ScreenWest, AWG announce 2013 Tele-Navigator Development Program

ScreenWest yesterday launched the 2013 Tele-Navigator Development Program, aimed at supporting the development of television content in Western Australia. more...

[Wed 24/04/2013 12:00:00]

ABC TV commissions four Indigenous short documentaries

ABC TV has commissioned four Western Australian Indigenous filmmakers to create positive and inspirational mini documentary stories encapsulating the theme of Seasons. more...

[Tue 26/03/2013 12:00:00]

WA Liberal government pledges $2m to attract more film to the state

The Western Australian Liberal government has pledged to commit an extra $2 million over four years to attract more film production to the state. more...

[Thu 21/02/2013 12:00:00]

Robert Connolly's children's film Paper Planes set to shoot in WA this year

ScreenWest has invested in Robert Connolly's upcoming children's film Paper Planes. more...

[Tue 15/01/2013 12:00:00]

ScreenWest names six projects to receive 3 to 1 program funding

Six Western Australian screen projects will split $250,000 in government funding after being selected by ScreenWest's 3 to 1 crowdfunding scheme. more...

[Thu 20/12/2012 12:00:00]

ScreenWest 3 to 1 crowdfunding initiative fills up fast

ScreenWest's first crowdfunding initiative, 3 to 1, has filled its $250,000 funding allocation within hours of its launch. more...

[Fri 14/12/2012 12:00:00]

World of Women: WOW Film Festival 2013

The 19th World of Women WOW Film Festival will be held in Sydney, March 2013, in celebrating International Women's Day more...

[Fri 14/12/2012 12:00:00]

ScreenWest overhauls board

ScreenWest director Peter Rowe is set to replace Erica Smyth as the state agency's chairperson while Janelle Marr and Dax Calder have been appointed to the board. more...

[Mon 03/12/2012 12:00:00]

Crowdfunded Super Dingo returns with new episode

Crowdfunding is just one element driving the success of new Perth comedy series Super Dingo more...

[Mon 17/09/2012 12:00:00]

West Coast Visions backs The Children

Claire McCarthy's second film is a family drama but the tone is lighthearted and it contains flashbacks to Afghanistan. more...

[Tue 17/07/2012 12:00:00]

ScreenWest releases new funding guidelines

New funding guidelines offer bigger incentive to film in WA more...

[Thu 28/06/2012 12:00:00]

'Blame' producer Ryan Hodgson appointed ScreenWest investment manager

Hodgson joins Defrim Isai's production team from June 18 more...

[Wed 13/06/2012 12:00:00]

WA government reappoints Ian Booth to lead ScreenWest

The incumbent ScreenWest chief executive has been reappointed to the position for a further five years more...

[Thu 12/04/2012 12:00:00]

Casting notice: 'Yagan' documentary

The search is on for an Aboriginal male actor/presenter for the ABC TV documentary production, ‘Yagan'. more...

[Wed 11/01/2012 12:00:00]

Sue Taylor and Amanda Higgs join ScreenWest board

Filmmakers Sue Taylor and Amanda Higgs have been appointed to the ScreenWest board for three years more...

[Wed 21/12/2011 12:00:00]

WA's FTI appoints new CEO, begins review, WA Screen Awards on hold

Western Australia's Film & Television Institute has appointed Paul Bodlovich as its new chief executive officer more...

[Wed 23/11/2011 12:00:00]

ScreenWest Indigenous Strategy wins Premier's Award

ScreenWest has been recognised for its work supporting Indigenous filmmakers and storytelling more...

[Thu 17/11/2011 12:00:00]

WA production spend falls to four-year low

Western Australia's total screen production fell to its lowest level in four years in 2010-11 as several productions struggled to raise finance more...

[Thu 06/10/2011 12:00:00]

Screen NSW chief executive Tania Chambers resigns

Screen NSW chief executive Tania Chambers has decided to end her five-year tenure at the State agency more...

[Fri 02/09/2011 12:00:00]

Sam Worthington surf film Drift starts filming next week

Worthington will star alongside Twilight's Xavier Samuel and Wolverine's Myles Pollard more...

[Tue 26/07/2011 12:00:00]

Defrim Isai appointed ScreenWest director of production investment

The South Australian Film Corporation's Defrim Isai will replace ScreenWest's Harry Bardwell later this year more...

[Wed 29/06/2011 12:00:00]

These Final Hours receives ScreenWest funding

The apocalyptic thriller has received funding via ScreenWest's West Coast Visions program more...

[Wed 18/05/2011 12:00:00]

Aussie producers to attend Canadian film and TV co-production market

Strategic Partners have put the Spotlight on Australian producers more...

