Screen Producers Australia is offering to provide producers with a series of new precedent template agreements for contracting as well as access for the first time to recently renegotiated key industrial agreements.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has commissioned a short film from Ludo Studio to further its campaign to protect children’s content.
Since 2014 the Federal Government has made numerous policy decisions that benefited sectional interests such as commercial free-to-air broadcasters, the US studios and local service businesses, while neglecting screen producers.
The 2017 calendar year saw the independent screen production sector generate $1.2 billion in production revenue, export $163 million and support around 20,000 jobs. However, more than one in five companies reported a loss and another half only small profit. Almost one in 10 businesses report they are worried about staying afloat over the next five years.
With an unprecedented level of production going on around the country, local producers are reporting increased difficulty in crewing productions and are facing increased rates.
Former Film Finances Australasia head Anni Browning will be the recipient of this year's Screen Producers Australia Lifetime Achievement Award.
Screen Producers Australia has announced the 19 emerging producers who will participate in its Ones To Watch mentoring program this year.
Screen Producers Australia has announced the producers whose Pitch On Demand submissions have secured them a pitch meeting with one or more of the commissioning executives from Binge, Paramount+ or Stan.