Government Support
A new report looking at the success of the U.K. government’s Covid production scheme found it supported over 1,200 productions since its launch in July 2020.
The scheme was set up to assist productions struggling to get Covid-related insurance before it was eventually shut down last spring.
The report by Nordicity & Saffery Champness found over two years the scheme had created 37,100 cast roles and 63,500 crew positions as well as sustaining 48,500 full-time jobs. Among the productions benefitting from the scheme were “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” as well as “Peaky Blinders.”
The report estimated the scheme contributed £2.25 billion to the U.K. economy while the cost to the government was £19.6 million. 58% of productions helped by the scheme were based outside of London.
“Our screen industries are an economic powerhouse and we should be proud that the U.K. is firmly established as one of the best places in the world to create blockbuster content,...
A new report looking at the success of the U.K. government’s Covid production scheme found it supported over 1,200 productions since its launch in July 2020.
The scheme was set up to assist productions struggling to get Covid-related insurance before it was eventually shut down last spring.
The report by Nordicity & Saffery Champness found over two years the scheme had created 37,100 cast roles and 63,500 crew positions as well as sustaining 48,500 full-time jobs. Among the productions benefitting from the scheme were “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” as well as “Peaky Blinders.”
The report estimated the scheme contributed £2.25 billion to the U.K. economy while the cost to the government was £19.6 million. 58% of productions helped by the scheme were based outside of London.
“Our screen industries are an economic powerhouse and we should be proud that the U.K. is firmly established as one of the best places in the world to create blockbuster content,...
- 4/13/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Removing barriers to access and supporting the evolution of a "dynamic and robust" Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander production sector are early priorities for new Screen Queensland CEO Courtney Gibson as she looks to continue the state's momentum.
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- 10/27/2022
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Long Story Short
Chinese filmmaker, Bi Gan, best-known for his single-take feature “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” has seen his “A Short Story” picked up by Kino Lorber for distribution in North America. A fairy tale that follows the relationship between man and cat, the film had its world premiere in competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and now has its North American premiere in the Currents section of the New York Film Festival. Kino Lorber plans to qualify “A Short Story” for the 96th Academy Awards, showing it theatrically nationwide in early 2023 in tandem with a theatrical re-release of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.” “Kino Lorber rarely acquires short films, but Bi Gan has packed more cinematic delight into the fifteen minutes of ‘A Short Story’ than many feature length films deliver in two hours,” said Kino Lorber SVP Wendy Lidell. The deal was brokered by Les Films du Losange.
Chinese filmmaker, Bi Gan, best-known for his single-take feature “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” has seen his “A Short Story” picked up by Kino Lorber for distribution in North America. A fairy tale that follows the relationship between man and cat, the film had its world premiere in competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and now has its North American premiere in the Currents section of the New York Film Festival. Kino Lorber plans to qualify “A Short Story” for the 96th Academy Awards, showing it theatrically nationwide in early 2023 in tandem with a theatrical re-release of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.” “Kino Lorber rarely acquires short films, but Bi Gan has packed more cinematic delight into the fifteen minutes of ‘A Short Story’ than many feature length films deliver in two hours,” said Kino Lorber SVP Wendy Lidell. The deal was brokered by Les Films du Losange.
- 10/13/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Amanda Duthie.
Amanda Duthie has resigned from her role as the South Australian Film Corporation’s (Safc) head of production, development, attraction and studios to return to Sydney to pursue new opportunities and to be closer to family.
Duthie moved to Sa in 2012 to take up the role of CEO and artistic director of the Adelaide Film Festival and its investment Fund, and joined the Safc last October.
During her time with the state agency, Duthie worked to launch Centralised, a north-south creative collaboration in conjunction with Screen Nt and established the first screen agency partnership with Audible Australia. She also oversaw investment in Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey; Matchbox/Dirty Films ABC series Stateless; Porchlight Films/Peter Duncan’s ABC series Fallout and Sbs’s The Hunting, from Closer Productions.
After the departure of former Safc CEO Courtney Gibson, Duthie acted in the role until the appointment of Kate Croser.
Amanda Duthie has resigned from her role as the South Australian Film Corporation’s (Safc) head of production, development, attraction and studios to return to Sydney to pursue new opportunities and to be closer to family.
Duthie moved to Sa in 2012 to take up the role of CEO and artistic director of the Adelaide Film Festival and its investment Fund, and joined the Safc last October.
During her time with the state agency, Duthie worked to launch Centralised, a north-south creative collaboration in conjunction with Screen Nt and established the first screen agency partnership with Audible Australia. She also oversaw investment in Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey; Matchbox/Dirty Films ABC series Stateless; Porchlight Films/Peter Duncan’s ABC series Fallout and Sbs’s The Hunting, from Closer Productions.
After the departure of former Safc CEO Courtney Gibson, Duthie acted in the role until the appointment of Kate Croser.
- 10/29/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Catriona McKenzie (Photo: James Croucher/The Australian) and Carolyn Johnson.
Producer Carolyn Johnson and director Catriona McKenzie are the inaugural recipients of the South Australian Film Corporation’s (Safc) Doing It Differently development initiative for their screen adaptation of Patricia Cornelius’ play, Love.
The Doing It Differently initiative was introduced to encourage innovation in film production methods, especially the development of family-friendly approaches that support parents and carers working in the screen industry.
The initiative was one of a range of responses by the Safc to the findings of the Raising Films Australia survey which highlighted the challenges of progressing in the screen industry while being a parent or carer. It is intended to develop projects and ultimately provide production investment. An inspiration for this was Closer Productions’ 52 Tuesdays, which shot every Tuesday for a whole year while the team continued working on other projects during the week.
Johnson and...
Producer Carolyn Johnson and director Catriona McKenzie are the inaugural recipients of the South Australian Film Corporation’s (Safc) Doing It Differently development initiative for their screen adaptation of Patricia Cornelius’ play, Love.
The Doing It Differently initiative was introduced to encourage innovation in film production methods, especially the development of family-friendly approaches that support parents and carers working in the screen industry.
The initiative was one of a range of responses by the Safc to the findings of the Raising Films Australia survey which highlighted the challenges of progressing in the screen industry while being a parent or carer. It is intended to develop projects and ultimately provide production investment. An inspiration for this was Closer Productions’ 52 Tuesdays, which shot every Tuesday for a whole year while the team continued working on other projects during the week.
Johnson and...
- 7/4/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Cate Blanchett is set to star in Australian television series “Stateless,” which she co-created, alongside Tony Ayres and Elise McCredie. The six-part drama series follows a group of people stuck in an immigration detention center.
Yvonne Strahovski and Dominic West also star. Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, will produce via their Dirty Films banner, along with the Australian Broadcasting Corp., Screen Australia and Matchbox Pictures. NBCUniversal will distribute worldwide. Production will begin in June at South Australia’s Adelaide Studios.
“Whilst this story centers on Australia, the dilemmas that it explores through four absorbing characters will resonate globally: the desire for personal freedom, the need for social stability, an escalating lack of faith in the political process and the deeply unsettling impact this has on individual lives,” Blanchett said in a statement.
Also Read: Sarah Paulson, John Slattery Among 11 Cast in Cate Blanchett's FX Limited Series 'Mrs America'
Per the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Yvonne Strahovski and Dominic West also star. Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, will produce via their Dirty Films banner, along with the Australian Broadcasting Corp., Screen Australia and Matchbox Pictures. NBCUniversal will distribute worldwide. Production will begin in June at South Australia’s Adelaide Studios.
“Whilst this story centers on Australia, the dilemmas that it explores through four absorbing characters will resonate globally: the desire for personal freedom, the need for social stability, an escalating lack of faith in the political process and the deeply unsettling impact this has on individual lives,” Blanchett said in a statement.
Also Read: Sarah Paulson, John Slattery Among 11 Cast in Cate Blanchett's FX Limited Series 'Mrs America'
Per the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
- 5/14/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Cate Blanchett, Yvonne Strahovski and Dominic West are set to star in “Stateless,” a six-part TV series about people stuck in an immigration detention center. NBCUniversal will handle worldwide distribution on the drama, which is being produced by Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, through their Dirty Films banner, alongside the Australian Broadcasting Corp., Screen Australia and Matchbox Pictures.
Production begins next month at Adelaide Studios in South Australia. Major production funding comes from Screen Australia and the ABC, with additional financial support from the South Australian Film Corp.
Co-created by Blanchett, Tony Ayres and Elise McCredie, the series centers on four strangers — a flight attendant escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a dead-end job and a bureaucrat caught up in a national scandal — who are stuck in an immigration detention center in the Australian desert. Each character deals with the contradictions...
Production begins next month at Adelaide Studios in South Australia. Major production funding comes from Screen Australia and the ABC, with additional financial support from the South Australian Film Corp.
