Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has launched a campaign to rally production businesses to choose bushfire and drought affected areas - as well as crew members from these regions - when planning shoots.
Seven creatives from across regional NSW and one from the Pilbara in Western Australia have been selected to participate in Screenworks 2020 Career Pathways Program, funded by Screen NSW and Screenwest.
The Federal Government has committed to a staged process of media regulation reform, ultimately culminating in what it hopes will be "platform-neutral regulatory framework covering both online and offline delivery of media content."
Is it a coincidence that three of the highest-grossing Australian films of 2019 - Rachel Griffiths' 'Ride Like A Girl', Wayne Blair's 'Top End Wedding' and Rachel Ward's 'Palm Beach' - have all been helmed by directors and producers who have backgrounds as actors? Not according to Griffiths.
Ludo Studio were the big winners at last night's Screen Producers Australia Awards in Melbourne, taking home four gongs, including the major prize of the night: Screen Production Business of the Year.
While Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts Paul Fletcher is keeping mum as to whether the government will adjust the screen industry's regulatory framework, in his address to the Screen Forever conference on Tuesday he emphasised government has a role to play in supporting the industry to capture global opportunities.
Screen Producers Australia would like to see a unified, singular industry strategy to help take Australian stories to the world.
Ed Punchard, John Hughes, Jenni Tosi, Dan Read, Rebecca Summerton, Tracey Vieira and Suzanne Ryan will join the Screen Producers Australia (SPA) council for 2019-2020.