The AACTA Awards will join Screen Forever, the Australian International Movie Convention and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in being held on the Gold Coast, with the Queensland Government securing the event in a three-year deal.
While the Federal Government has outlined plans for content obligations on streaming services, the office of Arts Minister Tony Burke has dismissed a media report of a 20 per cent revenue requirement as "totally speculative".
The creative industries were well represented in this year's Australia Day honours list, with director Phillip Noyce, Made Up Stories producer Bruna Papandrea, and actors Claudia Karvan and David Wenham among those recognised.
Screen Well is currently developing a suite of wellbeing resources and training designed for small screen businesses and sole traders.
Italian star Michela De Rossi has taken up a central role in Arcadia’s 1940s-set 'While The Men Are Away', which has begun filming in Sydney.
Feature film 'The Drovers Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', upcoming series 'First Weapons', and SBS Digital Original 'Latecomers' are among the titles that will be unpacked as part of this year's Screenworks Regional to Global Screen Forum.
Screen Australia will shortly begin a recruitment process for a new CEO, after Graeme Mason announced to staff yesterday he will leave the agency in November at the end of his second term.
Screen Producers Australia has confirmed the mentors for its Ones To Watch program, with some of Australia's leading producers set to lend their expertise to the 2022 cohort.