[Wed 30/03/2011 12:00:00]

New children's show Mal.com starts filming today in WA

A new show Mal.com went into production today in Perth, WA more...

[Mon 28/03/2011 12:00:00]

WA's Mike Searle announced as US Producer intern at Paramount

ScreenWest and Screen Australia have sent the producer to LA for a 6 month internship more...

[Tue 08/03/2011 12:00:00]

ABC appoints Factual Entertainment Consultant

Sara Ramsden joins ABC TV as part of the SAFC/ScreenWest Factual Entertainment Initiative more...

[Thu 03/02/2011 12:00:00]

ABC and ScreenWest collaborate on $1.6m initiative

The initiative is aimed at developing original ideas for a series of factual programs more...

[Mon 31/01/2011 12:00:00]

ScreenWest's production and development director announces his exit

After six years at ScreenWest, Harry Bardwell will say goodbye later this year more...

[Thu 27/01/2011 12:00:00]

Indigenous film program to tour East Africa

Murdoch University is touring films across Rwanda and Tanzania more...

[Tue 14/12/2010 12:00:00]

ScreenWest and SBS join forces for new doco

A new joint initiative will result in a WA interactive documentary project more...

[Fri 05/11/2010 12:00:00]

ScreenWest seeks business manager

ScreenWest is seeking an experienced business affairs manager more...

[Wed 28/07/2010 12:00:00]

Wasted On The Young acquired by Fortissimo

Australian feature Wasted On The Young has been acquired by international sales agent Fortissimo Films more...

[Thu 25/03/2010 12:00:00]

Indigenous initiative to preserve storytelling

ScreenWest is calling for applications from Indigenous communities who are interested in recording, preserving and archiving their stories more...

[Wed 17/02/2010 12:00:00]

ScreenWest appoints production operations manager

ScreenWest has appointed Vikki Barr into the newly created position of production operations manager more...

[Wed 27/01/2010 12:00:00]

Bran Nue Dae posts $2.6m opening week

West Australian made feature film Bran Nue Dae has taken $2.6 million at the box office in its first week more...

[Thu 21/01/2010 12:00:00]

WA productions shine at AFI Awards

WA productions ride the wave of success at the 2009 AFI Awards more...

[Thu 17/12/2009 12:00:00]

ScreenWest posts record year

The WA screen industry has claimed a record year with investment of $5.33 million more...

[Wed 14/10/2009 12:00:00]

Applications open for Production Attraction Fund

The ScreenWest Production Attraction Fund will again be offered this year more...

[Wed 16/09/2009 12:00:00]

Searching for Western Australians' Secrets and Lives

ScreenWest and SBS are looking to uncover the secrets and lives of compelling WA characters for prime time television more...

[Tue 18/08/2009 12:00:00]

FTO offers scholarships

FTO is offering three scholarships to senior and mid-level NSW screen professionals to participate in a media executive leadership program. more...

[Mon 10/08/2009 12:00:00]

ScreenWest Director Production Development Announced

ScreenWest has re-appointed Harry Bardwell to Director Production and Development more...

[Wed 22/04/2009 12:00:00]

ScreenWest board approves funding review

The WA agency has approved an overhaul of its funding program following an extensive review more...

[Tue 17/02/2009 12:00:00]

The new face of street art

Reface, a new interactive website calls on street artists across Australia is set to help examine and challenge the way we look at street art. more...

[Mon 09/02/2009 12:00:00]

Twitter reveals key to ScreenWest plans

ScreenWest plans to tighten its guidelines to encourage higher employment of West Australians in key production roles, according to comments made at the state agency's funding review on Friday. more...

[Fri 23/01/2009 12:00:00]

Tim Winton short film wraps in WA

Filming has just wrapped in Western Australia on a ten-minute screen adaptation of Tim Winton's classic short story, The Water was Dark and It Went Forever Down. more...

[Mon 15/12/2008 12:00:00]

WA television industry pioneers celebrated

A special public exhibition is being planned by the Australian Museum of Motion Picture Technology (AMMPT) to recognise the ingenuity and efforts of Western Australians involved in creating and providing television entertainment over the past fifty years. more...

[Mon 15/12/2008 12:00:00]

WA & Singapore the new co-pro hubs

Following the launch of the Media Development Authority & ScreenWest Cross-Media Development Initiative in October, the two agencies... more...

[Mon 15/12/2008 12:00:00]

ScreenWest congratulates WA DOPs

Eight Western Australian cinematographers have been recognised for their outstanding achievements in film, television and video productions at the 2008 Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) SA-WA State Awards. more...

