Approvals

These projects have recently been approved for funding by ScreenWest. Click on a project type to view those approvals in more detail.
Select approvals by financial year:
Pre Nov 2007 Funding Approvals

Industry Engagement

Short Film and Self Funded Low Budget Feature Marketing
December 2011
Interior Castle Bertrand the Terrible Drama - Short $2,000.00
Tenille Kennedy Bush Basher Drama - Short $2,000.00
17 South Films Crosshairs Drama - Short $2,000.00
Angel Pictures The Billabong Drama - Short $2,000.00
Aaron McCann Perished Drama - Short $885.00
Total: $8,885.00

Development

Emergency Development
September 2011
Electric Pictures The Power Game Documentary - Series $20,000.00
Total: $20,000.00
Feature Film Development
December 2011
The Penguin Empire The Rot Drama - Feature $10,000.00
Primero Productions Outlaw Drama - Feature $10,000.00
Denaire The Lost Souls of Batavia Drama - Feature $5,000.00
September 2011
WBMC The Noble Path Drama - Feature $24,000.00
Media World Pictures Dieback Drama - Feature $16,000.00
Factor 30 Films Tide of Souls Drama - Feature $17,500.00
Total: $82,500.00
Matched Development Investment Fund
November 2011
Electric Pictures Desert Rats Drama - Feature $15,000.00
Spear Point Productions Inside AFL Documentary - Series $15,000.00
Taylor Media The Deserter Drama - Feature $23,400.00
Total: $53,400.00
Documentary and TV Development
November 2011
Great Western Entertainment Escape 3 Drama - TV Series $18,410.00
Raging Pixel Mars Live Drama - TV Series $10,000.00
August 2011
Media World Pictures A Million Elephants and a White Parasol No Specific Genre $11,000.00
Aquarius Productions Gas Guerrilla No Specific Genre $19,760.00
Total: $59,170.00

Production Company and Practitioner Support

Skills Development - Professional Placements
November 2011
Adriel Bong Offline Editor Placement with OOTB, 2011 Practitioner Development $10,000.00
September 2011
Miranda Edmonds Script and Story Development Placement with Exclusive Media Group Practitioner Development $10,000.00
Total: $20,000.00
Courses Fund
December 2011
Let's Make Games Inc Indie Games Workshop Course $3,000.00
July 2011
Association of Screen Professionals Inc. David Stevens - Masterclass Course $700.00
Emma Bearumont (Screen Producers Assosciation of Australia) SPAA Tresscox Digital Masterclass - 2011 - Perth Course $3,000.00
Emma Beaumont (Screen Producers Association of Australia) SPAA Tressox 2011 Digital Masterclass Course $3,000.00
Total: $9,700.00
Skills Development - Mentorships
December 2011
Leanne Cole Editing Mentorship with Jill Bilcock on Save Your Legs! Practitioner Development $6,000.00
August 2011
Kelly Rippingale Robyn McFadgen to mentor Kelly Rippingale on Harvest Practitioner Development $5,000.00
Total: $11,000.00
Travel Assistance. Applications for general travel can be submitted at any time. However; specific markets / conferences / activites are opened up as rounds and have set application closing dates.
January 2012
Carol Seeley Meet Market 2012 Practitioner Development $1,500.00
December 2011
VueDC G'Day USA 2012 Practitioner Development $6,250.00
Reginald Cribb Agent Meetings LA Practitioner Development $4,500.00
The Indian Pacific Picture Co AACTA Awards Travel and Marketing $1,500.00
Mago Films AIDC 2012 Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Glare Productions AIDC 2012 Practitioner Development $1,304.00
Circling Shark AIDC 2012 Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Alice Ross AIDC 2012 Practitioner Development $1,496.00
Jag Films AIDC 2012 Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Sea Dog TV International AIDC 2012 Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Animazing Productions Kidscreen 2012 Practitioner Development $6,250.00
Crewjo Kidscreen 2012 Practitioner Development $6,250.00
Interior Castle Kidscreen 2012 Practitioner Development $6,250.00
L'unica Productions Kidscreen 2012 Practitioner Development $6,040.00
November 2011
Meredith Jeffrey ASE Awards Practitioner Development $974.00
Aleisha Caruso World Congress of Science and Factual Producers Practitioner Development $6,250.00
October 2011
Melissa Kelly (Factor 30 Films) American Film Market Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Zak Hilditch IF Awards Practitioner Development $1,200.00
Mike Searle (Storyteller Digital Pty Ltd) World Congress of Science and Factual Producers Travel and Marketing $6,250.00
Marian Bartsch (Mago Films) World Congress of Science and Factual Producers & Asia TV Forum Travel and Marketing $6,250.00
Carmelo Musca (CM Films) World Congress of Science and Factual Producers Travel and Marketing $6,250.00
Annie Murtagh-Monks & Associates NIDA and QUT Graduations - Sydney Practitioner Development $1,000.00
Camille Chen SPAA Fringe SDA Pitch Competition Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Nelson Woss (Woss Group Film Productions Pty Ltd) Busan Film Festival Travel and Marketing $6,250.00
September 2011
Meg Shields (Transcendence Media) AWGIE Awards - 2011 - Sydney Travel and Marketing $1,457.00
Troy Zafer (Zac Toons) MIPCOM - 2011 - France Travel and Marketing $5,600.00
Robert McGlynn (RMKR Holdings Pty Ltd) SPAA - 2011 - Sydney Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Jim Frater (Steadi-Vision Australia Pty Ltd) Phantom Camera Course - 2011 - Los Angeles Practitioner Development $3,000.00
Devia Mcpherson AFTRS, Camera Assistants Workshop - 2011 - Sydney Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Amanda Morrison (RKPix) MIPCOM - 2011 - France Practitioner Development $5,675.00
Sue Taylor (Taylor Media) SPAA - 2011 - Sydney Travel and Marketing $1,500.00
Meg Shields (Transcedence Media) SPAA - 2011 - Sydney Travel and Marketing $1,500.00
Yu-Hsiu Camille Chen (Everythingdances) SPAA - 2011 - Sydney Travel and Marketing $1,500.00
Tenille Kennedy SPAA - 2011 - Sydney Travel and Marketing $1,500.00
Kelrick Martin (Spear Point Productions) SPAA - 2011 - Sydney Travel and Marketing $1,500.00
Bridget Curran SPAA - 2011 - Sydney Travel and Marketing $1,500.00
Mike Searle (Storyteller Digital Pty Ltd) MIPCOM - 2011 - France Travel and Marketing $5,000.00
Dan Brown (Joined Up Films) MIPCOM - 2011 - France Travel and Marketing $6,250.00
August 2011
Matthew Hawksworth Emmy Awards - 2011 - New York Travel and Marketing $5,050.00
Dean Daley-Jones Deadly Awards - 2011 - Sydney Travel and Marketing $1,500.00
Jimmy Jack Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) - 2011 - Melbourne Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Liz Kearney (8th In Line Productions) Strategic Partners - 2011 - Halifax, Canada Practitioner Development $6,095.00
Paul Barron (Great Western Entertainment) MIPCOM - 2011 - France Practitioner Development $6,250.00
Bridget Curran (Interior Castle) Little Airplane Academy - 2011 - New York Practitioner Development $2,566.00
July 2011
Aaron Kennedy (Raging Pixel Productions) GSCA's International Conference & Trade Show - 2011 - Austin, Texas Practitioner Development $4,700.00
Ethan Marrell Screenwriting Expo - 2011 - LA Practitioner Development $2,000.00
Ryan Hodgson (Factor 30 Films) 37 South Market (MIFF) - 2011 - Melbourne Practitioner Development $1,500.00
Bridget Curran (Interior Castle) Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) - 2011 - America Practitioner Development $5,400.00
David Revill (ForgeWorks / TinCanFilms) 37Degrees South - 2011 - Melbourne Practitioner Development $956.00
Jocelyn Quioc Film and TV Law Seminar - 2011 - Melbourne Practitioner Development $950.00
Total: $162,213.00
Skills Development - Professional Attachments
November 2011
Brad Major Production Manager attachment to Brett Popplewell on Deep Dive Challenge Practitioner Development $6,848.00
October 2011
Teya Larsen Camera Assistant attachment to Gavin Head on Sundowner Practitioner Development $2,039.00
August 2011
David Jowsey Renata Murdoch - Casting Attachment with Jub Clarke Faith Martin on Satellite Boy Practitioner Development $4,853.00
Katherine Glass Sound Assistant Attachment to Ben Osmo on The Sapphires Practitioner Development $3,408.00
Total: $17,148.00
Travel Assistance - Established Production Companies
August 2011
Electric Pictures 2011/2012 Established Production Company Travel Assistance Travel and Marketing $35,000.00
Filmscope Entertainment Pty Ltd 2011/2012 Established Production Company Travel Assistance Travel and Marketing $31,841.00
Artemis International 2011/2012 Established Production Company Travel Assistance Travel and Marketing $30,560.00
WBMC 2011/2012 Established Production Company Travel Assistance Travel and Marketing $33,500.00
Media World Pictures 2011/2012 Established Production Company Travel Assistance Travel and Marketing $15,250.00
Prospero Productions 2011/2012 Established Production Company Travel Assistance Travel and Marketing $35,000.00
Total: $181,151.00

Production

General Production Fund
August 2011
Prospero Productions Aussie Truckers Documentary - Series $156,306.00
Total: $156,306.00
Matched Primetime Television Production Fund
August 2011
Ed Punchard (Prospero Productions) ABC/ScreenWest Factual Entertainment Initiative - Production- Vet School Documentary - Series $330,750.00
Electric Pictures The Australian Wine Revolution Documentary - Single $140,000.00
Ed Punchard (Prospero Productions) ABC/ScreenWest Factual Entertainment Initiative Further Stage 2 - Vet School Documentary - Series $20,000.00
Total: $490,750.00

Indigenous Programs

Indigenous Project and Practitioner Development
January 2012
Bush Turkey Films on behalf of recipient AACTA Awards - Sydney - 2012 No Specific Genre $1,500.00
Bush Turkey Films on behalf of recipient AACTA Awards - Sydney - 2012 No Specific Genre $1,500.00
Bush Turkey Films on behalf of recipient AACTA Awards - Sydney - 2012 No Specific Genre $1,500.00
Bush Turkey Films on behalf of recipient AACTA Awards - Sydney - 2012 No Specific Genre $1,500.00
December 2011
Ramu Productions Production Slate Meetings No Specific Genre $2,000.00
November 2011
Jub Clerc WAIF Meeting, Perth 2011 No Specific Genre $1,300.00
August 2011
David Jowsey John Purdie 1st Ad attachment with Marc Ashton on Satellite Boy Practitioner Development $4,460.00
David Jowsey (SB Films) Deanella Purdie wardrobe DPT attachment with Maria Pattison on Satellite Boy Practitioner Development $4,853.00
Katherine Glass Sound Assistant Attachment to Ben Osmo on the Sapphires Practitioner Development $2,349.00
July 2011
Tayrne Laffar Jeff Gomez Transmedia Masterclass - 2011 - Perth Practitioner Development $198.00
Total: $21,160.00

Digital

Digital Breakout - Production Fund
December 2011
Banksia Media Our Streets No Specific Genre $39,940.00
McArdle Digital Media Arts Memory Walls No Specific Genre $40,000.00
Total: $79,940.00
Digital Scoping (Development) Fund
December 2011
Crewjo Probed New Media - Online $4,000.00
July 2011
Kelrick Martin (Spear Point Productions) A Quicke Guide to the Universe New Media - Online $4,000.00
Amanda Morrison (RKPix) Curry Cricket No Specific Genre $4,000.00
Total: $12,000.00
Digital Breakout - Development Fund
December 2011
Balthazaar Media Similiar and Familiar Other $5,000.00
September 2011
Inkubator Pty Ltd The Lunchbox Project No Specific Genre $5,000.00
Sovereign Pictures Pty Ltd Kuku Island - A refugee's perspective No Specific Genre $5,000.00
Total: $15,000.00