Screenwest's re-imagined 2020 West Coast Visions program will fast track more new talent in a two-stage model.
Growing up in the Beagle Bay and Broome regions of the Kimberley in Western Australia, Jub Clerc was regaled with stories of the spirit of a woman that lived in the mangroves and stole children.
CinefestOZ is heading north with Broome set to host an iteration of the regional film festival.
The launch project for Tasmanian Aboriginal screen production company kutikina Productions and a new production from Jub Clerc and Jodie Bell are among the Digital Originals to be selected for further development funding.
To celebrate the 40 years since its inception, the Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) will launch a series of mentoring sessions from some of its most high profile members, starting this week.
Writer/director Renée Webster and producers Tania Chambers of Feisty Dame Productions and Judi Levine of Such Much Films are the recipients of Screenwest's 2019 West Coast Visions initiative.
Viewers won’t know it when the second season of 'The Heights' premieres on the ABC next year, but the 30-episode drama is being enhanced in both production design and cinematography.
Screenwest’s West Coast Visions funding, which backs debut feature directors from WA, has proven to be one of the country’s most effective talent escalators. From this year onward, Screen Australia will commit an extra $500,000 to the initiative annually. IF talks to recent recipients, the teams behind 'He Ain't Heavy', now in post, and 'Birthright', now fully financed and set to enter production later this year.