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BRAVE NEW SECTOR: AN INDUSTRY ADAPTS ROCHELLE SIEMIENOWICZ You could say that ‘scrambling to adapt’ was the theme of the thirty-fifth Screen Forever Conference, held online by Screen Producers Australia from 16–18 February 2021. Over three days and forty sessions (featuring a total of 120 speakers), the Australian screen-production tribes gathered – albeit virtually – for their annual gabfest of knowledge sharing, policy analysis, pitching and deal making, with local and international speakers and buyers in attendance. The conference itself had scrambled several times in the lead-up, pivoting and pirouetting as COVID-19 dictated: first, postponed from its traditional November slot; then planned as a mixed live/online event from the Gold Coast (the new home of the event); before finally being entirely streamed in February. It’s hoped another live conference can…

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