Co-created by Blanchett, Tony Ayres and Elise McCredie, the series centers on four strangers — a flight attendant escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a dead-end job and a bureaucrat caught up in a national scandal — who are stuck in an immigration detention center in the Australian desert. Each character deals with the contradictions...
- 5/14/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
1995’s ‘Mortal Kombat’.
New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat reboot will shoot in Adelaide later this year, with Aussie creatives at the helm in director Simon McQuoid and producer James Wan.
Expected to generate $70 million in expenditure, create 580 jobs and employ 1,500 extras, the actioner based on the popular videogame franchise will be the largest production to ever take place in South Australia.
Pre-production will begin later this month, with the shoot to take place at the Adelaide Studios, with post-production and VFX also to be done in Sa. Cast are yet to be announced.
Announcing the production, South Australian premier Steven Marshall said: “Mortal Kombat will be the largest film production in South Australia’s history and highlights the importance of engaging with the world’s major production houses.
“The state government’s investment in Mortal Kombat will enhance the scope and reach of our porudction and post-production capabilities, bringing...
New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat reboot will shoot in Adelaide later this year, with Aussie creatives at the helm in director Simon McQuoid and producer James Wan.
Expected to generate $70 million in expenditure, create 580 jobs and employ 1,500 extras, the actioner based on the popular videogame franchise will be the largest production to ever take place in South Australia.
Pre-production will begin later this month, with the shoot to take place at the Adelaide Studios, with post-production and VFX also to be done in Sa. Cast are yet to be announced.
Announcing the production, South Australian premier Steven Marshall said: “Mortal Kombat will be the largest film production in South Australia’s history and highlights the importance of engaging with the world’s major production houses.
“The state government’s investment in Mortal Kombat will enhance the scope and reach of our porudction and post-production capabilities, bringing...
- 5/14/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Tim Soutphommasane and Tracey Vieira.
Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira and former Race Discrimination Commissioner and current Professor of Practice at University of Sydney Tim Soutphommasane have been named as the new co-chairs of the Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (Sdin).
Sdin was established in 2017 with the aim of fostering a more inclusive screen industry. Its members include each of the broadcasters, the guilds, the state screen agencies, Screen Australia, Aftrs, FreeTV and MediaRING. Its members have committed to a charter, and the organisation aims to support greater inclusiveness via workforce, talent development, training and partnerships.
Departing Sdin chair Courtney Gibson, the CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation (Safc), said: “Tim and Tracey are both passionate about diversity and representation and bring with them quite different but very complementary experience and skills. Sdin members and our industry will benefit from them working together as Co-Chairs.”
Soutphommasane is Professor of...
Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira and former Race Discrimination Commissioner and current Professor of Practice at University of Sydney Tim Soutphommasane have been named as the new co-chairs of the Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (Sdin).
Sdin was established in 2017 with the aim of fostering a more inclusive screen industry. Its members include each of the broadcasters, the guilds, the state screen agencies, Screen Australia, Aftrs, FreeTV and MediaRING. Its members have committed to a charter, and the organisation aims to support greater inclusiveness via workforce, talent development, training and partnerships.
Departing Sdin chair Courtney Gibson, the CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation (Safc), said: “Tim and Tracey are both passionate about diversity and representation and bring with them quite different but very complementary experience and skills. Sdin members and our industry will benefit from them working together as Co-Chairs.”
Soutphommasane is Professor of...
- 4/16/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Little J and Big Cuz’.
Ned Lander Media’s animated series Little J and Big Cuz is the winner of the inaugural Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (Sdin) Award.
The Sdin Award was created to honour Australian producers and projects which have made a significant contribution to diversity and inclusion, on and off screen, within the Australian screen industry. Little J and Big Cuz, commissioned by Nitv, is the first animated series specifically targeted at Indigenous children aged 4-6.
The announcement was made at Screen Forever yesterday by Sdin chair Courtney Gibson.
“For decades Ned Lander has been producing screen works in complete creative collaboration with Indigenous screen practitioners, going right back to the feature Wrong Side of the Road, made with the bands No Fixed Address and Us Mob. The creation of the first-ever Australian animated series targeted to an Indigenous audience, Little J and Big Cuz, is a continuation of that collaborative approach,...
Ned Lander Media’s animated series Little J and Big Cuz is the winner of the inaugural Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (Sdin) Award.
The Sdin Award was created to honour Australian producers and projects which have made a significant contribution to diversity and inclusion, on and off screen, within the Australian screen industry. Little J and Big Cuz, commissioned by Nitv, is the first animated series specifically targeted at Indigenous children aged 4-6.
The announcement was made at Screen Forever yesterday by Sdin chair Courtney Gibson.
“For decades Ned Lander has been producing screen works in complete creative collaboration with Indigenous screen practitioners, going right back to the feature Wrong Side of the Road, made with the bands No Fixed Address and Us Mob. The creation of the first-ever Australian animated series targeted to an Indigenous audience, Little J and Big Cuz, is a continuation of that collaborative approach,...
- 11/21/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
South Australia is small, but it packs a punch.
According to data from Screen Australia’s most recent Drama Report, in the five financial years from 2012-13 to 2016-17, South Australia captured on average 5 per cent of drama production expenditure in Australia. However, the state’s output often ranks among the most country’s most notable.
In recent years, the South Australian Film Corporation (often alongside the Adelaide Film Festival) has supported feature films like Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale and The Babadook, Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country and Samson and Delilah, Sophie Hyde’s 52 Tuesdays, Rosemary Myers’ Girl Asleep, Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country, John Curran’s Tracks and Jeremy Sims’ Last Cab to Darwin. Upcoming Sa projects also include Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding and Shawn Seet’s reimagining of Storm Boy.
The...
According to data from Screen Australia’s most recent Drama Report, in the five financial years from 2012-13 to 2016-17, South Australia captured on average 5 per cent of drama production expenditure in Australia. However, the state’s output often ranks among the most country’s most notable.
In recent years, the South Australian Film Corporation (often alongside the Adelaide Film Festival) has supported feature films like Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale and The Babadook, Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country and Samson and Delilah, Sophie Hyde’s 52 Tuesdays, Rosemary Myers’ Girl Asleep, Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country, John Curran’s Tracks and Jeremy Sims’ Last Cab to Darwin. Upcoming Sa projects also include Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding and Shawn Seet’s reimagining of Storm Boy.
The...
- 9/25/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Amanda Duthie.
This year’s Adelaide Film Festival marks CEO and artistic director Amanda Duthie’s last – she is moving on to take up a new role as the South Australian Film Corporation’s head of production, development, attraction and studios.
Due to start at Safc in November, Duthie will be responsible for the agency’s production and development investment, as well as attracting both national and international production.
Duthie has helmed the Adelaide Film Festival since 2012, curating some five festivals despite it being officially a biennial event. Her tenure has also seen her run two Hybrid World Adelaide events and the 2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas.
Duthie’s role also saw her responsible for the Adelaide Film Festival Fund, and she has led the commissioning of 58 projects, including 15 features and nine documentary features, as well as a variety of animation, Vr and installation works. Among them has been Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale,...
This year’s Adelaide Film Festival marks CEO and artistic director Amanda Duthie’s last – she is moving on to take up a new role as the South Australian Film Corporation’s head of production, development, attraction and studios.
Due to start at Safc in November, Duthie will be responsible for the agency’s production and development investment, as well as attracting both national and international production.
Duthie has helmed the Adelaide Film Festival since 2012, curating some five festivals despite it being officially a biennial event. Her tenure has also seen her run two Hybrid World Adelaide events and the 2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas.
Duthie’s role also saw her responsible for the Adelaide Film Festival Fund, and she has led the commissioning of 58 projects, including 15 features and nine documentary features, as well as a variety of animation, Vr and installation works. Among them has been Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale,...
- 9/19/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Courtney Gibson has joined the AiF board..
Australians in Film is opening its ranks to Australian-based screen creatives and professionals, and launching education and career development programs for its members.
The new AiF international membership category will give Australians access to desk space at AiF.s headquarters on the Raleigh Studios lot as well as discounted rates to all AiF.s career and education development programs.
These include the script development program Gateway La, the Village Roadshow|Animal Logic Entertainment Internship and the Heath Ledger Scholarship.
The new education and career development programs will include increased access to the Us and the international industries with seminars and Q&As with leading American executives and creatives from Netflix, Fox 2000, Amazon, Village Roadshow, Warner Bros, Animal Logic, Hulu, CAA and UTA plus Australians working in the Australian and Us industries.
The latter will include conversations with Damon Herriman (The Nightingale, Secret City,...
Australians in Film is opening its ranks to Australian-based screen creatives and professionals, and launching education and career development programs for its members.
The new AiF international membership category will give Australians access to desk space at AiF.s headquarters on the Raleigh Studios lot as well as discounted rates to all AiF.s career and education development programs.
These include the script development program Gateway La, the Village Roadshow|Animal Logic Entertainment Internship and the Heath Ledger Scholarship.
