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Executive Producer opportunity available on Elevate 2022
Screenwest is seeking expressions of interest from experienced WA producers and production companies interested in overseeing the Elevate 2022 projects, as Executive Producer.
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2022
Screenwest is proud to be honouring this year’s NAIDOC theme Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!, highlighting several Western Australian screen projects made by Indigenous filmmakers in recent years.
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.
Applications now open for First Break professional development program
The Australian Writers’ Guild and Screenwest are offering 12 emerging screenwriters the opportunity to participate in three workshops covering note-taking, script coordinating and the basics of a writers’ room.
CinefestOZ reveals its $100K film prize finalists
Four Australian films, including Jub Clerc’s WA Indigenous coming-of-age feature Sweet As, will compete for the festival’s film prize in August.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s GALCAC Aboriginal Film Festival kicks off for NAIDOC week
Running from 4-8 July during NAIDOC week, the 2022 festival sees Indigenous features and locally-produced shorts screening for free at Kalgoorlie’s Orana Cinemas.
Uplifting WA documentary series, Children’s Hospital premieres tonight on Channel 9
Prospero’s heartwarming series follows two remarkable hospitals and their dedicated teams of doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals, who face the daily challenge of treating sick children.
Applications now open for MIFF 37º South Post Script & Direct 2022
Screenwest is offering the opportunity for up to five Western Australian writers and directors to participate in the exclusive Post Script & Direct networking program at MIFF 2022. Applications close at 10:00pm WST on Wednesday, 22 June 2022.
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.
Zoe Pepper’s debut feature ‘Birthright’ lands West Coast Visions 2022
Zoe Pepper and Cody Greenwood’s black comedy has been selected as the 2022 recipient of Screenwest’s highly coveted West Coast Visions initiative, which will provide them with a $750,000 production grant.
Elevate 2022 is now open
Screenwest is pleased to open applications for Elevate, which invests in the professional skills development of our most talented emerging filmmakers who are committed to a career in film and television. Elevate30 and Elevate70 close on Monday, 19 September 2022 at 5:00pm AWST.
‘WA Reflections’ short documentary initiative back for 2022
Screenwest and the State Library of WA are offering up to $15,000 production funding for up to six, early to mid-career WA filmmaking teams to produce documentary films of up to five minutes in duration. Applications close Monday, 4 July 2022 at 5:00pm AWST.
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Image credit: Cast and crew of Blueback on location in Bremer Bay, Western Australia © David Dare Parker