Screen Queensland
Screen Queenslandis an agency of theQueensland Governmentwhich seeks to expand the production of movies, television series, and computer games withinQueensland,Australia. It provides financial support to attract producers to use Queensland as afilming locationor for other related services, e.g.post-production.It supports skills development of Queenslanders in the industry and the holding of film festivals and other events. It seeks to increase the involvement ofIndigenous Australiansin the industry.[1][2][3][4]It often partners withScreen Australiawhich has similar objectives for Australia.[5]
Screen Queensland ownsScreen Queensland Studios,which are film studios located inHemmant,Brisbane,available for rental by film makers. The Brisbane studio opened in 2019.[6]In April 2024, another set of films studios will be opened inPortsmith,Cairns.[7][8]It also partners withVillage Roadshow StudiosatOxenfordon theGold Coast.[9]
While Screen Queensland has used its funding to attract major international productions, such asPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,to be filmed in Queensland, the local industry believe that the funding would be better used to support local productions.[10]
References
[edit]- ^"About Us".Screen Queensland.Archivedfrom the original on 29 March 2024.Retrieved17 April2024.
- ^Palaszczuk, Annastacia (22 November 2023)."Gold Coast productions get rolling".Media statements.Queensland Government.Archivedfrom the original on 31 March 2024.Retrieved17 April2024.
- ^Enoch, Leeanne (9 February 2024)."Screen Queensland's $3 million Business Enterprise fund to boost the state's expanding local screen sector".Media statements.Queensland Government.Retrieved17 April2024.
- ^"Made in Queensland".Screen Queensland.Archivedfrom the original on 8 April 2024.Retrieved17 April2024.
- ^"Screen Australia announces over $6.9 million of production funding for 11 projects - Media centre".Screen Australia.Archivedfrom the original on 4 April 2024.Retrieved17 April2024.
- ^"Screen Queensland Studios, Brisbane".Screen Queensland.Retrieved23 April2024.
- ^"Screen Queensland Studios, Cairns".Screen Queensland.Retrieved23 April2024.
- ^"'Huge appetite' for unique content as regional Queensland cashes in on film industry boom ".ABC News.21 May 2023.Retrieved23 April2024.
- ^"Gold Coast Facilities".Screen Queensland.Retrieved23 April2024.
- ^Donald, Ella (28 March 2018)."Queensland has saved a Hollywood blockbuster, but the local film industry is still missing out".The Conversation.Archivedfrom the original on 28 January 2023.Retrieved17 April2024.