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.
Screentime co-founder Bob Campbell is set to be recognised for his rich contribution to the screen industry, named as the 2022 SPA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has launched the 2022 Screen Forever program ahead of the event later this month.
ABC head of scripted production Sally Riley is an early winner of this year's Screen Producer Australia Awards, named the inaugural Commissioner of the Year.
The entertainment and arts industries are mourning the loss of pioneering television executive Neil Balnaves, following his death in a boating accident aged 77.
The finalists for this Screen Producers Australia Business Awards have been announced, with 17 companies contending four categories.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has selected Wise Goat Productions' Tsu Shan Chambers and Noble Savage Pictures' Hayley Johnson as inaugural participants of its Leadership Diversity Mentorship program.
The Federal Government has committed $4.2 billion in funding for the public broadcasters over the next three years, while concurrently outlining the next steps in its media reform agenda.