Screen Australia

Natalia, why don't you tell us about Screen Queensland and what they've got cooking over there?

Yeah, so honestly, in terms of not just Australia, but even just in the entire world, what Screen Queensland is doing is very unique in that they are actually... uh backing and supporting creators like talent incubation essentially um where where we might be a bit more behind with film and stuff like that games are a new frontier and so screen queensland is in screen australia as well giving a lot of money to developers through uh grants um so you might see a lot of games coming out of the scene that have like a you know screen queens and a screen australia logo that's because we receive funding from those games There is like pretty much any game that is coming out of Brisbane has been going through that, which is really cool.

But the other thing that Screen Queensland does that's very unique is we have a games residency, which essentially they've been running it for like four years now.

They pick 15 people from like you can apply for.

And I think that we're starting to see other...

um institutions follow suit um

yeah obviously it's for like a slightly higher range but basically once you've established yourself as a developer and you are keen to like take to the next level and get funding and do this as like a full-time thing um Screen Queensland and Screen Australia are both incredible um Screen Queensland is more focused on like the industry side of things of like making a sustainable games business yes whereas Screen Australia is interested in funding games that further the Australian cultural identity yes um and so you get a lot of weirder things coming out of Screen Australia

Yeah.

Natalia, why don't you tell us about Screen Queensland and what they've got cooking over there?

Yeah, so honestly, in terms of not just Australia, but even just in the entire world, what Screen Queensland is doing is very unique in that they are actually... uh backing and supporting creators like talent incubation essentially um where where we might be a bit more behind with film and stuff like that games are a new frontier and so screen queensland is in screen australia as well giving a lot of money to developers through uh grants um so you might see a lot of games coming out of the scene that have like a you know screen queens and a screen australia logo that's because we receive funding from those games There is like pretty much any game that is coming out of Brisbane has been going through that, which is really cool.

But the other thing that Screen Queensland does that's very unique is we have a games residency, which essentially they've been running it for like four years now.

They pick 15 people from like you can apply for.

And I think that we're starting to see other...

um institutions follow suit um

yeah obviously it's for like a slightly higher range but basically once you've established yourself as a developer and you are keen to like take to the next level and get funding and do this as like a full-time thing um Screen Queensland and Screen Australia are both incredible um Screen Queensland is more focused on like the industry side of things of like making a sustainable games business yes whereas Screen Australia is interested in funding games that further the Australian cultural identity yes um and so you get a lot of weirder things coming out of Screen Australia

Yeah.

[laughs]

... which is what, um, Screen Australia used to be.

The side of your bottom.

Oh, Quibi tattoo's very funny.

Yeah, usually with a show, you make it here and then you hope to sell territories.

You get a distributor on board, and you go to Screen Australia, but you go global on September 9th with Apple.

Yeah.

So there is no making it overseas.

Joe Brinkmann, head of production and investment attraction at VicScreen, talking about luring the Apple TV miniseries "Last Seen" to Victoria.

Now, the subject of international co-productions and foreign investment in the local screen sector is a complex one to analyze, and there are researchers who spend their entire careers running the numbers and attempting to quantify the effects on local filmmakers and Australian screen culture.

With that in mind, the federal funding body Screen Australia has recently compiled a report on Australia's screen industry, commissioning some established researchers and focusing on several case studies of film, television, and game productions.

It comes up with some interesting facts and figures.

really?

Screen Australia.

It's a great doco, by the way, for those of you that haven't seen it, but I feel like every Australian at this point has seen it.

So, Contact film, no doco 2010.

I'm Sinead Mangan in Perth, coming to you from Whadjuk country.

[upbeat music] A recent Screen Currency report by Screen Australia found although Aussies say they value Australian-made content and want to watch more of it, two-thirds of people surveyed said it was too difficult to find.

Last financial year, the film industry spent more money than ever on drama productions in Australia, a whopping $2.7 billion.

But most of the extra spend went to big Hollywood productions spurred on by tax offsets.