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Werner Films, Ludo Studio among finalists for SPA Business Awards

Carmel Creswell and Blake Jenkins, of Count Out Loud at last year's SPA Awards.

Screen Producers Australia has unveiled the finalists in the four business categories for its 2022 awards, with Ludo Studio and Werner Film Productions up for multiple gongs.

The companies will contend the Media Super Production Business of the Year prize alongside Easy Tiger Productions, See-Saw Films, and Southern Pictures, while also vying for the Screen Business Export Award against Epic Films, Fremantle Australia, and Northern Pictures.

Held to celebrate content produced by SPA members from July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022, this year’s ceremony will take place on the Gold Coast on Friday, May 5, at the conclusion of Screen Forever.

The recipients of the Commissioner of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards will be announced in the coming weeks.

Screen Forever 37 will take place May 3-5 on the Gold Coast, followed by an online global market on May 9-10.

Finalists for the Business Awards categories are as follows:

Media Super Production Business of the Year Award
· Easy Tiger Productions
· Ludo Studio
· See-Saw Films
· Southern Pictures
· Werner Film Productions

Screen Business Export Award
· First Day – Epic Films
· Heartbreak High – Fremantle Australia
· Bluey – Ludo Studio
· Love on the Spectrum U.S. – Northern Picture
· The Newsreader – Werner Film Productions

Service and Facilities Business of the Year Award
· Limitless – CATO Location Services
· Power of the Dog – Silver Trak Digital
· Savage River – The Post Lounge

Breakthrough Business of the Year Award
· Bus Stop Films
· Co-Curious