The Screen Makers Conference at Mercury CX in Adelaide took the temperature of the sector in a panel called ‘State of the Screen Industry’ and discovered some optimistic readings.
Kate Croser, the CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation, said, ‘I do think that we’re in a time of great opportunity right now. Like we’re in the middle of a global content boom which is largely being driven by the streamers.’ At the same time, the pandemic is speeding up impending changes, like the collapse of the traditional holdback time between cinema and online release, which will have profound implications.
