Screen Producers Australia has named the 12 members of the Screen Forever advisory board for this year's event, including chair Bunya Productions CEO Sophia Zachariou.
Industry guilds and the free-to-air broadcasters alike have expressed dismay over the Federal Government's move late last week to extend the Post, Digital and Visual (PDV) and Location Offsets to online platforms, arguing the government has missed an opportunity to introduce further policies that could benefit the local industry.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has established the Screen Export Advisory Council with the aim to promote and advance the export potential of the Australia screen industry.
"In our competitive and underfunded arts sector, power relationships are ever present. To address power imbalances, major structural change is needed."
Screenwriter and producer Andrew Knight’s key message to the audience at the Screen Forever conference was that the creative process isn’t linear, and unique projects can only happen when producers "back talent, not quarantine it".
Guesswork Television was crowned the 2018 Production Business of the Year at the Screen Producers Australia Awards, held yesterday evening at Melbourne's Forum Theatre.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner used his opening address to the organisation’s Screen Forever conference to call for greater support from regulators and government in order to consider strategic interventions that will address competition and trade issues that have emerged in the digital era.
“I feel like there are so many shows with strong women which have room for emotion and comedy. There weren’t quite as many 20 years ago." - 'GLOW' co-executive producer/writer Sascha Rothchild, a keynote speaker at next week's Screen Forever.