Written by Kianna Best on Jan 17, 2023. Posted in Incentive News

Screen Queensland announces winners of PFV Placement Programme

Five up and coming screen practitioners have been chosen to receive the benefits of the Screen Queensland Post, Digital and Visual Effcets (PDV) professional development programme. This programme, which allows participants to receive training and mentorship, is in partnership with the state screen agency and five of Queensland’s leading post production house. Screen Queensland will contribute AUD 50,000 per placement for the year long positions.

“The new placement program bolsters the capacity of our Queensland PDV facilities to take advantage of the increased volume of Australian and international productions coming to local facilities,” commented Screen Queensland CEO Courtney Gibson. “We are working closely with industry to provide a pipeline of exciting new talent to support local screen businesses.”

The programme, in partnership with five of Queeensland’s top production houses, including Alt VFX, Chop Shop Post, Fika Entertainment, Folklore Sound and The Post Lounge, will offer support along the way as well as the opportunity to work with multiple mediums such as 3D modelling, animation, visual effects, virtual production and producing. This year, the programme participants are Hanyue (John) Wang, Giuseppe Cassin, Katie Dahlenburg, Oska Zervoudakis and Kyra Bellamy. Each participant will have the opportunity to work with the aforementioned production houses, developing their skills and learning new techniques.

From left: Kyra Bellamy, Giuseppe Cassin, Katie Dahlenburg, John Wang, Oska Zervoudakis

Gibson stated: “Last year, Screen Queensland increased our PDV incentive to 15 per cent and lowered the threshold to $250,000, significantly enhancing the global competitiveness of Queensland PDV facilities, and I’m delighted to say that the amount of PDV work coming in is at an all-time high.

Just last month, premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement that the Queensland Government, through Screen Queensland, had invested an estimated AUD 38.5 million into the local economy through the staggering number of projects that had been supported by the agency. Following that, this announcement of the programme participants is yet another example of the rewards reaped from the investments, both in time and money, into the local screen industry.

The programme, in partnership with five of Queeensland’s top production houses, including Alt VFX, Chop Shop Post, Fika Entertainment, Folklore Sound and The Post Lounge, will offer support along the way as well as the opportunity to work with multiple mediums such as 3D modelling, animation, visual effects, virtual production and producing. This year, the programme participants are Hanyue (John) Wang, Giuseppe Cassin, Katie Dahlenburg, Oska Zervoudakis and Kyra Bellamy. Each participant will have the opportunity to work with the aforementioned production houses, developing their skills and learning new techniques.

“Alumni of our career development initiatives have gathered the skills and experience to secure on-going employment across numerous areas of the screen industry, so we look forward to tracking this outstanding new cohort on their progress and achievements throughout the year and into the future,” added Gibson.

Image courtesy of Screen Queensland