Prize at the 2008 NSW Premier's History Awards.
Screen Australia Digital Learning is delighted to announce that the educational website Mabo: The Native Title Revolution has won the prestigious 2008 United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award for Best Online Production.