2020-2021

YEAR IN REVIEW

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• A record $47.6 million was available for distribution

to Screenrights members, and $45.3 million was

distributed to 1,437 members in 2020/21

• Usage of the Australian Educational Licence

continued on a massive growth trajectory with the

demands of remote learning, with usage records

• New AI technological approaches were implemented

to manage the continued exponential growth in data

• On behalf of our members, we negotiated a new

Australian schools Educational Licence agreement

• We fast-tracked payments to members, releasing

December 2020 royalties in October to assist those

impacted by shutdowns

Image Credits:

Front cover: HardBall S2 - Northern Pictures | Rams - We Are Wasted, Photo Ben King | Eden - Every Cloud Productions, Photo Lisa Tomasetti |

I Am Woman - Goalpost Pictures, Photo Tony Mott | Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail - Red Creative Media | Project Planet - Emerald Films & Metamorflix |

was so terribly disrupted by shutdowns. FY2020/21 built on the challenges of the previous financial year,

and I thank my fellow directors and the staff for once again rising to the occasion.

In 2020/21 Screenrights achieved our second highest distribution year on record, while the Disbursements

and Royalties [World] services each recorded record years for collections. In response to ongoing

interruptions to the screen industry, the Board approved bringing Screenrights Collecting Society

payments forward and into the hands of our members as soon as possible.

Kim Dalton Chair

Screenrights is an organisation that looks after a very particular part of copyright law that

may seem to operate without much fuss or attention.