The story
Film Victoria was created as "a new statutory authority to be responsible for Government activities related to the production and distribution of film in Victoria including film for educational purposes", under an act of the Victorian Parliament introduced by Norman Lacy, Minister for the Arts, on 6 October 1981, known as the Film Victoria Act 1981 (No. 9716).
The act provided for Film Victoria to be established by the amalgamation of the Victorian Film Corporation (as it had been constituted initially in 1976), the State Film Centre, and sections of the Audio Visual Resources Branch of the Department of Education. The purpose of the amalgamation was to avoid the unnecessary duplication of functions by the three organisations; to enhance the capacity of the Government to meet the present and future media needs of Victorians; and to simplify access to film materials and to enlarge the benefits to be derived from the use of such materials.
In 1997 the functions of Film Victoria were amalgamated with those of the State Film Centre, to form Cinemedia Corporation, under the Cinemedia Corporation Act 1997 (No. 2 of 1997). In 2001 the Cinemedia Corporation was abolished and Film Victoria and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) were established as separate statutory authorities.
In 2017, the Victorian government’s screen agency appointed Caroline Pitcher as its new chief executive officer (CEO).
VicScreen's 2020/2021 Annual Report reported support for 114 projects across film, television, and video games projects, A$391.4m amount spent in Victoria by projects that commenced production.
In 2021, VicScreen and the Victorian Government announced Victoria's "Screen Industry Strategy 2021-2025", known as the VicScreen Strategy. The strategy was the Victorian Government's first screen strategy in more than 10 years.
Early in 2022, Film Victoria rebranded as VicScreen.
Timeline
The following timeline is published on VicScreen's website:
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1976: Established as the Victorian Film Corporation.
1982: Became Film Victoria through the creation of the Film Victoria Act 1981.
1997: Integrated with the State Film Centre of Victoria, to form Cinemedia Corporation, under the Cinemedia Corporation Act 1997.
2001: Film Act 2001 abolished Cinemedia Corporation and established Film Victoria and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) as separate statutory authorities
2015: Film Victoria integrated with Creative Victoria, along with other government agencies across arts and culture, screen and design
2021: Launch of "Victoria's Screen Industry Strategy 2021-2025", a whole of Victorian Government plan to reshape and expand Victoria's screen industry
2022: Film Victoria re-branded to VicScreen, better reflecting the diversity of screen activity the agency supports, from film, television, online, VR and digital games
From Wikipedia’s article on VicScreen, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4