Welcome to our February eNews. It's been a busy month at Screenworks as our growing team is planning an increasing range of events and opportunities for our local screen industry.
We are excited about the line up of guest speakers at Screenworks' 2-day seminar on The Business of Producing plus the cast and crew of a new Australian film Broke will be guest speakers at our Byron screening on March 31st.
Take a look at how you can catch up on Screenworks recent event highlights at Screenworks On Demand channel and how you can help us take the next step with that project.
Read on to find out more or click on the links to go straight to the stories.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Lisa & Ken
SCREENWORKS EVENTS
THE BUSINESS OF PRODUCING A comprehensive 2-day seminar on best practice for documentary and drama production. Connect with some of Australia's most accomplished producers and executives as they share key screen industry advice through case studies, presentations, roundtable discussions and one on ones meetings.
Friday March 11 and Saturday March 12
SAE Creative Institute Byron Bay
BROKE "A redemption tale, a salt of the earth drama with typical Aussie humour." Screening event plus Q & A with Director Heath Davis, Producer Luke Graham and lead actors Max Cullen & Steve La Marquand.
7pm Thursday 31 March
Byron Bay Community Centre
SCREENWORKS NEWS
SCREENWORKS ON DEMAND Have you seen the impressive line up of guest speakers on our Screenworks On Demand YouTube channel? You can now catch the genuius Tony Ayres, the brilliant Julie Eckersley and the entertaining Benjamin Law as they talk about adapting books for the screen in our latest series of webisodes.
WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE Have you noticed that we recently rebranded our YouTube channel to become Screenworks On Demand? But - we now really want to change the URL to match our new brand - but first we need at least 100 subscribers. Please help us by subscribing. It's easy - just CLICK HERE and then confirm your subscription.
SCREENWORKS MEMBER NEWS
EXPOSED: DEAN JEFFREYS In this month's EXPOSED, we talk to Screenworks member Dean Jeffreys - a documentary filmmaker and social change activist. His film Shamans of the Amazon was broadcast on SBS and has become a cult film on Shamans and ayahuasca. We spoke to Dean about his work and his passions, and also his latest crowdfunding campaign†...more
DEAN JEFFREYS' CROWDFUNDING THE GOD MOLECULE Screenworks member Dean Jeffreys is crowdfunding for his upcoming film The God Molecule and the Shamanic Toad. Following on from his success with Shamans of the Amazon, this film is a personal journey into the mysterious world of the MOST powerful Entheogenic molecule known to man, 5-MeO-DMT or “The God Molecule†...more
DEADLOCK - THE NEXT STAGE Every Cloud Productions has adopted a staged approach for the development of Deadlock and will start by creating 6 x 9 minute online series, with a view to using this to secure Development of an ongoing project that can incorporate the other strong stories and talents that emerged over the course of the Workshop. Congratulations to Billie Pleffer who was selected as the initial voice, based on her pitch for the first episode...more
Screen Australia will live stream its half-day symposium to encourage discussion and strategic thinking around careers and business, with a particular focus on challenges and opportunities for women in the screen industry...more
Dates for this year's Screen NSW production finance have been released. The Production Finance Program provides funding for program produced or post-produced in NSW...more
Screen Australia has launched two new funding programs as part of its Gender Matters initiative: Brilliant Careers and Brilliant Stories, both aimed at addressing gender imbalance within the Australian screen industry....more
HOLDING ON - film plus Q & A This 'raw and crazy film' has been attracting large audiences. Holding On is the incredible true story of a group of friends from Cronulla, who through their reckless, no-holds-barred approach to living life and riding waves changed the sport of bodyboarding forever. Tickets available online.
Filmmaker Simon Bruncke will be present for Q&A 6pm Sat 20 Feb Pighouse Flicks Byron Bay
Surfing the Cold Stream Festival is holding a screening event of From Scotland with Love in Maclean on April 2nd. Made entirely of Scottish film archive, by award-winning director Virginia Heath with a transcendent score by Scottish musician and composer King Creosote. The film explores universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play...more
7pm Saturday 2 April Maclean Civic Hall
WORK OPPORTUNITIES
DIRTGIRLWORLD LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED CREATIVE TEAM mememe Productions (dirtgirlworld) are looking for a complete, experienced and creative team to work on an upcoming project making short webisodes. It's a 5-day shoot, filming in the last 2 weeks of March at Whiporie. For more information contact Melania: melania@dirtgirlworld.com
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