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Learn the differences between budget, profit and recoupment, and when creators start making money.
The data reveals which dramas – that Screen Australia invested in – attracted the most returns to investors and which companies bought up big.
The Kettering Incident led the pack, but Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries was snapping at its heels.
Series one of Mako Mermaids is a big hit abroad – and not just in the children’s drama space. The financial data proves it.
Acorn Media, AMC/Sundance, BBC Television, Netflix and Universal Kids were key buyers of Australian drama in 2017.
Producer Jonathan M Shiff explains why Mako Mermaids is a standout success internationally – and why the local production environment for children’s television has badly deteriorated.
Head of Production Sally Caplan explains the thinking behind Screen Australia’s feature film investments and grants.
Screen Australia part funds up to 20 features annually. The key criteria is excellence but there are other matters in play.
Examining the individual decisions made in 2014/15 illustrates how the theory behind the question of what to fund and why is put into practice.
Sixteen relatively recent Australian TV shows have earned more than $1 million each in gross revenue, and nearly $43 million as a group.