Tag: industry

Never underestimate the intern. That’s one take-home message from Cleverman, the six part drama series that premieres at the Berlinale Film Festival before its ABC TV debut later this year.

Actor Radha Mitchell returns to her homeland for her first Australian film in half a decade with Looking for Grace.

Screen Forever 2015 is done and dusted, but the impact of SPA’s Ones to Watch program is ongoing for this year’s 14 emerging producers.

An overwhelming wave of positivity has met Screen Australia’s Gender Matters initiatives, but as many acknowledge, these are just the first steps.

Alongside growing momentum and calls for change, Screen Australia has launched a new initiative to tackle gender inequality in the local film industry.

The world of documentary storytelling is growing increasingly diverse – and ever-more compelling – as this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) attendees knew only too well.

You bet it’s entertaining. But it’s also expensive. The 47 dramas that went into production in the 2014/15 financial year cost $332 million. Where did all this money come from?

Last Cab To Darwin’s producers Greg Duffy and Lisa Duff get frank about the film’s budget.

Australian audiences are embracing local content in droves but industry needs to continue rallying behind local production, with challenging times ahead.

Screen Australia will host a one-day workshop for film practitioners working in the distribution space.

The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) and Screen Australia today announced director Beth Armstrong as the attachment to Mel Gibson, as part of the Director’s Attachment Scheme, an industry incentive program funded by Screen Australia and managed by the ADG for emerging feature film directors to develop their craft.

Highly regarded screen journalist Sandy George looks to work with practitioners with market intelligence on all aspects of current financing in the film, television and online environment.