Screen Queensland is an agency of the Queensland Government which seeks to expand the production of movies, television series, and computer games within Queensland, Australia. It provides financial support to attract producers to use Queensland as a filming location or 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 of Indigenous Australians in the industry.[1][2][3][4] It often partners with Screen Australia which has similar objectives for Australia.[5]
Screen Queensland owns Screen Queensland Studios, which are film studios located in Hemmant, 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 in Portsmith, Cairns.[7][8] It also partners with Village Roadshow Studios at Oxenford on the Gold Coast.[9]
While Screen Queensland has used its funding to attract major international productions, such as Pirates 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. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Palaszczuk, Annastacia (22 November 2023). "Gold Coast productions get rolling". Media statements. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Made in Queensland". Screen Queensland. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Screen Australia announces over $6.9 million of production funding for 11 projects - Media centre". Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Screen Queensland Studios, Brisbane". Screen Queensland. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Screen Queensland Studios, Cairns". Screen Queensland. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "'Huge appetite' for unique content as regional Queensland cashes in on film industry boom". ABC News. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Gold Coast Facilities". Screen Queensland. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Donald, Ella (28 March 2018). "Queensland has saved a Hollywood blockbuster, but the local film industry is still missing out". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.