News Articles for Screenwest (Australia)

WA arts organisations are aiming to broaden their revenue streams amid falling income for Lotterywest.

ScreenWest has appointed its inaugural board as an independent not-for-profit organisation, having now completed its transition from a government agency.

Screenwest today announced that, after 10 years as chief executive, Ian Booth will leave the organisation at the end of the year.

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The state's peak body for screen funding and development, Screenwest, has today formalised its transition from a government agency to an independent not-for-profit organisation.

Screen funding and development agency ScreenWest has announced plans to amalgamate the Film & Television Institute WA.

Job creation and increased investment in the local industry are among the hoped-for outcomes of Screenwest's move to new headquarters and planned change in corporate structure.

State government gaming agency Lotterywest has beaten its revenue budget and grabbed its biggest share of spending per capita for three years, but it continues to watch the threat of online gambling and other web-based gaming products from outside Western Australia.

Film production legal adviser Bryce Menzies has been appointed to the Screenwest board.

The state government has provided $16 million to ScreenWest to boost film productions in Western Australia.

WA's South West is attracting more creative talent, with efforts to connect people and grow businesses beginning to bear fruit.

Janelle Marr, managing director of strategy consultancy firm Step Beyond Business Advisors has been appointed as the chairwoman of the ScreenWest board.

The 33 cents of every dollar spent by Western Australians on Lotterywest games each week has pushed the state lottery's community contributions to a record high.

Premier Colin Barnett has formally announced his new chief of staff will be Peter (Willie) Rowe, who has recently wound down his lobbying business Third House in anticipation of taking on the new role.

Western Australia's game developers have been given a helping hand following a public acknowledgement that the barriers to their success are significant.

The culture and arts sector has not emerged unscathed from last week's state budget as the government seeks to keep the accounts in the black.

ScreenWest has appointed Annabel Sheehan as director of production investment.

The Film and Television Institute is forging the way for game developers in Western Australia, appointing Kate Raynes-Goldie as its first director of Interactive Programs.

Western Australia is growing its reputation as a hot spot for film production, boasting good stories, vast landscapes that make for ideal settings and an increasing number of home-grown feature fil

AN influx of new feature film and television productions in Western Australia has prompted one local producer to claim that Perth could become the next Hollywood.

Exciting times are likely to continue for the state's film and television industry, according to ScreenWest CEO Ian Booth, following last week's announcement of the beneficiary of the 2008 West Coast Visions initiative.

The state's peak film industry body, ScreenWest, has made a number of recent management changes on the back of a string of successes in the local film industry.

The WA Government has allocated $3 million through ScreenWest to three new production projects in this year's first round of funding from the Screen Industry Partnership Fund.