State borders may have become more defined in the wake of COVID-19 but the inverse has occurred among the state screen agencies, who presented a united front at this week's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).
ViacomCBS brands Nickelodeon International and Network 10 have partnered for the first time to commission a new live-action children's series, 'Taylor's Island', from Fremantle Australia.
Both SPA and the ADG have identified the potential for a "production void" if there is a prolonged delay between the government's relaxation of local content quotas for commercial free-to-air broadcasters and any imposition of obligations on streamers.
SBS has launched a three-year incubator program to support the development of emerging screenwriters from underrepresented backgrounds.
Screen Queensland and US-based screenwriters’ incubator program Stowe Story Labs will support three Queensland creative teams to attend Stowe’s upcoming remote narrative lab and writers’ retreat.
Screen Queensland has partnered with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s talent development company Impact Creative Systems to offer four paid attachments on Howard's upcoming film 'Thirteen Lives'.
Timothy Cole, Alexandru Popescu and Isabella Povolny's 'Cassini Logs' has won the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge, a joint initiative of Epic Games and the state and territory screen agencies.
While we were away: ‘The Dry’ performed for Roadshow; three Aussie projects were selected for Sundance; NITV updated its leadership team; ‘Sissy’ kicked off in Canberra and vale Susie Maizels, esteemed casting director.