The new education and career development programs will include increased access to the Us and the international industries with seminars and Q&As with leading American executives and creatives from Netflix, Fox 2000, Amazon, Village Roadshow, Warner Bros, Animal Logic, Hulu, CAA and UTA plus Australians working in the Australian and Us industries.
The latter will include conversations with Damon Herriman (The Nightingale, Secret City,...
- 7/12/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
'Lion' director Garth Davis has won the Adg Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film..
Director Garth Davis has taken out the top gong at the Adg Awards for his work helming Lion..
Davis was presented the prize for Best Direction in a Feature Film by Peter Weir at an award ceremony in Melbourne on Friday..
Lion, which received six Oscar nods and has gone on to be the fifth highest-grossing Australian film of all time at the local box office, is Davis. debut feature. .
Davis was up against Simon Stone (The Daughter), Ben Young (Hounds of Love), Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks) and Jonathan Leahy (Skin Deep) — each of which was also a first feature..
The award for Best Direction in a Documentary Feature Film was presented to Dan Jackson for In The Shadow of the Hill, while Hotel Coolgardie director Pete Gleeson received High Commendation. The...
Director Garth Davis has taken out the top gong at the Adg Awards for his work helming Lion..
Davis was presented the prize for Best Direction in a Feature Film by Peter Weir at an award ceremony in Melbourne on Friday..
Lion, which received six Oscar nods and has gone on to be the fifth highest-grossing Australian film of all time at the local box office, is Davis. debut feature. .
Davis was up against Simon Stone (The Daughter), Ben Young (Hounds of Love), Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks) and Jonathan Leahy (Skin Deep) — each of which was also a first feature..
The award for Best Direction in a Documentary Feature Film was presented to Dan Jackson for In The Shadow of the Hill, while Hotel Coolgardie director Pete Gleeson received High Commendation. The...
- 5/8/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Courtney Gibson..
Former Screen Nsw boss Courtney Gibson is headed to Jungle, where she will serve as managing director..
Gibson joins the production company — known for.Here Come the Habibs, No Activity and The Moodys.— as it ramps up its TV drama slate. Jungle has a long-form series set to go into production in August, as well as another series in development from showrunner Kristen Dunphy..
Jungle CEO Jason Burrows said the team were excited to have Gibson on board..
.She has fantastic instincts for creating great television, with significant experience across so many genres..
Gibson left Screen Nsw last December. Before that she served as Nine Network's programming production executive, director of programmes at Southern Star, and executive head of content creation and head of arts, entertainment and comedy at ABC TV..
.I have a huge amount of respect for the team at Jungle; they're such a class act...
Former Screen Nsw boss Courtney Gibson is headed to Jungle, where she will serve as managing director..
Gibson joins the production company — known for.Here Come the Habibs, No Activity and The Moodys.— as it ramps up its TV drama slate. Jungle has a long-form series set to go into production in August, as well as another series in development from showrunner Kristen Dunphy..
Jungle CEO Jason Burrows said the team were excited to have Gibson on board..
.She has fantastic instincts for creating great television, with significant experience across so many genres..
Gibson left Screen Nsw last December. Before that she served as Nine Network's programming production executive, director of programmes at Southern Star, and executive head of content creation and head of arts, entertainment and comedy at ABC TV..
.I have a huge amount of respect for the team at Jungle; they're such a class act...
- 4/20/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Courtney Gibson..
Courtney Gibson has departed her role as Screen Nsw CEO ahead of the establishment of Create Nsw; a new agency that will merge Screen Nsw and Arts Nsw.
In a statement, Deputy Secretary, Justice Services, Arts & Culture, Samantha Torres said Gibson had led the agency through a period of .remarkable growth and renewal. and had achieved a great deal for the sector.
This included tripling project funding available for local and international production with introduction of the $20 million Made in Nsw fund, and increasing Nsw.s share of Aussie TV drama and features from 39 per cent in 2014-15, to 55 per cent in 2015-16 - with "an even higher share" expected in 2016-17, she said.
.Under Courtney.s leadership Screen Nsw has made unparalleled strides towards full gender equity with dramatic increases in the number of roles accorded female key creatives, and driven the creation of initiatives such as...
Courtney Gibson has departed her role as Screen Nsw CEO ahead of the establishment of Create Nsw; a new agency that will merge Screen Nsw and Arts Nsw.
In a statement, Deputy Secretary, Justice Services, Arts & Culture, Samantha Torres said Gibson had led the agency through a period of .remarkable growth and renewal. and had achieved a great deal for the sector.
This included tripling project funding available for local and international production with introduction of the $20 million Made in Nsw fund, and increasing Nsw.s share of Aussie TV drama and features from 39 per cent in 2014-15, to 55 per cent in 2015-16 - with "an even higher share" expected in 2016-17, she said.
.Under Courtney.s leadership Screen Nsw has made unparalleled strides towards full gender equity with dramatic increases in the number of roles accorded female key creatives, and driven the creation of initiatives such as...
- 1/11/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Catriona McKenzie (Photo: James Croucher)..
Nsw Minister for the Arts Troy Grant has appointed Indigenous writer-director Catriona McKenzie to the Nsw Film and Television Industry Advisory Committee for a three-year term.
The committee acts as an independent body. Its role is to advise the Minister on the operation of the film and television industry and provide advice to the department through Screen Nsw.
McKenzie will replace Sue Murray, who has served on the committee since July 2014 and was formerly a member of the board of the Nsw Film and Television Office (2011 — 2014).
McKenzie.s credits include the feature Satellite Boy, which she both wrote and directed. She has also directed episodes of Dance Academy, My Place and Satisfaction, and was the set-up director on The Circuit, Ran: Remote Area Nurse, Camp, Redfern Now and The Gods of Wheat Street.
McKenzie completed a director.s attachment on Alien: Covenant with Ridley Scott...
Nsw Minister for the Arts Troy Grant has appointed Indigenous writer-director Catriona McKenzie to the Nsw Film and Television Industry Advisory Committee for a three-year term.
The committee acts as an independent body. Its role is to advise the Minister on the operation of the film and television industry and provide advice to the department through Screen Nsw.
McKenzie will replace Sue Murray, who has served on the committee since July 2014 and was formerly a member of the board of the Nsw Film and Television Office (2011 — 2014).
McKenzie.s credits include the feature Satellite Boy, which she both wrote and directed. She has also directed episodes of Dance Academy, My Place and Satisfaction, and was the set-up director on The Circuit, Ran: Remote Area Nurse, Camp, Redfern Now and The Gods of Wheat Street.
McKenzie completed a director.s attachment on Alien: Covenant with Ridley Scott...
- 12/20/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
(L-r): Yingna Lu, Hyun Lee, Natalie van den Dungen and Nicole Coventry..
Screen Nsw has announced grant funding for three new short films as part of its Generator: Emerging Filmmakers Fund. .
This year.s applications required the inclusion of a female director and priority was given to teams including people from under-represented groups. Each funding grant of $30,000 covers the shoot and/or post-production.
Aquarius Films. Cecilia Ritchie and Polly Staniford will executive produce all three titles. Aquarius' slate includes the upcoming Lion, directed by Garth Davis, and Berlin Syndrome, directed by Cate Shortland — recently selected for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
The filmmaking teams will also be supported by Screen Nsw development and production exec Andrea Ulbrick.
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said the three projects were "bursting with fresh ideas and creativity". .
.It.s particularly exciting that the films will be directed by women and that the key creative...
Screen Nsw has announced grant funding for three new short films as part of its Generator: Emerging Filmmakers Fund. .
This year.s applications required the inclusion of a female director and priority was given to teams including people from under-represented groups. Each funding grant of $30,000 covers the shoot and/or post-production.
Aquarius Films. Cecilia Ritchie and Polly Staniford will executive produce all three titles. Aquarius' slate includes the upcoming Lion, directed by Garth Davis, and Berlin Syndrome, directed by Cate Shortland — recently selected for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
The filmmaking teams will also be supported by Screen Nsw development and production exec Andrea Ulbrick.
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said the three projects were "bursting with fresh ideas and creativity". .
.It.s particularly exciting that the films will be directed by women and that the key creative...
- 12/16/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
A student working behind the scenes on.Bus Stop Films' short.'Kill Off'.
Since 2009, Sydney.s Bus Stop Films has provided a film studies program and filmmaking opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. The not-for-profit has long advocated for a more inclusive screen industry..
Last week, Bus Stop Films was recognised by the Australian Human Rights Commission, who bestowed the Community Organisation Award on the Nfp.at the Human Rights Awards.
For co-founder and executive director Genevieve Clay-Smith, it.s an affirmation of Bus Stops' work and the role that film can play in advocacy..
.I have a personal philosophy that storytelling and human rights are intrinsically linked,. she told If. .When we start changing the stories we tell, we.ll start changing the world that we live in...
Clay-Smith is passionate about breaking down the barriers to entry in the screen industry and rectifying a general attitude...