[Fri 07/11/2008 12:00:00]

Kununurra to get first look at "Australia"

Kununurra has joined Sydney, Bowen and Darwin as one of the first communities to jointly host the world premiere of Baz Lurhmann's epic, Australia. more...

[Fri 07/11/2008 12:00:00]

Perth Fest to showcase four WA films

Perth audiences will again be captivated by the local screen industry with four Western Australian short films selected to screen at the 2008/09 Lotterywest Festival Films season at the Perth International Arts Festival. more...

[Fri 07/11/2008 12:00:00]

WA docos win at Cherokee Film Fest

The Western Australian documentary CASE 442 and Jarlmandangah: Our Dream, Our Reality has won awards at the 2008 International Cherokee Film Festival. more...

[Thu 30/10/2008 12:00:00]

Film industry the new pearl of Broome

Broome continues to establish itself as a first-rate location in the Australian film industry with two major productions currently under way, one of which will star Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush. more...

[Thu 30/10/2008 12:00:00]

ScreenWest's annual report now online

ScreenWest's Annual Report for the 2007-08 financial year has been tabled in Parliament and is now available to view. more...

[Thu 23/10/2008 12:00:00]

ScreenWest offers travel grants for XML in LA

ScreenWest has announced that Western Australian projects selected to pitch at the Lab are eligible to apply to ScreenWest for a Practitioner Development Travel Grant. more...

[Tue 14/10/2008 12:00:00]

ScreenWest invites feedback on funding program

ScreenWest has invited screen industry practitioners and organisations to be part of a review into its development and production funding programs. more...

[Tue 14/10/2008 12:00:00]

Two WA projects awarded iArts initiative

Two innovative Western Australian projects will receive $160,000 in the inaugural iArts initiative funded by the Department of Culture and the Arts, ScreenWest and ABC TV. more...

[Thu 02/10/2008 12:00:00]

News Feature: Novelist turns film director

Novelist turned film director Christopher Kenworthy has just completed his first feature, The Sculptor, and he talks to INSIDE FILM about getting this supernatural thriller produced. more...

[Wed 17/09/2008 12:00:00]

Caretaker Conventions apply to ScreenWest

ScreenWest has temporarily suspended circulation of ScreenOnline during this Caretaker period, due to Western Australia's upcoming elections. more...

[Mon 18/08/2008 12:00:00]

NSW FTO to host international media leadership program

The New South Wales Film and Television Office (FTO) will host the innovative Asia-Australia Media Executive Leadership Program (AAMELP) in Sydney in November this year. more...

[Fri 08/08/2008 12:00:00]

WA Young Filmmaker gets foot in Doorpost

WA's Young Filmmaker of the Year, director Maziar Lahooti has been accepted to the Doorpost Film Project in Nashville. more...

[Tue 05/08/2008 12:00:00]

Skippy hops back to TV

ScreenWest has announced that the classic 60's children's series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is set to return to TV in a new documentary supported by WA. more...

[Tue 05/08/2008 12:00:00]

God Made Them Blind to premiere in WA

Western Australian documentary God Made Them Blind will have its world premiere at the Film and Television Institute (FTI) in Fremantle next Thursday August 7. more...

[Thu 31/07/2008 12:00:00]

International mentor signs on for Keyframe

The Film and Television Institute (FTI) has announced Nathan McGuiness, the Creative Director at Los Angeles-based Kommitted Films, will act as a mentor for one of its KEYFRAME animation projects. more...

[Mon 28/07/2008 12:00:00]

Two WA shorts to screen in London

Two Western Australian shorts are among 13 Australian films selected to screen in London next week at the prestigious Rushes Soho Shorts Festival. more...

[Mon 28/07/2008 12:00:00]

ScreenWest launches Nick Shorts initiative

With the launch of the new Nick Short animation initiative, Western Australian animators will have the chance to screen nationally on childnre's broadcaster Nickelodeon. more...

[Mon 28/07/2008 12:00:00]

WA filmmakers gets their shorts on screen

ScreenWest's annual showcase of short films, Get Your Shorts On!, will be back for another year showcasing an exceptional lineup of Western Australian films during the 11th Revelation Perth International Film Festival in Perth. more...

[Tue 08/07/2008 12:00:00]

ScreenWest REVs up for 2008 Festival

ScreenWest has announced it will host two special events as part of the 11th Revelation Perth International Film Festival, this year being hosted in and around the Astor Cinema, Mt Lawley. more...

[Fri 27/06/2008 12:00:00]

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