Western Australian writers Gary Hamaguchi and Jesse Laurie will receive $100,000 each to develop their skills and screen projects after being named as the recipients of the Bill Warnock Talent Accelerator.
The Australian Writers' Guild has announced the next cohort of First Break participants, with 13 aspiring screenwriters selected to take part in the WA initiative.
Screenwest's capability development programs, Elevate and Elevate+, are set to support five new short films.