The Screen Producers’ Association of Australia is partnering with music stalwarts Big Day Out and Sounds Australia to offer the $20,000 Big Day Out Evolution Grant. For SPAA, this is a sideways step into new territory just as its new leadership takes control. For everyone else, it is a party in Texas.
The grant, and the event to launch it, brings together the Australian film, music and digital media sectors in a unique and probably long overdue way. Matthew Deaner, the new SPAA CEO, was exposed to those notions of intersectorial co-operation and digital experiment in his previous role as head of research at Screen Australia.
