Australian films may be experiencing a revival due to the pandemic’s disruption of other markets but every business within the industry remains “on notice” thanks to the new regulatory overhaul set to come into effect this year, according to producer Sue Maslin.
Announced last September, the Federal Government plans to scrap the fixed quotas for local drama, children’s programming, and documentary, while also harmonising the film and TV Producer Offsets at 30 per cent.
Maslin tells If the upcoming shift meant the industry found itself in a “deeply ironic” scenario at the start of the year.
“We’re going to see Australian audiences falling back in love with Australian cinema because of the opportunity created by Covid-19, whereby we don’t have the the usual glut of Hollywood films in our cinemas,” she says.
“The expanded capacity of Australian films to be shown right around the country is happening...
Announced last September, the Federal Government plans to scrap the fixed quotas for local drama, children’s programming, and documentary, while also harmonising the film and TV Producer Offsets at 30 per cent.
Maslin tells If the upcoming shift meant the industry found itself in a “deeply ironic” scenario at the start of the year.
“We’re going to see Australian audiences falling back in love with Australian cinema because of the opportunity created by Covid-19, whereby we don’t have the the usual glut of Hollywood films in our cinemas,” she says.
“The expanded capacity of Australian films to be shown right around the country is happening...
- 1/19/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
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