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Reminder - expressions of interest are open for new members to join the Screenwest Industry Advisory Group Committee (IAGC). A subcommittee of the Screenwest Board, the IAGC assists the Board to maintain currency with issues and trends affecting the WA screen industry. The IAGC is committed to constantly refreshing membership and ensuring diversity across the sector and experience levels. Expressions of interest close Saturday, 30 November at 5:00pm AWST - submit below ⬇️

Detective Jay Swan is back in the west! Production has commenced in WA's South West on the highly anticipated second season of MYSTERY ROAD: ORIGIN, with WA actors Mark Coles Smith, Tuuli Narkle and Clarence Ryan reprising their lead roles from season one. The six-part drama produced by Bunya Productions is the fourth Mystery Road series to be filmed in Western Australia. Mystery Road: Origin season two will air on ABC TV and ABC iview in 2025. Lotterywest | Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

Screenwest is hiring a Funding Team Officer! We're looking for a passionate and engaging professional with experience in Film & TV production and administration to join our close-knit Production Attraction & Services team based in Perth. You will play an integral role in the successful delivery of our Production Attraction Services by supporting with the day-to-day operations of production attraction support services, locations services, and film friendly schemes and activities. Head to the Current Vacancies page on our website to apply ⬇️

We're pleased to announce BIG BACKYARD QUIZ, a National Indigenous Television, NITV series full of games and quiz rounds exploring the people and history of Australia, has been greenlit for production in WA. Along with Lotterywest, we're strongly committed to growing the WA First Nations screen sector, supporting career pathways and professional skills development opportunities for local practitioners. Thanks to support from Screenwest, NITV will be offering a select number of guaranteed roles for WA First Nations crew members. Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Read more ⬇️

Along with the State Library of Western Australia, we're pleased to announce short documentary initiative, WA Reflections, is back for a third year. Selected filmmaking teams will receive up to $25,000 production funding per project to produce a short documentary film, creatively utilising items from the State Library’s archive collection. We're inviting interested applicants to attend an archive storytelling workshop on 30 November. Facilitated by award-winning WA documentary filmmaker Nel Minchin, the workshop will provide an overview of how to transform archival content into compelling universal stories. Participants attending in person will be given the opportunity to view the collection materials. Register here ⬇️

We've launched our new Targeted Industry Capacity Building Program, made possible through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries’ workforce capacity support for the WA screen industry. The program is designed to fill industry capacity gaps in longform scripted drama, fast tracking growth in key sectors of the WA screen industry to better service growing production levels in the State. The program is calling for bold ideas to increase the capacity in the following sectors: - Unit - Lighting - Gripping/Rigging; - Catering The application deadline is Thursday, 6 February 2025 at 5:00pm AWST.

We're pleased to announce that brand new WA documentary series, OUR MEDICINE will screen on National Indigenous Television, NITV, Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia and SBS On Demand in 2025. The six-part observational series takes viewers behind the frontline of our strained medical services and joins patients on their emotional journeys through the system. Our Medicine shines an important light on First Nations professionals and communities taking control of Indigenous health. The series is produced by Karla Hart and Periscope Pictures’ Sam Field, and co-directed by Karla alongside Broome-based filmmaker Kimberley Benjamin. Screen Australia | Lotterywest | Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

Brand new VR documentary THE GREAT KIMBERLEY WILDERNESS will premiere for WA Museum audiences around Western Australia from 23 November! Narrated by Luke Hemsworth and produced by WA's White Spark Pictures, the immersive film will transport viewers to one of the most spectacular and pristine landscapes in the world in 360-degree VR. The Great Kimberley Wilderness will screen at four of the Museum's public sites - The WA Museum Boola Bardip, the Museum of the Great Southern, the Museum of Geraldton and the Museum of the Goldfields. Tickets on sale now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gwS4QQ6C Lotterywest | Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

Maggie Beer AO has just taken out Best Host of a Television Format at the C21 Awards in MIPCOM! Recognised for her work on Artemis Media Pty Ltd's WA documentary series MAGGIE BEER'S BIG MISSION, Maggie faced some fierce competition including global TV heavyweights Stephen Fry, Jimmy Kimmel and Alan Cumming. Maggie Beer's Big Mission also scored a nomination for Best Factual Entertainment. 📸 Artemis Media's Managing Director/Executive Producer Celia Tait (R) at MIPCOM in Cannes with Roberta Allan, ABC Head of Programming, Acquisitions & Streaming.

HE AIN'T HEAVY is now in cinemas. Supported through our West Coast Visions initiative, the film is the debut feature of writer/director David Vincent Smith and producer Jess Parker. Starring real-life mother and daughter Greta Scacchi and Leila George alongside Sam Corlett, the film is inspired by true events and follows a desperate sister who kidnaps her beloved brother to save him from addiction. Congratulations to all of the film's creatives, cast and crew! Search for session times here ➡️ https://ow.ly/LkhQ50TNg8Z Lotterywest | Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries