The National ICT Authority (NICTA) signed a film commission agreement with Screencraft Media an Australian film production entity, formally commissioning Screencraft to produce a documentary film based on the history of telecommunications in Papua New Guinea in commemoration of PNG’s 50th independence anniversary. "The film project will be a 60-minute documentary style film based on two historic books by James Sinclair, Uniting a Nation (1984) and PTC: Uniting a Nation Through the 1980s (1993) for special screening in a cinema, and to be broadcast on local television and on streaming platforms in October this year. NICTA Chief Executive Officer, Kila Gulo-Vui, said when congratulating Screencraft that this is a very important project as it will take us back to pre-independence right through to independence and up to 2025. “As we prepare to celebrate the country’s 50 years of independence, we are excited with this project as it will tell the story of the country’s analog-to-digital journey and of how far we have come as an industry and nation.” The film will bring to life the stories of early forms of communication, introduction of first modern forms of communication, modernization, reforms and corporatization and ICT infrastructure development and communication after 50 years," he said. Meanwhile, NICTA licensees including mobile telcos has met with NICTA to discuss potential collaboration on the film and the book.