Screen Queensland has appointed Patrick McDonald as project manager production and investment
Video game and software developer Epic Games ('Fortnite') has partnered with Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Screen Tasmania, Screen Queensland, Screenwest, Screen Territory and the South Australian Film Corporation to launch a national short film competition.
Will Eubank's previously announced action thriller 'Land of the Bad' will shoot on the Gold Coast and South East Queensland from this month, with Luke Hemsworth and US star Milo Ventimiglia to appear alongside Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth.
Tim Draxl, Matt Day, Jada Alberts, Nicholas Brown, Anna McGahan and Oscar Leal lead the ABC's upcoming 'In Our Blood', a four-part musical drama series from Hoodlum Entertainment, inspired by Australia's radical response to AIDS in the early 1980s.
Screen Queensland funding for the July and August 2014 rounds supports 14 screen projects through the Development Investment, Multiplatform and Digital and Production Investment programs.
Brisbane-based screenwriter and director Lucas Taylor is off to Europe later this year, having been named the 2017 recipient of the Greg Coote Scholarship.
Screenworks North Queensland projects manager Riannon Del Favero will head up Screen Queensland's Cairns facility as studio manager.
Queensland's The Steve Jaggi Company has reported flood damage to its Brisbane studio facility from the deluge dumped on the state last weekend, as screen organisations in affected areas remain on high alert.