LOADING…

Cinemas reopened, audiences returned at two-thirds capacity, and the question shifted from whether they would come back to how many would stay.

International productions are back at full capacity; local features are still waiting for insurance, cast availability, and the confidence to spend.

The headline was $50 million for production restart; the detail was a temporary insurance guarantee and a pipeline that favours projects already in development.

The subsidy ran out in March, and the freelance crew base that built Australian film is thinner than it was twelve months ago.