The Babadook: director Jennifer Kent & actress Essie Davis react to proposed Screen Australia cuts

Actress Essie Davis and director Jennifer Kent have joined the chorus of high-profile filmmaking talent to decry the government’s threats to funding to Screen Australia. The National Commission of Audit recommends that funding to the body, which supported such recent hit films as Red Dog, The Sapphires and Samson & Delilah, be cut in half. According to the Commission, in the 2013-14 year Screen Australia received $110 million. Speaking to The Australian, the executive director of the Screen Pr