Since 2009, Sydney.s Bus Stop Films has provided a film studies program and filmmaking opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. The not-for-profit has long advocated for a more inclusive screen industry..
Last week, Bus Stop Films was recognised by the Australian Human Rights Commission, who bestowed the Community Organisation Award on the Nfp.at the Human Rights Awards.
For co-founder and executive director Genevieve Clay-Smith, it.s an affirmation of Bus Stops' work and the role that film can play in advocacy..
.I have a personal philosophy that storytelling and human rights are intrinsically linked,. she told If. .When we start changing the stories we tell, we.ll start changing the world that we live in...
Clay-Smith is passionate about breaking down the barriers to entry in the screen industry and rectifying a general attitude...
- 12/14/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Tim Ferguson and the Screenability Nsw interns.
The first eight participants in the Screenability Nsw internship program, each receiving a paid placement across film and television, have been unveiled.
Screenability Nsw, launched by Screen Nsw in September, is a program to create opportunities in the screen industries for people with disabilities. Screen Nsw has partnered with Ai-Media, Aftrs, Carriageworks, Bus Stop Films and Toozly on the initiative.
On top of the internships, the program promises to deliver an annual film festival at Carriageworks, a short film-making initiative and a long-term job placement scheme. .
Yesterday at Aftrs each of the interns met representatives from the companies who will be employing them; they include Matchbox Pictures, Screentime and Animal Logic.
Each intern will be provided with bespoke training through Aftrs, developed in consultation with Bus Stop Films. An online network will be created for all the interns to share their production experiences,...
The first eight participants in the Screenability Nsw internship program, each receiving a paid placement across film and television, have been unveiled.
Screenability Nsw, launched by Screen Nsw in September, is a program to create opportunities in the screen industries for people with disabilities. Screen Nsw has partnered with Ai-Media, Aftrs, Carriageworks, Bus Stop Films and Toozly on the initiative.
On top of the internships, the program promises to deliver an annual film festival at Carriageworks, a short film-making initiative and a long-term job placement scheme. .
Yesterday at Aftrs each of the interns met representatives from the companies who will be employing them; they include Matchbox Pictures, Screentime and Animal Logic.
Each intern will be provided with bespoke training through Aftrs, developed in consultation with Bus Stop Films. An online network will be created for all the interns to share their production experiences,...
- 12/6/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Grant Page accepts the Screen Nsw Award from George Miller..
Screen Nsw has gifted its inaugural annual award to legendary stuntman Grant Page, who has coordinated stunts for the likes of Mel Gibson and Jackie Chan.
Page was presented the $10,000 award, designed to .honour an individual to whom both screen audiences and the industry owe a significant debt., by George Miller. The director first worked with Page on the original Mad Max, as well as Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
.Working, under fierce and extraordinary circumstances, on the first Mad Max,.I came to know the calibre of Grant Page. A masterful and innovative stuntman, he has a deep and elegant intelligence. He taught me a lot about filmmaking but even more about life. Inspirations which have sustained me ever since. Grant is heroic in every sense of the word,. said Miller.
Courtney Gibson, CEO of Screen Nsw, said: .When the director yells .action. on set,...
Screen Nsw has gifted its inaugural annual award to legendary stuntman Grant Page, who has coordinated stunts for the likes of Mel Gibson and Jackie Chan.
Page was presented the $10,000 award, designed to .honour an individual to whom both screen audiences and the industry owe a significant debt., by George Miller. The director first worked with Page on the original Mad Max, as well as Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
.Working, under fierce and extraordinary circumstances, on the first Mad Max,.I came to know the calibre of Grant Page. A masterful and innovative stuntman, he has a deep and elegant intelligence. He taught me a lot about filmmaking but even more about life. Inspirations which have sustained me ever since. Grant is heroic in every sense of the word,. said Miller.
Courtney Gibson, CEO of Screen Nsw, said: .When the director yells .action. on set,...
- 12/5/2016
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
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Mia Boe at work in 'Cleverman''s art department.
Five emerging Indigenous screen practitioners have gained paid internships on the second season of ABC/SundanceTV's Cleverman, currently shooting in Sydney.
Screen Australia.s Indigenous department, Screen Nsw and Goalpost Pictures and Pukeko Pictures (the producers of Cleverman) have supported the five placements.
The interns are:
Daniel Collins, originally from the Tiwi Islands and now based in Nsw, who is working alongside Cleverman's producers; Mia Boe, from Nsw (Newtown), who is working in the Art Department under acclaimed Indigenous Production Designer Jacob Nash (Bangarra Dance Theatre); Ebony Jessup from Nsw (Yamba), who is working within the make up team headed by Kath Brown (I, Frankenstein, The Hobbit); Joel Brown, from South Australia (Huntfield Heights), is working as a 1st Ad attachment to John Martin (Redfern Now, Rake);. Petris Torres, from Western Australia (Broome), will be working out of Peter Jackson...
Mia Boe at work in 'Cleverman''s art department.
Five emerging Indigenous screen practitioners have gained paid internships on the second season of ABC/SundanceTV's Cleverman, currently shooting in Sydney.
Screen Australia.s Indigenous department, Screen Nsw and Goalpost Pictures and Pukeko Pictures (the producers of Cleverman) have supported the five placements.
The interns are:
Daniel Collins, originally from the Tiwi Islands and now based in Nsw, who is working alongside Cleverman's producers; Mia Boe, from Nsw (Newtown), who is working in the Art Department under acclaimed Indigenous Production Designer Jacob Nash (Bangarra Dance Theatre); Ebony Jessup from Nsw (Yamba), who is working within the make up team headed by Kath Brown (I, Frankenstein, The Hobbit); Joel Brown, from South Australia (Huntfield Heights), is working as a 1st Ad attachment to John Martin (Redfern Now, Rake);. Petris Torres, from Western Australia (Broome), will be working out of Peter Jackson...
- 12/5/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Jen Peedom, director of 'Sherpa'.. . Screen Nsw and the Documentary Australia Foundation have partnered on a new initiative to support female documentary filmmakers based in Nsw. . The progam, known as SheDoc, will be open to women at any stage in their career, and will support travel, research, mentoring, residencies, skills development, seeding and the development of impact strategies. It is not for production funding. . . The program will award up to four grants a year. . .By offering funding to facilitate opportunities that are self-directed and of benefit, our aim is to positively intervene in women.s filmmaking careers,. said Documentary Australia Foundation CEO Mitzi Goldman. . Data released last week by Screen Nsw showed that over the past year, only 37 per cent of documentary and factual directors attached to projects supported by the agency were women. This is up from 33 per cent in 2014-15. . Female writers increased from 39 per cent to 43 per cent over the year.
- 11/24/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Jessica Marais in 'Love Child'..
Screen Nsw has announced it will invest in 20 new Australian film and television projects..
These will include seven TV dramas to be funded under the $20 million Made in Nsw Fund, announced by the Nsw Government earlier this year..
Among the Made in Nsw fund projects are Monkey, a family action-adventure series based on the Chinese legend 'Journey to The West', to be produced by See-Saw Films; Fighting Season, about Australian soldiers returning from Afghanistan, from the producers of The Sapphires and Cleverman; and Friday on My Mind, the story of legendary Australian rock band The Easybeats from the producers of Love Child and The Code. Love Child has also been funded for a further season.
Nash Edgerton is set to make his TV debut, directing Jungle.s Mr In Between, the story of a charismatic yet volatile hitman. Michelle Bennett will produce.
Screen Nsw has announced it will invest in 20 new Australian film and television projects..
These will include seven TV dramas to be funded under the $20 million Made in Nsw Fund, announced by the Nsw Government earlier this year..
Among the Made in Nsw fund projects are Monkey, a family action-adventure series based on the Chinese legend 'Journey to The West', to be produced by See-Saw Films; Fighting Season, about Australian soldiers returning from Afghanistan, from the producers of The Sapphires and Cleverman; and Friday on My Mind, the story of legendary Australian rock band The Easybeats from the producers of Love Child and The Code. Love Child has also been funded for a further season.
Nash Edgerton is set to make his TV debut, directing Jungle.s Mr In Between, the story of a charismatic yet volatile hitman. Michelle Bennett will produce.
- 11/14/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Rebel Wilson.
Rebel Wilson is set to receive the inaugural Screen Nsw Annette Kellerman Award.
Kellerman was born in Marrickville, Sydney in 1887, learning to swim as a teen in order to regain the use of her legs, having suffered from rickets..
She became an endurance swimmer and diver, then became a vaudeville star before embarking on a career in Hollywood, where she starred in The Mermaid (1911), A Daughter of the Gods (1916), Queen of the Sea (1918) and Venus of the South Sea (1924)..
Esther Williams portrayed Kellerman in the biopic Million Dollar Mermaid in 1952. Kellerman died in 1975, aged 89.
