Consultation
Film tax offsets - definition of a 'documentary'
Name
Dr Trevor Graham
Organisation
Yarra Bank Films Pty Ltd
Email
yarrabank-films@bigpond.com
Are you submitting on behalf of your Company
Yes
Do you want your submission to be confidential
No
Accessibility Statement
Yes
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Submission text
AS a director and producer of documentary films and programs for television for 30 years I support the new proposed definition of 'documentary' for the purposes of administering and determining the Producer Offset by Screen Australia. 

I also strongly support Screen Australia having an overseer role to determine 'narrative arc' in any proposed work in relationship to the definition. 

I was shocked that the program at the center of the court case could be considered in anyway a documentary for the purposes of receiving the Offset and so welcome these changes to ensure that Offset support is only available for genuine documentary films and programs.