Screenwest has unveiled production funding for 13 projects via its new Digital Games Production Fund, and has also put development funding towards four documentaries.
An octogenarian perspective on modern dating, mutually beneficial dog rescues, and monumental community spirit form the subject matter of the WA formats moving into development as part of the ABC's Factual Formats Initiative.
State borders may have become more defined in the wake of COVID-19 but the inverse has occurred among the state screen agencies, who presented a united front at this week's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).
Screenwest has secured an industry coup with the appointment of highly awarded documentary film director Paul Damian Williams as its new documentary manager.
Director Paul Williams and producer Shannon Swan's portrait of the late blind Indigenous musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, 'Gurrumul', won Best Documentary Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), held in Brisbane last night.
For director Paul Williams and producer Shannon Swan, their portrait of the late blind Indigenous musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Gurrumul, was always made with aims to be more than just about the artist himself.