Screen Producers Australia (SPA), formerly the Screen Producers'
Association of Australia (SPAA) and earlier names, is a national
organisation representing film production businesses, emerging
producers, service providers and screen industry supporters. It
campaigns for a healthy commercial environment for the Australian film
industry. It also organises and hosts the annual SCREEN FOREVER
conference for film industry professionals, and the Screen Producers
Australia Awards.In 1956, independent producers united to lobby
federal and state governments to support Australian content on
television and in the cinema, using both regulation and subsidies. A
secondary goal was to increase their bargaining power in industrial
relations negotiations with trade unions representing actors and
technicians. In the late 1950s, the Australian Film Producers
Association (AFPA)was created, mostly consisting of producers of
advertisements, who lobbied against the importation of television
advertising. For the next ten years, they lobbied to ensure higher
levels of Australian content on commercial television.AFPA became the
Film Production Association of Australia (FPAA), registered in 1972 as
an employer association. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
(MEAA) and the producers' association have sometimes joined forces
(such as lobbying for the protection of Australian industry and
content), and sometimes clashed (such as with regard to the use of
foreign actors in Australian films). Governments started funding some
Australian feature films during the 1970s, leading to the founding of
the Independent Feature Film Producers Association (IFPA) in 1973.
Difficulties in negotiating agreements with Actors’ Equity led to a
merger of IFPA and FPAA in 1976, forming the Film and Television
Production Association of Australia (FTPAA).In 1985, the FTPAA
rebranded as the Screen Production Association of Australia (SPAA),
and held the inaugural SPAA Conference, with the aim of increasing
membership and funds. In 1994, the name changed to Screen Producers’
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