Applications are now open for the $20,000 Natalie Miller Fellowship, which aims to support the next generation of female leaders in the screen industry.
The percentage of female feature film producers in Australia is already well above the global average and continuing to improve.
Producers Anita Jacoby and Sue Maslin, writers Ray Harding and Bevan Lee and actor Magda Szubanski were among the screen professionals who received Australia Day honours on Saturday.
Screen Australia’s record spend on adult TV drama in 2017-18 has not come at the expense of support for feature films.
Applications for the $20,000 Natalie Miller Fellowship grant, designed to support female leaders in the screen industry, are now open.
Are feature film producers who want to be better remunerated during the five years they typically spend developing each project prepared to see Screen Australia slash the number of projects it develops to fund higher fees?
“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.
Maslin is the keynote speaker at the Gold Coast Film Festival's third annual Women In Film lunch. Presented by Screen Queensland, the lunch recognises the contribution of women in film and television in Australia.