APRA / AMCOS

Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (APRA) Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Limited (AMCOS) work to ensure that composers, songwriters and publishers are rewarded whenever, and wherever, their musical works are played, performed or reproduced and we help Australian & New Zealand music consumers get access to the world’s musical repertoire.

Arts Law Centre of Australia

Australia’s independent national community legal centre for the arts providing free or low cost specialised legal advice, education and resources to Australian artists and arts organisations across all art forms, on a wide range of arts related legal and business matters.

Arts Northern Rivers

The peak body for the arts and cultural sector in the Northern Rivers region of NSW

Australian Copyright Council

Provides easily accessible and affordable practical, user-friendly information, legal advice, education and forums on Australian copyright law for content creators and consumers.

Australia Council

The Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body that supports Australia’s arts through funding, strengthening and developing the arts sector

Australian Director’s Guild

An industry association representing the interests of film, television and digital media directors, documentary makers, animators and assistant directors throughout Australia

Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS)

Australia’s national screen arts and broadcast school regarded as one of the top 20 Film Schools in the world

Australian Guild of Screen Composers

Industry association representing screen composers in Australia.

Australian Screen Editors

A cultural, professional and educational organisation, dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in the arts, sciences and technology of motion picture film and televisual post production

Australian Writers Guild

The peak body representing Australian performance writers

Byron Bay International Film Festival

The Byron Bay International Film Festival takes place in February / March each year across multiple venues in Byron Bay and its surrounding areas.

Byron Writers Festival

An annual writers festival in Byron Bay with a focus on focus on Australian writing

Inside Film

Australia’s film and television industry news and issues for Australian content creators

Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance

The Alliance is the union and professional organisation which covers everyone in the media, entertainment, sports and arts industries

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia is the nation’s living archive – collecting, preserving and sharing our rich audiovisual heritage. The national audiovisual collection holds more than 2.16 million works.

NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts)

A theatre company based in Lismore in the Northern Rivers region of NSW

North Coast TAFE

One of the largest regional training providers in Australia with screen related courses held regularly

SAE Institute Byron Bay

SAE Institute internationally & government accredited certificate, diploma & degrees.

Screen Australia

Federal Government body for the Australian screen production industry that support and promote the development of a highly creative, innovative and commercially sustainable Australian screen production industry.

Screen NSW

NSW’s statutory authority established to assist, promote and strengthen the screen industry

Screen Producers Australia

SPA unites screen businesses to campaign for a healthy commercial environment, supported by a representative council and a full-time secretariat.

The SubStation

The SubStation provides closed captioning and audio description services for audiovisual mediums. This is achieved through captions for the deaf and hearing impaired and audio description for the vision impaired. The SubStation also cover your language translation and transcripts.

Women in Film and Television (NSW)

A membership based not-for-profit organisation committed to improving the status of women, both on and off the screen, by supporting and advancing women working in the film, television and related screen industries

For questions and advice contact the Screenworks team.

We’ll connect you with the relevant people and provide access to materials to support your screen business development.