Screen Producers Australia has announced the 12 members of the programming advisory committee for the 2018 Screen Forever conference.
Ten Western Australian-based producers have formed an industry organisation to advocate for production companies that are majority Australian-owned
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The Federal Government's proposed changes to the Producer Offset’s ‘Gallipoli’ clause would effectively limit the ability for Australian productions shooting offshore to use non-resident Australian actors, directors and crew, and therefore opportunities to raise international finance, industry bodies have argued.
SPA has raised objections to deals which the ABC and SBS have negotiated recently with producers, claiming they are inconsistent with industry standards and industrial agreements.
As the Make it Australian campaign for local content obligations to be imposed on streaming services intensifies, Netflix is talking up its growing investment in Australian film and TV productions and again rejecting the need for a quota.
The 2017 calendar year saw the independent screen production sector generate $1.2 billion in production revenue, export $163 million and support around 20,000 jobs. However, more than one in five companies reported a loss and another half only small profit. Almost one in 10 businesses report they are worried about staying afloat over the next five years.
Screen Producers Australia has unveiled the 20 emerging producers who will participate in its Ones to Watch mentoring program for this year.