Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has commended the NSW Government for its plans to work more closely with Screen NSW in coordinating production within the state.
IF speaks with the documentary filmmaker and NIDA green ambassador about the important role storytelling can play in sustainability.
"Let’s make no bones about it - this is a disaster."
In the lead up to the federal election, the fight to regulate streaming services looks poised to get noisier: Australian Directors Guild executive director Alaric McAusland told Screen Forever Tuesday that the industry was currently "way too polite" to government on the issue.
Arts Minister Tony Burke hopes to answer the question of how best to regulate streaming services before the end of this year as he ramps up consultation on the government's National Cultural Policy.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) believes the screen industry's new entrants and smaller operations are at risk of being squeezed out by unsustainable financial pressures, following a member survey showing producers are increasingly being asked to bear the monetary and creative burden of project development.
'Morning Wars' showrunner, writer and executive producer Kerry Ehrin is the first international guest speaker announced for March's Screen Forever.
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.
Next week's Screen Forever conference will feature insights from Netflix juggernaut 'The Queen's Gambit' with executive producer for the miniseries, William Horberg, set to appear in conversation.