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Screen Australia commits $500K to West Coast Visions feature films
Screen Australia’s pre-commitment of up to $500K equity into the West Coast Visions initiative will boost support for talented WA filmmakers, with past recipients including writer/directors Jub Clerc, Renée Webster and David Vincent Smith.
Screenwest welcomes Shane McNeil as Development Manager
Shane will bring a wealth of creative skills and practical experience to the role, where he will be responsible for the delivery and management of Screenwest’s scripted project and practitioner development programs.
Screenwest to undertake consultation with WA scripted practitioners
Screenwest is reaching out to WA screen practitioners to help us gauge how our Development, Scripted and Footloose Production Fund Guidelines could be updated to support, attract and retain WA talent, increase crew capacity and grow Western Australian production levels.
CREW SPOTLIGHT: ‘Blueback’ costume designer, Lien See Leong
A Western Australian costume designer who has worked across a wide array of local and international projects (including The Heights and Crazy Rich Asians), Lien See Leong chats to Screenwest about her career and her work on WA feature Blueback.
2022 Wrap Up
2022 has seen the release of several major Western Australian productions, with the State Government continuing their commitment to diversifying the economy through screen industry investments, including the launch of the WA Production Attraction Incentive and support for digital games.
Screenwest to roll out The Everyone Project in January 2023
The Everyone Project is an industry-wide initiative to measure diversity and the inclusion of historically under-represented and excluded voices and filmmakers in Australian film and TV production, with Screenwest rolling out the project across production funding from January 2023.
Kelli Cross selected as WA recipient of SBS Emerging Writers Incubator
First Nations WA writer/director Kelli Cross is one of six screenwriters selected for the nationwide program, joining Easy Tiger Productions in NSW. Congratulations Kelli!
CREW SPOTLIGHT: Shipwreck Hunters Australia editor, Meredith Watson Jeffrey
A Western Australian editor who has worked across a slew of scripted and documentary projects (including The Heights and Facing Monsters), Meredith Watson Jeffrey chats to Screenwest about her career and her newest project, Disney+ Original series Shipwreck Hunters Australia.
PRODUCTION COMPANY SPOTLIGHT: Prospero Productions
The Western Australian production company is in production on a new documentary series for Channel 7 and Discovery, Outback Farm, which is set to continue the adventures of the water drilling Haigh family from Outback Truckers.
PRODUCTION COMPANY SPOTLIGHT: Siamese
WA production company and post-production house Siamese has had two new animated projects greenlit for production, 200% Wolf and 100% Wolf: The Book of Hath, continuing their successful partnership with NSW’s Flying Bark Productions.
Australian audiences flocking to the cinema to see How To Please a Woman
Renée Webster’s debut feature film is winning hearts all over Australia with audiences flocking to the cinema across its first three weeks.
WA Government and Screenwest announce WA Screen Industry Strategy
The Western Australian Government and Screenwest are pleased to announce the development of the WA Screen Industry Strategy, set to provide a 10-year vision for development of WA Screen sector.
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Image credit: Cast and crew of Blueback on location in Bremer Bay, Western Australia © David Dare Parker