With Australia’s notoriously strict defamation laws undergoing a shake up in the past couple of
years and dramatic retellings of recent history becoming increasingly popular, has the state of play
for creatives wanting to base projects on real events and people changed? IF weighs up the views of producers and legal experts to find out.
See-Saw Films took out Production Business of the Year at Friday evening's Screen Producers Australia Awards, held on the final night of Screen Forever on the Gold Coast.
IF speaks with the documentary filmmaker and NIDA green ambassador about the important role storytelling can play in sustainability.
Screen Producers Australia may be submitting its feedback to the government about the proposed models of streaming regulation this week, but it was far from the only focus for CEO Matthew Deaner as he opened the 37th Screen Forever conference on Wednesday.
Heading to Screen Forever's SPA Connect or the Online Global Market? We've chatted to some of this year's attendees so you can go in armed. They include reps from Paramount ANZ, ABC, NITV, Stan, Icon Film Distribution, Studiocanal, ZDF Enterprises, Film Mode Entertainment, Wildbrain, Cineflix Rights, OUTtv, All3Media International, Dynamic Television and Red Arrow Studios.
Venn and Screen Well have joined forces on a research project to examine on set leadership and culture, and how it impacts mental health and wellbeing. Venn managing director Jonathon Dutton shares some of the preliminary findings.
Actor, writer, director and producer Aaron Fa’aoso, managing director of Lone Star Production Group, talks to IF about his projects in development and hopes for a Torres Strait Islander-specific screen strategy.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner writes that Screen Forever 37 comes at critical period for industry, with robust discussion required.