The new award will be presented annually by Screen Nsw, in a partnership with Australians In Films and Vogue Australia, to "a screen industry figure who has been a pioneering role model for Australian women."
.Rebel Wilson's blazed her own unique trail in Hollywood and.—.like Annette Kellerman before her.—.she's a complete original; a superstar without peer,...
Rebel Wilson is set to receive the inaugural Screen Nsw Annette Kellerman Award.
Kellerman was born in Marrickville, Sydney in 1887, learning to swim as a teen in order to regain the use of her legs, having suffered from rickets..
She became an endurance swimmer and diver, then became a vaudeville star before embarking on a career in Hollywood, where she starred in The Mermaid (1911), A Daughter of the Gods (1916), Queen of the Sea (1918) and Venus of the South Sea (1924)..
Esther Williams portrayed Kellerman in the biopic Million Dollar Mermaid in 1952. Kellerman died in 1975, aged 89.
The new award will be presented annually by Screen Nsw, in a partnership with Australians In Films and Vogue Australia, to "a screen industry figure who has been a pioneering role model for Australian women."
.Rebel Wilson's blazed her own unique trail in Hollywood and.—.like Annette Kellerman before her.—.she's a complete original; a superstar without peer,...
- 10/7/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Tim Ferguson, Sofya Gollan and Paul Nunnari.
Screen Nsw has launched Screenability Nsw, a new program to create opportunities in the screen industry for people with disabilities. . Screenability Nsw is a partnership between Screen Nsw, Ai-Media, Aftrs, Carriageworks and Bus Stop Films, and involves a program of initiatives aimed at delivering on Screen Nsw's policy commitment to work with industry to grow the participation of people with disabilities in the screen sector. . Upcoming Screenability Nsw initiatives include: . –... An annual film festival at Carriageworks –... A short film-making initiative to finance and deliver films for premiere at the festival, for travelling around Australia and the world, and for screening online –... A long-term job placement scheme . The first initiative will be the Screenability Nsw Internship Program, a series of up to eight paid internships on some of Australian TV shows and feature films. Interns will work with some of Australia.s leading production companies,...
Screen Nsw has launched Screenability Nsw, a new program to create opportunities in the screen industry for people with disabilities. . Screenability Nsw is a partnership between Screen Nsw, Ai-Media, Aftrs, Carriageworks and Bus Stop Films, and involves a program of initiatives aimed at delivering on Screen Nsw's policy commitment to work with industry to grow the participation of people with disabilities in the screen sector. . Upcoming Screenability Nsw initiatives include: . –... An annual film festival at Carriageworks –... A short film-making initiative to finance and deliver films for premiere at the festival, for travelling around Australia and the world, and for screening online –... A long-term job placement scheme . The first initiative will be the Screenability Nsw Internship Program, a series of up to eight paid internships on some of Australian TV shows and feature films. Interns will work with some of Australia.s leading production companies,...
- 9/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Courtney Gibson.
Screen Nsw has stepped up its push for gender equity, announcing that all TV drama series must now include female key creatives in order to receive development or production finance.
CEO Courtney Gibson said Screen Nsw had worked closely with industry to identify the best ways to achieve systemic change.
"Production companies, broadcasters and other screen organisations have been incredibly supportive and we.re starting to see real impact as a result,. she said.
.But in order to move the needle even further, going forward, it will be a requirement for any television drama series to include female writers and/or directors and/or producers to secure development or production finance from us.
.If we are to achieve gender parity in our industry, we need to ensure there is equity of opportunity for women, and increased opportunities for people from other under-represented groups in the community..
Gibson said...
Screen Nsw has stepped up its push for gender equity, announcing that all TV drama series must now include female key creatives in order to receive development or production finance.
CEO Courtney Gibson said Screen Nsw had worked closely with industry to identify the best ways to achieve systemic change.
"Production companies, broadcasters and other screen organisations have been incredibly supportive and we.re starting to see real impact as a result,. she said.
.But in order to move the needle even further, going forward, it will be a requirement for any television drama series to include female writers and/or directors and/or producers to secure development or production finance from us.
.If we are to achieve gender parity in our industry, we need to ensure there is equity of opportunity for women, and increased opportunities for people from other under-represented groups in the community..
Gibson said...
- 7/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
Screen Nsw's new-look script development program, Amplifier, replaces the agency's biennial Aurora workshop, which nurtured the likes of Somersault, Little Fish, Cut Snake and Animal Kingdom.
Amplifier will also take place every two years, but will place greater emphasis on the market, according to Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"One of the key differences will be the opportunity to work directly with exhibitors and distributors as part of the development process," Gibson said..
"We want to deliver as many films as possible into cinemas. And that means having critical engagement with distribution and exhibition during the screenwriting process, rather than at the back end."
In addition, the initial in-person workshop with mentors will no longer be quite so central to the process.
"When Aurora started, we didn't have Skype or Facetime. We didn't have the means by which to create and then continue a...
Screen Nsw's new-look script development program, Amplifier, replaces the agency's biennial Aurora workshop, which nurtured the likes of Somersault, Little Fish, Cut Snake and Animal Kingdom.
Amplifier will also take place every two years, but will place greater emphasis on the market, according to Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"One of the key differences will be the opportunity to work directly with exhibitors and distributors as part of the development process," Gibson said..
"We want to deliver as many films as possible into cinemas. And that means having critical engagement with distribution and exhibition during the screenwriting process, rather than at the back end."
In addition, the initial in-person workshop with mentors will no longer be quite so central to the process.
"When Aurora started, we didn't have Skype or Facetime. We didn't have the means by which to create and then continue a...
- 6/22/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
Screen Nsw's new-look script development program, Amplifier, replaces the agency's biennial Aurora workshop, which nurtured the likes of Somersault, Little Fish, Cut Snake and Animal Kingdom.
Amplifier will also take place every two years, but will place greater emphasis on the market, according to Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"One of the key differences will be the opportunity to work directly with exhibitors and distributors as part of the development process," Gibson said..
"We want to deliver as many films as possible into cinemas. And that means having critical engagement with distribution and exhibition during the screenwriting process, rather than at the back end."
In addition, the initial in-person workshop with mentors will no longer be quite so central to the process,
"When Aurora started, we didn't have Skype or Facetime. We didn't have the means by which to create and then continue a...
Screen Nsw's new-look script development program, Amplifier, replaces the agency's biennial Aurora workshop, which nurtured the likes of Somersault, Little Fish, Cut Snake and Animal Kingdom.
Amplifier will also take place every two years, but will place greater emphasis on the market, according to Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"One of the key differences will be the opportunity to work directly with exhibitors and distributors as part of the development process," Gibson said..
"We want to deliver as many films as possible into cinemas. And that means having critical engagement with distribution and exhibition during the screenwriting process, rather than at the back end."
In addition, the initial in-person workshop with mentors will no longer be quite so central to the process,
"When Aurora started, we didn't have Skype or Facetime. We didn't have the means by which to create and then continue a...
- 6/22/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Dan Jackson (right) was the winner of the Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary
The 63rd Sydney Film Festival closed last night at the State Theatre, with the festival.s award winners announced before a screening of Whit Stillman.s Love and Friendship. . Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho was the recipient of the $63,000 Sydney Film Prize for Aquarius. Jury president Simon Field said the film, starring Sonia Braga, had .effortless verve and intelligence.. .Aquarius is a compelling and relevant statement about contemporary Brazil, and the power of the individual standing up for what she believes,. he said. Sydney filmmaker Dan Jackson picked up the $15,000 Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary for his debut feature In the Shadow of the Hill, also set in Brazil. . Jackson lived in Rio De Janeiro slum Rocinha, which has been under police occupation since 2011, for over a year, documenting the story of a...
The 63rd Sydney Film Festival closed last night at the State Theatre, with the festival.s award winners announced before a screening of Whit Stillman.s Love and Friendship. . Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho was the recipient of the $63,000 Sydney Film Prize for Aquarius. Jury president Simon Field said the film, starring Sonia Braga, had .effortless verve and intelligence.. .Aquarius is a compelling and relevant statement about contemporary Brazil, and the power of the individual standing up for what she believes,. he said. Sydney filmmaker Dan Jackson picked up the $15,000 Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary for his debut feature In the Shadow of the Hill, also set in Brazil. . Jackson lived in Rio De Janeiro slum Rocinha, which has been under police occupation since 2011, for over a year, documenting the story of a...
- 6/20/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Australians in Film (AiF) has announced the opening of a bespoke hub for the Australian film-making community in Los Angeles, offering a multi-purpose, communal workspace for its industry members to conduct business, collaborate and network..
