(L-R): Brooke Silcox and Shakara Walley
Brooke Silcox and Shakara Walley have been named as the recipients of the Screenwest Emerging Producer Initiative.
The initiative provides emerging Western Australian producers with a year of tailored professional development opportunities and project development funding, a package valued at $100,000.
“This is a fantastic program that offers assistance to emerging practitioners who have demonstrated their commitment to becoming established producers. The application process was highly competitive with the outcome resulting in funding two strong candidates,” said Screenwest chief executive Ian Booth.
“This is an amazing career opportunity to further their careers. Both producers will be supported to develop their producing skills, develop new projects and make national and international industry contacts.”
Brooke Silcox’s screen experience includes producing the soon-to-be-released feature documentary Meal Tickets, which will have its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival this August. She is also currently producing the short documentary series about artist Ian Strange, Suburban Interventions, as a part of Art Bites for ABC iView.
Walley is the creator, co-writer and producer of web-series Aussie Rangers, currently in pre-production with Factor 30 Films for ABC Indigenous.
Walley was one of ten people chosen Australia wide to be part of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Producers Initiative and was selected as the producer attachment to David Jowsey (Bunya Productions) and Vincent Sheehan (Porchlight Films) on Jasper Jones.
Walley comes from a theatre background where she worked on the Perth International Arts Festival openers The Giants and Home in addition to various plays for the Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company.