Tired of waiting around for auditions, actors Luke J. Morgan and Georgia Eyers decided to make a feature off their own bat. As they now edit their romantic drama, 'One Day, Five Years', clips from the film have already generated around 6 million views on social media.
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Screen Australia's market and audience arm has launched two new initiatives designed to support local theatrical features, delivered in partnership with Tatino Films and Publikum.
Australian feature output has more than doubled since the introduction of the Producer Offset and the establishment of Screen Australia almost 20 years ago, but average admissions and box office per Australian film have more than halved. A new report argues this isn't due to waning audience appetite, but a structural failure to connect Australian films with audiences.
UK buyers snapped up more Australian content than any other territory in the final quarter of 2025, while the US paid the highest prices, according to Screen Australia data.
AACTA and the Gold Coast Film Festival have partnered on audience development initiative PROOF, which will see three Queensland-based creative teams receive $65,000 in production funding and support to make a proof-of-concept short.
Universal’s Mike Baard says the job of a distributor lies in the “holy grail of success or failure”: creating demand and connecting films with audiences. At AACTA Festival, he outlined the economics and risk behind release in today’s Australian market.
Screen Australia has officially launched three new market and audience funding streams, supporting the creation of marketing assets and audience testing for theatrical feature films, as well as channel management for online content creators.
"The norm is for there not to be a considered, thoughtful, resourced marketing plan for a movie." Australian films continue to face pressure to cut through with limited marketing budgets. Those across stills photography and creative agencies say clarity of positioning and early planning will give local titles a better chance.