The space is named .Charlie.s. after Charlie Chaplin and is located at the historic Raleigh Studio in Hollywood, where Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks made films and frequently played cards. .Charlie.s. has been co-funded by Screen Queensland, Screen Nsw, Aftrs and Film Victoria. . AiF chairman Simonne Overend said it was an essential part of AiF.s mission to provide career opportunities and nurture a vibrant community for Australians working in Los Angeles.. ..Charlie.s. provides a supportive workspace for both up-and-coming and established Australian content creators to cultivate their ideas in an environment that is inspiring and encouraging. AiF has provided a sense of community and a home-away-from home for over a decade through...
The space is named .Charlie.s. after Charlie Chaplin and is located at the historic Raleigh Studio in Hollywood, where Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks made films and frequently played cards. .Charlie.s. has been co-funded by Screen Queensland, Screen Nsw, Aftrs and Film Victoria. . AiF chairman Simonne Overend said it was an essential part of AiF.s mission to provide career opportunities and nurture a vibrant community for Australians working in Los Angeles.. ..Charlie.s. provides a supportive workspace for both up-and-coming and established Australian content creators to cultivate their ideas in an environment that is inspiring and encouraging. AiF has provided a sense of community and a home-away-from home for over a decade through...
- 6/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Scott Hicks during the making of his feature doc Highly Strung.
Screen Nsw and ABC TV Arts have announced a new three-year joint initiative to fund one feature length documentary on the arts each year..
Screen Nsw will contribute $100,000 and the ABC Licence is $150,000, and the chosen film will premiere at the Sydney Film Festival each year prior to screening on ABC TV.
Applications are sought for projects that will suit primetime broadcast and deal in "Arts in the broadest sense, appealing to a wide audience."
.The documentary feature genre is enjoying a fantastic resurgence, both here in Australia and around the world", Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said.
"Screen Nsw is pleased to be partnering with ABC TV Arts to seek out and support Nsw-based practitioners with feature length documentary projects, and where better to have their world premiere than at the Sydney Film Festival!"
ABC Director of Television...
Screen Nsw and ABC TV Arts have announced a new three-year joint initiative to fund one feature length documentary on the arts each year..
Screen Nsw will contribute $100,000 and the ABC Licence is $150,000, and the chosen film will premiere at the Sydney Film Festival each year prior to screening on ABC TV.
Applications are sought for projects that will suit primetime broadcast and deal in "Arts in the broadest sense, appealing to a wide audience."
.The documentary feature genre is enjoying a fantastic resurgence, both here in Australia and around the world", Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said.
"Screen Nsw is pleased to be partnering with ABC TV Arts to seek out and support Nsw-based practitioners with feature length documentary projects, and where better to have their world premiere than at the Sydney Film Festival!"
ABC Director of Television...
- 6/9/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
Screen Nsw is getting into virtual reality in a big way, with a new app unveiled last week and a Vr intensive taking place tomorrow, June 7, at Sydney's Carriageworks.
Vr seems to be everywhere - the Sydney Film Festival has programmed its first Vr sidebar in 2016, and Vivid Sydney is currently hosting a Björk Vr exhibition (also at Carriageworks).
For CEO Courtney Gibson, Screen Nsw's 360° Vision app is about spearheading audience as well as industry development.
"The suppliers of both viewing equipment and production equipment [for Vr] are now moving out into the marketplace", Gibson told If..
"That means it's time for us to equip the production sector. But creating the app is as much about developing audiences as it is about developing practitioners."
The agency's push into Vr is about "positioning Nsw as a hub for virtual reality", Gibson said.
Content will be added to...
Screen Nsw is getting into virtual reality in a big way, with a new app unveiled last week and a Vr intensive taking place tomorrow, June 7, at Sydney's Carriageworks.
Vr seems to be everywhere - the Sydney Film Festival has programmed its first Vr sidebar in 2016, and Vivid Sydney is currently hosting a Björk Vr exhibition (also at Carriageworks).
For CEO Courtney Gibson, Screen Nsw's 360° Vision app is about spearheading audience as well as industry development.
"The suppliers of both viewing equipment and production equipment [for Vr] are now moving out into the marketplace", Gibson told If..
"That means it's time for us to equip the production sector. But creating the app is as much about developing audiences as it is about developing practitioners."
The agency's push into Vr is about "positioning Nsw as a hub for virtual reality", Gibson said.
Content will be added to...
- 6/6/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Nina Oyama.
Screen Nsw will fund an internship to enable emerging writer Nina Oyama to join the writers. room for The Chaser.s Election Desk.
The funding has come from a Screen Nsw Strategic Opportunities partnership with production company Giant Dwarf.
Giant Dwarf co-founder and managing director, Julian Morrow, said: "After five federal elections as a leading provider of patriarchy services in TV comedy, there's never been a better time for The Chaser to be a part of this Screen Nsw initiative. We're very happy that Nina will have a seat at the writer's table on The Chaser's Election Desk.".
.Oyama said it had always been her dream to work with the team behind Australia's best political comedy show..
"Maybe one day I'll get there, but I'm glad The Chaser has accepted me for now," she said.
.This is the third comedy writing internship for women funded by Screen Nsw during the past three months.
Screen Nsw will fund an internship to enable emerging writer Nina Oyama to join the writers. room for The Chaser.s Election Desk.
The funding has come from a Screen Nsw Strategic Opportunities partnership with production company Giant Dwarf.
Giant Dwarf co-founder and managing director, Julian Morrow, said: "After five federal elections as a leading provider of patriarchy services in TV comedy, there's never been a better time for The Chaser to be a part of this Screen Nsw initiative. We're very happy that Nina will have a seat at the writer's table on The Chaser's Election Desk.".
.Oyama said it had always been her dream to work with the team behind Australia's best political comedy show..
"Maybe one day I'll get there, but I'm glad The Chaser has accepted me for now," she said.
.This is the third comedy writing internship for women funded by Screen Nsw during the past three months.
- 6/1/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Nsw has launched a new virtual reality app, 360 Vision.
Developed by Triggar Vr, the 360 Vision app is compatible with Apple and Android and available to download from app stores..
Via the app audiences will be able to view work by leading Vr producers including Tracey Taylor from The Pulse Vr (Remember) and Jumpgate Vr.s Piers Mussared (Madeleine, Classics Unwrapped).
The app will also be compatible with Oculus in the coming weeks.
Triggar Vr has developed virtual reality apps for clients including Airbus and the United Nations and is currently working closely with Google. Triggar is also involved in next week.s 360 Vision Vr lab.
Aftrs will partner in 360 Vision, with Screen Nsw, ABC, Screen Australia and Event Cinemas. The initiative kicks off with the June 7 lab intensive..
Aftrs chief executive, Neil Peplow, said Vr offered incredible opportunities for the industry.
"We.re only just beginning to understand the...
Developed by Triggar Vr, the 360 Vision app is compatible with Apple and Android and available to download from app stores..
Via the app audiences will be able to view work by leading Vr producers including Tracey Taylor from The Pulse Vr (Remember) and Jumpgate Vr.s Piers Mussared (Madeleine, Classics Unwrapped).
The app will also be compatible with Oculus in the coming weeks.
Triggar Vr has developed virtual reality apps for clients including Airbus and the United Nations and is currently working closely with Google. Triggar is also involved in next week.s 360 Vision Vr lab.
Aftrs will partner in 360 Vision, with Screen Nsw, ABC, Screen Australia and Event Cinemas. The initiative kicks off with the June 7 lab intensive..
Aftrs chief executive, Neil Peplow, said Vr offered incredible opportunities for the industry.
"We.re only just beginning to understand the...
- 5/31/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
Screen Nsw has unveiled a new script development program for feature films, replacing the Aurora program.
Starting from this year, Amplifier will bring international mentors together with Nsw creative teams for tailored script development.
Amplifier is designed to provide direct pathways to the end market, and Screen Nsw has undertaken to "work with the teams for the entire life of the selected projects.".
.What.s unique about Amplifier is that we are not taking a one-size-fits-all approach", Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said. .
"Every feature film requires a different development and funding path and the structure of Amplifier reflects that, with a specific program developed for every film selected..
Screen Nsw will call for applicants for every two years and each Amplifier will have a theme or genre focus..
Applications are now open for the first program - Amplifier: Adaptation.
.We are taking a broad...
Screen Nsw has unveiled a new script development program for feature films, replacing the Aurora program.
Starting from this year, Amplifier will bring international mentors together with Nsw creative teams for tailored script development.
Amplifier is designed to provide direct pathways to the end market, and Screen Nsw has undertaken to "work with the teams for the entire life of the selected projects.".
.What.s unique about Amplifier is that we are not taking a one-size-fits-all approach", Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said. .
"Every feature film requires a different development and funding path and the structure of Amplifier reflects that, with a specific program developed for every film selected..
Screen Nsw will call for applicants for every two years and each Amplifier will have a theme or genre focus..
Applications are now open for the first program - Amplifier: Adaptation.
.We are taking a broad...
- 5/30/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
- 5/24/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
- 5/24/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Jamie Brewer in American Horror Story.
American Horror Story star Jamie Brewer will speak at a special Screen Nsw and Aftrs event on May 25 to draw attention to the need for more diversity and inclusion in the screen industries.
