EVENT DETAILS
Date: Wednesday 7 October
Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm, with networking to follow
Tickets: Tickets are subsidised at $70 (plus booking fee) for the full day, including lunch and networking refreshments
VENUE
State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane
State Library of Queensland is an accessible venue and more information is available here on their website.
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Screen Queensland’s flagship industry event returns in 2026 with a fresh focus on helping practitioners build sustainable, future-ready screen careers.
Under the banner of The Future Starts Here, In the Frame: Screen Queensland Practitioners Forum brings together Queensland screen creatives, producers, investors, leading commissioners and decision-makers. Join us to tap into practical insights, real-world experience and honest conversations about building a successful, long-term career in screen.
The Future Starts Here program explores the key challenges and opportunities shaping the sector, including creative entrepreneurship, financing and IP, what gets projects commissioned, and positioning yourself for the opportunities to come. Connect with industry contacts old and new from across Queensland’s screen sector to build valuable relationships through a full day of learning, discussion and networking.
Speakers will be announced in September.
PROGRAM
Crafting Careers That Go the Distance
Screen careers rarely follow a straight line. Whether you’re trying to land your first opportunity, take the next step in your career, develop your own project or navigate the space between productions, the challenge is often knowing where to go next.
This session explores the different pathways a screen career can take—from breaking into the industry and building those crucial first relationships, through to creating new opportunities, diversifying your work and sustaining a career over the long term.
Hear from practitioners at different stages of their careers about the decisions, relationships and opportunities that have helped them move forward—and how they’ve adapted as the industry has changed.
The Budget Breakdown: Keeping Project Finances Growing as You Do
Finding finance is one of the biggest challenges in getting any story from pitch to production, and the journey to getting that finance mix just right varies from a short film to a feature, series or global IP franchise.
We’re pulling back the curtain on the wide world of soft and hard money, private investments and public grants, production companies, distributors, sales agents and more in this practical masterclass. Understand how you can evolve your strategies to secure financing as your projects change, and grow as we examine what investors look for and the importance of adaptability, relationships and seizing opportunities.
Great Ideas to Green Lights
Every year, hundreds of projects are pitched to broadcasters, streamers and funding bodies, yet only a handful get that sought-after green light. So, what sets these projects a part?
Hear from our panel of commissioners and creatives to understand how both sides of the pitch table develop, dissect and deliver in closed door pitches.
The Next Wave of Opportunity
What will the screen industry look like in the years ahead, and where will the opportunities come from?
New audiences, platforms, technologies, and ways of creating and distributing content are reshaping the industry. From creator-led content and games to immersive experiences, new platforms and evolving audience behaviours, the definition of a screen career—and a screen story—continues to expand.
This closing session looks beyond the traditional pathways to explore what’s coming next, where Queensland is well placed to take advantage and how practitioners can be ready for the opportunities ahead.
Hear from people working at the forefront of change about the trends they’re watching, the opportunities they’re pursuing and what they believe the industry will need next.
