As the industry grapples with the impact of coronavirus, Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has urged the Federal Government to keep commercial broadcasters' local content obligations in place.
Screen Producers Australia welcomes the arrival of Netflix to the Australian market, says SPA CEO Matt Deaner.
Screen Producers Australia has welcomed comments this week from Senator George Brandis, Attorney General and Minister for the Arts, supporting an increase in the Australian Screen Production Incentives (offsets).
This year, one participant will head to the United States to train at YouTube Space LA.
Some $1.17 billion was spent on drama production in Australia in the last financial year - the second highest year on record and more than 50 per cent up on the previous year - driven by all-time high expenditure on local content and significantly bolstered levels of foreign spend.
“I agree about not rushing into production until your script is pitch perfect but the agencies must recognise that unless you have Enterprise support (I never have), there is almost no support for producers to do this,” Maslin tells IF.
Venn and Screen Well have joined forces on a research project to examine on set leadership and culture, and how it impacts mental health and wellbeing. Venn managing director Jonathon Dutton shares some of the preliminary findings.
Geoff Brown, the esteemed former executive director of Screen Producers Association of Australia, died on Tuesday morning after a long illness. He was 65.