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.
Mad Kids co-founder and managing director Lauren Elliott is launching a new production company focused on long-form television and features, Galactic Baby.
Set in Perth’s notorious KGB (Koondoola, Girrawheen, Balga), the series follows two rookie detectives, tough guy Jack and gentle giant Nigel, as they deal with the chaos of their new jobs, no-nonsense boss, work rivals, drug dealers and suspects who consistently turn out to be family. Despite battling their own insecurities at every turn, and the fact that Jack bullied Nigel in high school, these two might just turn out to be KGB’s finest detectives.
NITV and Screenwest have partnered on a new initiative ‘First Voices’, calling for in-language documentary ideas from emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander screen practitioners.
Screenwest has launched a pilot $100,000 production and development fund for Western Australian interactive projects, designed to grow the state's work in areas such as virtual reality and games
The ABC has green lit comedy web series 'KGB', from brothers Luke and Dan Riches - a project borne out of Screenwest’s Indigenous online initiative, Originate.
Jules Duncan’s 'The Big Yarn' and Nir Shelter’s 'Home' won the Monte Miller Awards for the best unproduced scripts presented by the Australian Writers Guild in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
With the exception of flagship serials 'Home and Away' and 'Neighbours', for the last few years, long-form adult drama has all but disappeared from our screens, replaced by high budget, short-run shows.