Conference 2005 Highlights
Each year SPADA invites a select number of international guests to bring a broader world perspective to the conference. More
Sponsors
Principal Sponsor
New Zealand Film Commission
Strategic Partners
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise / Investment New Zealand

Premium Sponsor
Television New Zealand

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Awards
Conference hosts three unique key industry awards. The SPADA awards acknowledge innovation and honour excellence in the industry.
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DAVID COURT
Director, AFTRS Centre for Screen Business
David Court
is the founding Director of the AFTRS Centre for Screen Business. David is an experienced industry practitioner who has been involved in the financing of more than a dozen film and television productions (including Strictly Ballroom, The Bank and the IMAX film
Antarctica
) and was the publisher of the authoritative industry newsletter Entertainment Business Review. He is a director of the licensed film investment company Content Capital Ltd. With KPMG, he conducted the feasibility study that led to the development of Fox Studios at the Sydney Showgrounds. As author of Film Assistance: Future Options (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1986), he was the policy architect of the Film Finance Corporation, established by the Australian Government in 1988.
Photograph courtesy of QUT.
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