Aftrs and Screen Nsw have joined with Bus Stop Films to foster pathways for people with disabilities to work in the Australian film and television industry.
Brewer, the American actress best known for her roles in the Emmy award winning hit TV series American Horror Story, is an advocate for creating positive role models for people with disability, and in February 2015, became the first person with Down syndrome to walk the catwalk at New York Fashion Week.
.The event, An Evening with Jamie Brewer, to be hosted at Aftrs, with a keynote address by Screen Nsw chief executive, Courtney Gibson, is designed to encourage more discussion amongst production companies, casting agents...
American Horror Story star Jamie Brewer will speak at a special Screen Nsw and Aftrs event on May 25 to draw attention to the need for more diversity and inclusion in the screen industries.
Aftrs and Screen Nsw have joined with Bus Stop Films to foster pathways for people with disabilities to work in the Australian film and television industry.
Brewer, the American actress best known for her roles in the Emmy award winning hit TV series American Horror Story, is an advocate for creating positive role models for people with disability, and in February 2015, became the first person with Down syndrome to walk the catwalk at New York Fashion Week.
.The event, An Evening with Jamie Brewer, to be hosted at Aftrs, with a keynote address by Screen Nsw chief executive, Courtney Gibson, is designed to encourage more discussion amongst production companies, casting agents...
- 5/11/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
She Shoots launches in Nsw.
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Aftrs, Screen Nsw, Women Nsw and screen industry executives have launched a program to adress the gender imbalance in commercial unscripted television camera and sound departments.
She Shoots is an initiative of Aftrs, Screen Nsw, Women Nsw and Executive Women.s Television Group, a group of Nsw-based senior women from production companies and broadcasters, who have come together to tackle gender bias in the screen industry..
The most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics from 2011 reported that more than 90 per cent of all sound technicians, camera operators and directors of photography were male.
Matchbox director of unscripted content and founder of the Executive Women's Television Group, Kylie Washington, said:
.We have not identified a single female camera operator or sound recordist working in the reality and unscripted genres within Australian TV," she said..
"We want to support women coming into these roles and provide new opportunities in the industry.
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Aftrs, Screen Nsw, Women Nsw and screen industry executives have launched a program to adress the gender imbalance in commercial unscripted television camera and sound departments.
She Shoots is an initiative of Aftrs, Screen Nsw, Women Nsw and Executive Women.s Television Group, a group of Nsw-based senior women from production companies and broadcasters, who have come together to tackle gender bias in the screen industry..
The most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics from 2011 reported that more than 90 per cent of all sound technicians, camera operators and directors of photography were male.
Matchbox director of unscripted content and founder of the Executive Women's Television Group, Kylie Washington, said:
.We have not identified a single female camera operator or sound recordist working in the reality and unscripted genres within Australian TV," she said..
"We want to support women coming into these roles and provide new opportunities in the industry.
- 4/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
(l-r) ABC Head of Factual Steve Bibb, Film Victoria.s Jenni Tosi, host Virginia Trioli, Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson, Screen Australia.s Documentary Senior Manager Liz Stevens and Sbs.s Head of Documentaries John Godfrey.
The plenary session at last month.s Australian International Documentary Conference aimed to assess the health of the local factual sector..
The verdict was mixed.
Virginia Trioli hosted Film Victoria.s Jenni Tosi, Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson, Screen Australia.s Documentary Senior Manager Liz Stevens, ABC Head of Factual Steve Bibb and Sbs.s Head of Documentaries John Godfrey in a panel discussion.
Trioli kicked off by asking about the perceived bias on the part of the public broadcasters towards Sydney and Melbourne, a point amusingly underlined by the presence of leaders from Screen Tasmania, ScreenWest and Screen Territory in the audience - but not on the panel.
"We are getting commissions through Sbs but through Nitv,...
The plenary session at last month.s Australian International Documentary Conference aimed to assess the health of the local factual sector..
The verdict was mixed.
Virginia Trioli hosted Film Victoria.s Jenni Tosi, Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson, Screen Australia.s Documentary Senior Manager Liz Stevens, ABC Head of Factual Steve Bibb and Sbs.s Head of Documentaries John Godfrey in a panel discussion.
Trioli kicked off by asking about the perceived bias on the part of the public broadcasters towards Sydney and Melbourne, a point amusingly underlined by the presence of leaders from Screen Tasmania, ScreenWest and Screen Territory in the audience - but not on the panel.
"We are getting commissions through Sbs but through Nitv,...
- 4/7/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
ABC and Screen Nsw are set to partner on Australia.s first ever Virtual Reality development initiative — 360 Vision..
The partnership, announced at Australian International Documentary Conference in Melbourne, will create an opportunity for leading Australian producers, directors and writers across all genres - including drama, factual, children.s and entertainment - to move into more immersive storytelling experiences.
360 Vision will begin with an intensive one-day invitation-only lab at Carriageworks, the venue partner, to be held during Vivid Sydney in June..
The lab will bring together screen content creators to experience the latest Virtual Reality content and technology. There will be panel discussions, screenings and networking opportunities with leading Virtual Reality storytellers and technical experts from around the world.
Presenting at the lab and participating in the initiative as a mentor, is Australia.s Lynette Wallworth, the first artist ever selected for the Sundance Institute New Frontier/Jaunt Vr Residency Program.
The partnership, announced at Australian International Documentary Conference in Melbourne, will create an opportunity for leading Australian producers, directors and writers across all genres - including drama, factual, children.s and entertainment - to move into more immersive storytelling experiences.
360 Vision will begin with an intensive one-day invitation-only lab at Carriageworks, the venue partner, to be held during Vivid Sydney in June..
The lab will bring together screen content creators to experience the latest Virtual Reality content and technology. There will be panel discussions, screenings and networking opportunities with leading Virtual Reality storytellers and technical experts from around the world.
Presenting at the lab and participating in the initiative as a mentor, is Australia.s Lynette Wallworth, the first artist ever selected for the Sundance Institute New Frontier/Jaunt Vr Residency Program.
- 3/1/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Starting From . Now!.
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Australian YouTube hit Starting From . Now! has made the jump to TV and will screen on Sbs 2 after its world premiere at the Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival in March.
The announcement of a television screening comes almost two years to the day after writer/director Julie Kalceff published the first seven-minute, self-funded episode of her drama Starting From . Now! on YouTube.
Kalceff said the show was a way to tell stories she felt were missing from Australian screens..
"We certainly never foresaw the series amassing 20 million views online,. she said..
.I was really heartened that both Screen Australia and Screen Nsw wanted to help us take the show to the next level. The production values and the quality of the show overall have dramatically increased as a result..
The creators join a growing group of content creators that Screen Australia has ushered from digital beginnings...
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Australian YouTube hit Starting From . Now! has made the jump to TV and will screen on Sbs 2 after its world premiere at the Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival in March.
The announcement of a television screening comes almost two years to the day after writer/director Julie Kalceff published the first seven-minute, self-funded episode of her drama Starting From . Now! on YouTube.
Kalceff said the show was a way to tell stories she felt were missing from Australian screens..
"We certainly never foresaw the series amassing 20 million views online,. she said..
.I was really heartened that both Screen Australia and Screen Nsw wanted to help us take the show to the next level. The production values and the quality of the show overall have dramatically increased as a result..
The creators join a growing group of content creators that Screen Australia has ushered from digital beginnings...
- 2/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Virginia Trioli.
Virginia Trioli will host the Aidc's 2016 plenary session, Are Australian Documentaries An Endangered Species?
.The plenary is one of the most important sessions at Aidc", Aidc CEO Britt Arthur said..
"It's an opportunity for the whole industry to come together and constructively debate where we are at, and where we are headed. And we are delighted to have someone of Virginia's calibre joining us to ensure that we can push the conversation forwards..
Trioli will be joined by panellists Liz Stevens (Senior Manager, Documentary, Screen Australia), Steve Bibb (Head of Factual, ABC Television), John Godfrey (Head of Documentaries, Sbs Television), Lori Flekser (Executive Director, IP Awareness Foundation), and Courtney Gibson (Chief Executive, Screen Nsw).
The panel will discuss topics ranging from:
The status of documentaries in a format-driven world; the increased demand for premium VOD content and its repercussions; sustaining a business in a landscape rife with piracy...
Virginia Trioli will host the Aidc's 2016 plenary session, Are Australian Documentaries An Endangered Species?
.The plenary is one of the most important sessions at Aidc", Aidc CEO Britt Arthur said..
"It's an opportunity for the whole industry to come together and constructively debate where we are at, and where we are headed. And we are delighted to have someone of Virginia's calibre joining us to ensure that we can push the conversation forwards..
Trioli will be joined by panellists Liz Stevens (Senior Manager, Documentary, Screen Australia), Steve Bibb (Head of Factual, ABC Television), John Godfrey (Head of Documentaries, Sbs Television), Lori Flekser (Executive Director, IP Awareness Foundation), and Courtney Gibson (Chief Executive, Screen Nsw).
