Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner pulled no punches in his opening address at Screen Forever on Monday, taking aim at the Federal Government for reconfiguring content quotas and providing "slow, protracted and largely ineffective proposals" to ensure global streamers commission Australian titles.
With Screen Forever back on the Gold Coast this week, Queensland's capabilities will once again be on show to local and international producers.
Foxtel Group Executive Director Brian Walsh will lead discussions with a variety of industry figures at next month's Screen Forever after being announced as host of the In Conversation sessions.
The finalists for this Screen Producers Australia Business Awards have been announced, with 17 companies contending four categories.
British producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen and Amazon Studios executive Erika North have joined the lineup for March's Screen Forever.
The Netflix executive responsible for bringing South Korean phenomenon Squid Game to screens has joined Screen Forever as a keynote speaker.
Banijay Rights CEO Cathy Payne will return to Australia to deliver the Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture in person at Screen Producers Australia's (SPA) Screen Forever conference next year.
'Morning Wars' showrunner, writer and executive producer Kerry Ehrin is the first international guest speaker announced for March's Screen Forever.