Netflix has bolstered its Australian presence with the appointment of Ben Cox as the director of business development.
Australian feature films are currently dominating the box office, with exhibitors reporting a "revitalised" audience appetite for local stories. However, both producers and distributors have concerns about being able to actually get Aussie features off the ground in the future, with the Producer Offset slated to fall from 40 to 30 per cent from July.
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.
Uli Latukefu, Pallavi Sharda, Phoenix Raei, and Fayssal Bazzi have been added to the cast of Sophia Banks' feature film directorial debut Black Site.
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