The Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (SDIN) has released preliminary results from the inaugural The Everyone Project survey which measures diversity on and off screen in Australia’s TV and film industry.

Screen Australia has met the goal of the Gender Matters KPI: 55% of key creative roles across approved development and production funding were women across the three-year reporting period. However, there was a downward trend across the reporting period, and more work needs to be done.

Screen Australia has closed the Temporary Interruption Fund (TIF).

Screen Australia is pleased to announce new Development Executives Imogen Gardam and Bobby Romia who both started this week, reporting to Head of Development Louise Gough.

Screen Australia has opened applications for screen practitioners to attend Content London, a world leading development marketplace and conference.

Screen Australia has announced the return of Talent USA: New York.

Screen Australia will host Venice Film Festival (La Biennale di Venezia) pre-selector Paolo Bertolin to view new eligible feature films in May.

Members of the Australian Screen Sector Task Force have revised the COVID-Safe Guidelines to reflect the current Australian landscape in relation to the ongoing pandemic, and learning from the past two years of production in Australia and internationally.

Screen Australia’s Producer Offset Guidelines have been updated with the changes applying to productions that commenced principal photography on or after 1 July 2021.

Disabled and non-disabled people can participate before the 21 March deadline.

Screen Australia is seeking expressions of interest from production companies to take part in the second year of placements for the Emerging Writers’ Incubator.

From 21 February 2022, the guidelines for the Documentary Producer Program will be streamlined to become a single rather than two-stage process.