South Australian producers receive development funds
The South Australian Film Corporation has committed $435,000 for the development of 11 producers, including The Marriage of Figaro’s Peta Astbury.
The funds for the Producer Business Development Funding Program were increased to grow the state’s creative and producing base, before the opening of the Adelaide Film and Screen Centre next year.
Selected producers will receive between $20,000 and $50,000 per year, depending on the scope of their business plan – which must demonstrate its sustainability and the fact that the money would increase the company’s slate of projects and the producer’s relationships.
The beneficiaries are Murali K Thurali (M2 Entertainment), Louise Pascale and Chris Houghton (Pop Pictures), David Ngo, Daniel Joyce and Anna Westley (Projector), Julia de Roeper (JDR Screen), Peta Astbury (For Pete’s Sake Productions), Quentin Kenihan (Q Productions), Sophie Hyde (Closer Productions), Kristian Moliere (Smoking Gun Productions), Lindy Taylor (The Snowglobe Factory), Vicki Sugars and Julie Byrne (Velvet Orange) and Jennifer Jones (Corridor Films).
