Stan has warned the Federal Government that mandating minimum levels of spending on Australian content would undermine the streaming industry’s ability to generate the revenues needed to invest in high-quality Australian productions.
After serving as location coordinator on Stan's 'The Gloaming' and location manager on season 4 of the ABC's 'Rosehaven', Kate Fox aims to take her career to the next level with two comedy webseries.
Screen Tasmania is supporting the development of 13 projects – a mix of feature films, comedy and drama series and factual – involving both experienced and emerging talent.
Screen Tasmania has put funding towards the development of a second season of Stan original series 'The Gloaming', created by Victoria Madden.
While production shutdowns are causing mass unemployment among all sectors of the screen sector, some practitioners see an upside.
Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox's Every Cloud Productions is ramping up its development slate after hiring screenwriter/story editor Mike Jones.
For Vicki Madden, Blake Ayshford, Glendyn Ivin and no doubt myriad other content creators, the challenge is to find unique Australian stories which resonate internationally and can cut through the worldwide glut of English-language drama.
Zenia Starr made her screen debut in Mark Grentell's 2013 cricket comedy Backyard Ashes but this year has been the first when she has worked virtually non-stop.