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Big picture

TV & FILM
Construction is about to begin
on a $6.8-million film and
television studio in Cairns.

Film production in Far North
Queensland is set to take off through
investment in a new studio, complete
with a sound stage, production offices,
wardrobes and hair and makeup
departments. Screen Queensland is 1
constructing the $6.8-million facility
in the former Bunnings building on “This means so much not only for the
the outskirts of the Cairns CBD. It will local film and television industry, but the
be operational by mid 2022, attracting bigger picture here is it’s for the future of
international filmmakers as well as filmmakers in Far North Queensland,” 2
supporting the local film industry. he said. “This is all about legacy
and creating a pathway for the next
generation of filmmakers who are yet Recently made
to come through the pipeline.” in FNQ
If we can have a facility The facility is the realisation of a
that creates a one-stop four-year ambition for Member for THIS LITTLE LOVE OF MINE
Mulgrave Curtis Pitt.
The Steve Jaggi Company
shop then we can take the “Far North Queensland is famed in the Filmed in Palm Cove
entirety of any production industry for its picture-perfect tropical Rated number one on Netflix
and coastal locations,” he said.
in the UK
from start to finish “This studio is ideally located five
minutes from the CBD, 13 minutes from DIVE CLUB
Aaron Fa’aso
Lone Star the airport and with excellent access to The Steve Jaggi Company
Productions the southern corridor highway. Shot in Port Douglas
“It will also include an educational Network Ten series, also
Aaron Fa’aso is the owner of Lone Star component which is about helping to released on Netflix
Productions, the team behind the create the next generation of screen
NITV and SBS food and travel program practitioners – whether they be writers
Strait to the Plate. He said the future and producers, or carpenters for set 1. This Little Love of Mine
2. Behind the scenes of This Little Love of Mine
of filmmaking in the region is bright. building and electricians for lighting.” Credit: Screen Queensland

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