Screen NSW has announced that all TV drama series must now include female key creatives in order to receive development or production financing.
Screen NSW's new-look script development program, Amplifier, replaces the agency's biennial Aurora workshop, which nurtured the likes of Somersault, Little Fish, Cut Snake and Animal Kingdom.
Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant said the new Made in NSW fund would double the existing NSW Government funding for the screen industry to almost $40 million over the next two years.
Screen NSW is getting into virtual reality in a big way, with a new app unveiled last week and a VR intensive taking place tomorrow, June 7, at Sydney's Carriageworks.
Troche is being brought to Sydney by Screen NSW to present at the 360 Vision Virtual Reality lab intensive at Carriageworks on June 7.
Applications for round 56 will now open April 18 and close May 22, with the decision meeting scheduled for July 21.
Previously Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV.
The Australian Directors Guild has welcomed the announcement by Screen NSW CEO Courtney Gibson that the agency intends to moved to gender equity in its production and development finance by 2020.