ScreenWest is pleased to announce screen industry senior executive Annabelle Sheehan has been appointed as Director Production Investment.
The incoming CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation is keen to continue supporting a diverse range of projects across multiple platforms and to foster indigenous filmmaking in the State.
The South Australian screen industry contributed $77.2 million to the state’s economy in 2013/14 and supported full-time employment for 754 according to a new report prepared by Deloitte Access Economics.
The South Australian Film Corporation is merging the Adelaide Studios and production departments.
The development of the new strategy has been guided by SAFC’s Aboriginal Screen Strategy Executive Lee-Ann Buckskin and SAFC CEO Annabelle Sheehan.
As well as access to the Pirrku Kuu Hub, a dedicated story room for Aboriginal screen makers, the four – Kiara Milera, Joel Brown and brothers Edoardo and Michael Crismani – will participate in SAFC-led professional development opportunities throughou
Produced by Trevor Blainey ('Noise', 'Cut Snake') and written by Nigel Karikari, the film will tell the story of Selina, a vampire who returns to a remote farmstead to destroy the last vestiges of her humanity – her long abandoned son.
Annabelle Sheehan will be the next chief executive of the New Zealand Film Commission, replacing Dave Gibson.