Enrolments open this month for courses at a new Victorian animation, visual effects (VFX), and games tertiary institution that will come under specialist provider CG Spectrum.
The Victorian Government has added a $15 million Digital Screen Rebate to its suite of incentives, with grants available to post-production, animation, digital games, and VFX projects that are undertaken within the state with local workers.
The Victorian Government has unveiled a $5.4 million skills and training package aimed at professionals across film, TV and games, including a $3.6 million plan to establish a specialist digital games and VFX school.
A new comedy from Peter Farrelly, starring Zac Efron and John Cena, will begin filming in Melbourne this month.
Film Victoria has entered a new era as VicScreen while announcing more than $42 million of funding across two programs.
This year's Melbourne International Film Festival will include the richest feature film competition in the Southern Hemisphere, with $140,000 going to the winner of the Best Film Award.
Woody Woodpecker is set to fly into Victoria, with the state to house production on the sequel to the 2017 family film.
The Victorian Government has unveiled a new $191.5 million, four-year strategy for the state's screen industry, which it says has the potential to inject more than $1.2 billion back into the economy and support more than 40,000 jobs.