Screen Producers Australia Awards: finalists

Finalists have been announced for the Screen Producers Australia Awards, to be presented during the SPAA Conference in November.

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Top of the Lake and Offspring will battle it out for the TV Drama category.

Julia Zemiro will host the awards on Wednesday 20 November at 6.30pm at the Palladium, Crown which will be followed by the Screen Forever Gala Party.

Finalists are:

Feature Film Production
Porchlight Films & See-Saw Films, Dead Europe
Porchlight Films, Lore
FG Film Productions, Patrick

Light Entertainment Television Production
FremantleMedia Australia, Grand Designs Australia
High Wire Films, The Agony of Life
Shine Australia, The Voice

Drama Television Production
Every Cloud Productions, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
See-Saw Films, Top of the Lake
Southern Star Entertainment, Offspring

Interactive Production
The Project Factory, Offspring: Moving In
Envelop Entertainment, Precinct 13
mememe productions, dirtgirlworld

Children’s Television Production
Sticky Pictures, The Dukes of Bröxstônia
Werner Film Productions, Dance Academy
Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, Mako: Island of Secrets

Documentary Television Production
Bearcage, Building Australia
Smith&Nasht, Ten Bucks A Litre
Electric Pictures, Desert War

Media Super Production Business of the Year
Goalpost Pictures
Werner Film Productions
Matchbox Pictures
December Media

The award winners from the following categories will be announced on the night:

Maura Fay Award for Services to the Industry
Services and Facilities Business
Breakthrough Business

This year’s Conference includes sessions on:

Google – The Culture Boom Online with Google USA and Google Australia
Aussies Selling Formats to the World featuring Essential Media & Entertainment’s Chris Hilton, Jungleboys’ Jason Burrows with Avi Armoza, a key player in the global format market
Keynote with the BBC’s Head of Drama, Kate Harwood
In Conversation with the creators of Ben 10 – Man of Action Studios
Working with the USA: The Eagle & the Kangaroo – Co-financing across the Pacific
Screen Splinters: The Distribution Shake Up
Catching the Digital/VOD Wave with Rights Stuff’s, Wendy Bernfeld
Story is King but Who Rules the Process with Sesame Street’s, Kim Wright
ABC TV – Top That! ABC’s Director of TV, Richard Finlayson and the ABC Controllers

More info at screenforever.org.au