Screenwest Annual Report 2016-17
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Annual Report 2016-17 Front cover photographs Left to right, top to bottom. 1% (Ticket to Ride) Three Summers (Invisible Republic, Taylor Media) Outback Truckers Series 5 (Prospero Productions) Connection to Country (Weerianna Street Media) The Third Space, From the Western Frontier Series 3 (Metamorflix) On Country Kitchen (Mago Films) Rottnest and the Mystery Islands (Sea Dog TV International) CONTENTS 1.0 STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE ........................................................................................................ 3 2.0 OVERVIEW OF THE AGENCY ........................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................. 4 2.2 Operational Structure .............................................................................................................................. 8 2.3 Performance Management Framework ................................................................................................. 13 2.3.1 Outcome Based Management Framework ............................................................................................ 13 2.3.2 Changes to Outcome Based Management Framework ......................................................................... 13 2.3.3 Shared Responsibilities with other Agencies .......................................................................................... 13 3.0 AGENCY PERFORMANCE .............................................................................................................. 14 3.1 Report on Operations............................................................................................................................. 14 3.1.1 Actual Results Versus Budget Targets .................................................................................................... 14 3.3 Report on Screenwest Funding Program 2016-17 ................................................................................. 17 3.3.1 Funding Program Application Assessments ........................................................................................... 17 3.3.2 Funding Program Commitments ............................................................................................................ 18 4.0 SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IMPACTING THE AGENCY ............................................................................. 30 5.0 DISCLOSURES AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE ....................................................................................... 31 5.1 Financial Statements .............................................................................................................................. 31 5.2 Detailed Key Performance Indicators Information ................................................................................ 69 5.3 Ministerial Directives ............................................................................................................................. 73 5.4 Other Financial Disclosures .................................................................................................................... 73 5.4.1 Pricing Policies of Services Provided ....................................................................................................... 73 5.4.2 Capital Works ......................................................................................................................................... 73 5.4.3 Employment and Industrial Relations .................................................................................................... 73 5.4.4 Governance Disclosures ......................................................................................................................... 74 5.5 Other Legal Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 75 5.5.1 Expenditure on Advertising, Market Research, Polling and Direct Mail ................................................ 75 5.5.2 Disability Accessa and Inclusion Plan Outcomes .................................................................................... 76 5.5.3 Compliance with Public Sector Standards and Ethical Codes ................................................................. 78 5.5.4 Recordkeeping Plans .............................................................................................................................. 79 5.6 Government Policy Requirements ......................................................................................................... 79 5.6.1 Substantive Equality ............................................................................................................................... 79 5.6.2 Occupational Safety, Health and Injury Management ........................................................................... 80 5.6.3 Government Building Training Policy ..................................................................................................... 81 APPENDIX 1 SCREENWEST FUNDING COMMITMENTS 2016-17 .......................................................... 82 APPENDIX 2 SCREENWEST FUNDED PRODUCTIONS ENTERING PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY 2016-17 ... 97 SCREENWEST INC ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 1 ACRONYMS AACTA Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation ACS Australian Cinematographers Society ADG Australian Directors Guild AFI Australian Film Institute AFTRS Australian Film Television and Radio School AIDC Australian International Documentary Conference APRA Australasian Performing Rights Association ASE Australian Screen Editors ASSG Australian Screen Sound Guild ATOM Australian Teachers of Media AWG Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE AWG national awards DCA Department of Culture and the Arts DoP Director of Photography FTI Film and Television Institute (WA) MIFF Melbourne International Film Festival MIPCOM Marché Internationale de Programmes Communications MIPTV Marché Internationale de Programmes de Television MRA Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority NITV National Indigenous Television PIAF Perth International Arts Festival SBS Special Broadcasting Service SPA Screen Producers Australia WA Western Australia(n) WASAs Western Australian Screen Awards 2 SCREENWEST INC ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 1.0 STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE For year ended 30 June 2017 HON DAVID TEMPLEMAN MLA MINISTER FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS In accordance with section 63 of the Financial Management Act 2006 (WA), we hereby submit for your information and presentation to Parliament, the Annual Report of Screenwest Inc for the financial year ending 30 June 2017. The Report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Management Act 2006. Yours sincerely Janelle Marr CHAIR SCREENWEST 28 August 2017 Contacts Postal: PO Box 3275, East Perth WA 6892 Street: 30 Fielder Street, East Perth WA 6004 Internet: www.screenwest.wa.gov.au Email: [email protected] Telephone: +61 8 6169 2100 SCREENWEST INC ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 3 2.0 OVERVIEW OF THE AGENCY Connection to Country (Weerianna Street Media) 2.1 Executive Summary There have been a number of significant changes Structural reform has been on Screenwest’s agenda and achievements this year that respond to the for many years and we are delighted to have opportunities and challenges we face in screen overseen the transition to a new structure that funding and development. gives Screenwest responsibility for its own governance and strategic direction. The new The last 12-months has been an extremely structure will enable Screenwest to be more flexible productive period for Screenwest in which the in its operations, and make it easier to partner with agency established strong foundations for future the business community, Federal departments and growth and development whilst delivering on a not-for-profit and philanthropic organisations. record-breaking year with 59 projects filmed or post-produced in the State – an agency investment Screenwest (Australia) Ltd will come into being in of almost $8 million, resulting in $69 million in July 2017, and will be governed by a new production budgets in the State. constitution. The constitution will have a similar remit to the current constitution, updated to reflect The agency introduced a new Screenwest Strategic the change in structure, changes in technology, and Plan 2016 - 2021, delivered on its first year of our independence. The constitution will include the operation of the WA Regional Film Fund, moved terms of appointment of the Board of Directors and offices to the ABC building, developed an industry the Screen Industry Advisory Group (IAG) and strategy for diversity and inclusion, prepared to removes references to the Minister. become a not-for-profit organisation, and prepared to consolidate support for the emerging sector with A new sub-committee of the Board, the IAG will FTI, all whilst continuing to deliver and build on play a key role in advising the Screenwest Screenwest’s core funding and support programs to (Australia) Ltd Board of Directors on screen industry the screen sector. matters, including emerging issues and trends, feedback on Screenwest programs and reviews, and Screenwest Structural Transition investigating and exploring pertinent matters. In December 2016, then Minister for Culture and In June, the inaugural IAG members were the Arts, Hon John Day MLA, announced that announced: Indigenous writer/director