The panel will discuss topics ranging from:
The status of documentaries in a format-driven world; the increased demand for premium VOD content and its repercussions; sustaining a business in a landscape rife with piracy...
- 2/16/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Virginia Trioli.
Virginia Trioli will host the Aidc's 2016 plenary session, Are Australian Documentaries An Endangered Species?
.The plenary is one of the most important sessions at Aidc", Aidc CEO Britt Arthur said..
"It's an opportunity for the whole industry to come together and constructively debate where we are at, and where we are headed. And we are delighted to have someone of Virginia's calibre joining us to ensure that we can push the conversation forwards..
Trioli will be joined by panellists Liz Stevens (Senior Manager, Documentary, Screen Australia), Steve Bibb (Head of Factual, ABC Television), John Godfrey (Head of Documentaries, Sbs Television), Lori Flekser (Executive Director, IP Awareness Foundation), and Courtney Gibson (Chief Executive, Screen Nsw).
The panel will discuss topics ranging from:
The status of documentaries in a format-driven world; the increased demand for premium VOD content and its repercussions; sustaining a business in a landscape rife with piracy...
Virginia Trioli will host the Aidc's 2016 plenary session, Are Australian Documentaries An Endangered Species?
.The plenary is one of the most important sessions at Aidc", Aidc CEO Britt Arthur said..
"It's an opportunity for the whole industry to come together and constructively debate where we are at, and where we are headed. And we are delighted to have someone of Virginia's calibre joining us to ensure that we can push the conversation forwards..
Trioli will be joined by panellists Liz Stevens (Senior Manager, Documentary, Screen Australia), Steve Bibb (Head of Factual, ABC Television), John Godfrey (Head of Documentaries, Sbs Television), Lori Flekser (Executive Director, IP Awareness Foundation), and Courtney Gibson (Chief Executive, Screen Nsw).
The panel will discuss topics ranging from:
The status of documentaries in a format-driven world; the increased demand for premium VOD content and its repercussions; sustaining a business in a landscape rife with piracy...
- 2/16/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
John Edwards and Chris Freeland have joined the independent committee that advises the government on the TV and film industry.
Chris Freeland, who currently chairs the Sydney Film Festival, will become chair of the Nsw Film and Television Industry Advisory Committee from 1 January, while award-winning producer, John Edwards, will become a new member.
Freeland said Nsw was the natural home of film and television in Australia and that he couldn't be more delighted to take on this important role.
.There is no medium more powerful than film and TV to change the way people view the world, and no better way to share important stories with diverse audiences,. he said.
Edwards said new opportunities abound in Nsw, and that he was looking forward to the opportunity of contributing to the advisory committee.
Nsw Arts minister, Troy Grant, said Freeland and Edwards would complement a wealth of experience already on the...
Chris Freeland, who currently chairs the Sydney Film Festival, will become chair of the Nsw Film and Television Industry Advisory Committee from 1 January, while award-winning producer, John Edwards, will become a new member.
Freeland said Nsw was the natural home of film and television in Australia and that he couldn't be more delighted to take on this important role.
.There is no medium more powerful than film and TV to change the way people view the world, and no better way to share important stories with diverse audiences,. he said.
Edwards said new opportunities abound in Nsw, and that he was looking forward to the opportunity of contributing to the advisory committee.
Nsw Arts minister, Troy Grant, said Freeland and Edwards would complement a wealth of experience already on the...
- 11/26/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Australian Directors Guild has welcomed the announcement by Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson that the agency intends to moved to gender equity in its production and development finance by 2020.
.This is a great step forward for women filmmakers in Nsw and it shows great leadership in the screen industry," said Gillian Armstrong, a member of the Adg Women in Film Action committee (Wifac).
.We hope that Screen Australia and other state funding agencies will follow suit and aim to have the same gender equity in their production and development programs..
Wifac has been urging Screen Australia to introduce a 50 per cent quota for women in its film funding programs to fix a major gender imbalance for women directors. Only 17 per cent of films funded by Screen Australia in the last five years were directed by women.
Taking its lead from Sweden, which introduced a 50 per cent target on all its film funding,...
.This is a great step forward for women filmmakers in Nsw and it shows great leadership in the screen industry," said Gillian Armstrong, a member of the Adg Women in Film Action committee (Wifac).
.We hope that Screen Australia and other state funding agencies will follow suit and aim to have the same gender equity in their production and development programs..
Wifac has been urging Screen Australia to introduce a 50 per cent quota for women in its film funding programs to fix a major gender imbalance for women directors. Only 17 per cent of films funded by Screen Australia in the last five years were directed by women.
Taking its lead from Sweden, which introduced a 50 per cent target on all its film funding,...
- 11/16/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Nsw has introduced a target to achieve an average 50/50 gender equity in its development and production funding programs by 2020..
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Effective immediately, the target will see Screen Nsw work towards reducing the industry wide gender bias against women in key creative roles.
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Internationally the screen industry has far fewer women than men in the key creative roles of Director, Writer and Producer. .
The Australian screen scene is no different, with Screen Australia-funded dramatic features across a 5-year average (2009-2014) reporting female directors 15 per cent, producers 32 per cent and writers 23 per cent. .
Screen Nsw features funded for production over the 3-year period 2012/13 — 2014/15, showed female Producers at 75 per cent, Directors 28 per cent and Writers 16 per cent.
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It is hoped Screen Nsw funding programs for development and production will encourage applicants to demonstrate active engagement of women in key creative roles..
Screen Nsw will continue to deliver on Government priorities and to assess...
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Effective immediately, the target will see Screen Nsw work towards reducing the industry wide gender bias against women in key creative roles.
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Internationally the screen industry has far fewer women than men in the key creative roles of Director, Writer and Producer. .
The Australian screen scene is no different, with Screen Australia-funded dramatic features across a 5-year average (2009-2014) reporting female directors 15 per cent, producers 32 per cent and writers 23 per cent. .
Screen Nsw features funded for production over the 3-year period 2012/13 — 2014/15, showed female Producers at 75 per cent, Directors 28 per cent and Writers 16 per cent.
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It is hoped Screen Nsw funding programs for development and production will encourage applicants to demonstrate active engagement of women in key creative roles..
Screen Nsw will continue to deliver on Government priorities and to assess...
- 11/16/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
SYDNEY -- The Australian Broadcasting Corp. has promoted Courtney Gibson to the new role of executive head of content creation, the pubcaster said Thursday.
Gibson is being elevated from her current post as head of arts, entertainment and comedy to the new job, which was created under a management restructure announced by ABC head of television Kim Dalton in May.
Gibson will lead and manage the network's content development and production across all genres, with the exception of children's television.
"Courtney is an ideal choice for the role," Dalton said. "She is dynamic and enormously passionate about creating Australian content. She has extensive experience in a vast array of genres both here and in the U.K., and has worked collaboratively with broadcasters and independent producers in both countries."
During her term as head of arts, entertainment and comedy, Gibson has commissioned some of the ABC's most recognized and popular programming, including top-rated music trivia show "Spicks & Specks," satires "The Chasers War on Everything" and "We Can Be Heroes", and arts programs "First Tuesday Book Club" and "Sunday Arts".
She takes up her new post Nov.
Gibson is being elevated from her current post as head of arts, entertainment and comedy to the new job, which was created under a management restructure announced by ABC head of television Kim Dalton in May.
Gibson will lead and manage the network's content development and production across all genres, with the exception of children's television.
"Courtney is an ideal choice for the role," Dalton said. "She is dynamic and enormously passionate about creating Australian content. She has extensive experience in a vast array of genres both here and in the U.K., and has worked collaboratively with broadcasters and independent producers in both countries."
During her term as head of arts, entertainment and comedy, Gibson has commissioned some of the ABC's most recognized and popular programming, including top-rated music trivia show "Spicks & Specks," satires "The Chasers War on Everything" and "We Can Be Heroes", and arts programs "First Tuesday Book Club" and "Sunday Arts".
She takes up her new post Nov.
- 8/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- The Australian Broadcasting Corp. has commissioned an expanded second season of its surprise hit Strictly Dancing from producers Southern Star Endemol. The first season, currently on air, is made up of 16 programs, and the second season, to screen from midyear, will have 22. The series is essentially a dance competition and is one of the broadcaster's most successful programs of the 2004 season, consistently drawing audiences of more than 1 million viewers. It mixes the action of the dance floor with glimpses backstage and irreverent commentary from host Paul McDermott. In announcing the second season Thursday, ABC-TV head of arts and entertainment Courtney Gibson said the age requirement would be dropped from 18 to 16, and this "will take the action up a gear, giving even more hip-hop and amateur Latin dancers the chance to match their moves against some of Australia's leading competitive couples."...
- 5/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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