This years Lotterywest Festival Films will have exclusive award winning films from major international film festivals screening as part of the Perth International Arts Festival as well as an exclusive showcase of Short Films from the European Film Academy. The Film Festival will run from November 30 through to April 18, 2010. Read More
Ex-pat West Australian Claire Tonkin has won the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award for an original script written by a non-US citizen younger than 30. Claire will be presented with the award at the International Emmy World Television Festival in New York later this month. Read More
The Australian Cinematography Society State Awards were held in Adelaide on Saturday 7 November for Western Australia and South Australia. A number of West Australians took out their categories. Read More
Produced by Electric Pictures, "Addicted to Money" is the program for anyone who wants to know how the financial crisis came about, what it means for us now, and what we can do to create a sustainable economy. Episode 2, "Nowhere to Hide" is screening Thursday November 12 at 8.35pm on ABC1.
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Munich International, Canada International Film Festival, ITVS International Call, The International Wildlife Film Festival and Wisconsin Film Festival have contacted ScreenWest to call for entries from Western Australian productions. Read More
Professional Placements is a new ScreenWest skills development program that provides emerging and mid-career WA filmmakers with the opportunity to work with a mentor, sponsor company or industry professional for a period of up to six months. Applications close on December 7, 2009. Read More
This Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) course explores the principles of creating and writing narrative comedy for television and film. Tim Ferguson will run the course in Perth from 9:30am to 4:30pm on November 14 & 15, 2009. FULLY BOOKED Read More
The SPAA Annual Conference is the premier business and networking event for film, television and new media producers. The 2009 conference is being held in Sydney from November 17 - 21, 2009. The full program has just been released. Read More
The "What's in Production" document on ScreenWest's website has the latest information on Western Australian projects in pre-production, production and post production. Read More
The Australian Copyright Council (ACC) has published a practical guide for anyone responsible for getting copyright clearances. It will prove useful for people whose main role is seeking permissions, as well as those working on or producing short films, plays, publications or similar projects. Read More
Produced by Electric Pictures, "Addicted to Money" is a three-part series for anyone who wants to know how the financial crisis came about, what it means for us now, and what we can do to create a sustainable economy. The first episode ‘Who Killed the Economy?' will screen on Thursday November 5 at 8.35pm ABC1. Read More