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Annual Report 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15 Photograph acknowledgements Front cover (left to right, top to bottom) From the Western Frontier Series 2: Fighter (Metamorflix Pty Ltd), Photo by Sabine Albers Birthplace of the Giants (Sea Dog TV International) Looking for Grace (Looking for Grace Pty Ltd) Top Knot Detective (Blue Forest Media), Photo by Matsu Photography Four Quarters (WBMC) Who Do You Think You Are? Series 6 (Artemis International and Serendipity Productions) BLUE DOG (Good Dog Enterprises Pty Ltd) Outback Truckers (Prospero Productions) Min Min, Light short documentary series (Metamorflix Pty Ltd), Photo by Michael Torres Inside pages Page 4: Mountains May Depart (Arte France Cinéma and Office Kitano) Page 5: Paper Planes (Arena Media), Photo by Jane Bennett Page 8: Invisible Light, Light short documentary series (Metamorflix Pty Ltd), Photo by Sabine Albers Page 14: Birthplace of the Giants (Sea Dog TV International) Page 18: Shadows of Displacement, Light short documentary series (Metamorflix Pty Ltd) Page 20: Studio 33 (The Umbrella Room) Page 22: CinefestOZ Film Festival 2014, Photo by Tim Swallow Page 24: From The Western Frontier Series 2: Angela’s Rules (Metamorflix Pty Ltd), Photo by Sabine Albers Page 58: Karroyul (Spear Point Productions), Photo by Jean-Paul Horré 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 The Screenwest Funding Program 2014-15 .................................................................... 14 3.1.1 Funding Application Assessments .................................................................................................. 14 3.1.2 Funding Program Allocations ......................................................................................................... 15 4.0 Significant Issues Impacting The Agency ......................................................................................... 24 5.0 Disclosures And Legal Compliance .................................................................................................. 25 5.1 Financial Statements ...................................................................................................................... 25 5.2 Detailed Key Performance Indicators Information .......................................................................... 57 5.3 Ministerial Directives ..................................................................................................................... 63 5.4 Other Financial Disclosures ............................................................................................................ 63 5.4.1 Pricing Policies Of Services Provided .............................................................................................. 63 5.4.2 Capital Works ................................................................................................................................ 63 5.4.3 Employment And Industrial Relations ............................................................................................ 63 5.4.4 Governance Disclosures ................................................................................................................. 64 5.5 Other Legal Requirements .............................................................................................................. 65 5.5.1 Expenditure On Advertising, Market Research, Polling And Direct Mail .......................................... 65 5.5.2 Disability Access And Inclusion Plan Outcomes .............................................................................. 66 5.5.3 Compliance With Public Sector Standards And Ethical Codes ......................................................... 68 5.5.4 Recordkeeping Plans ...................................................................................................................... 68 5.6 Government Policy Requirements .................................................................................................. 69 5.6.1 Substantive Equality ...................................................................................................................... 69 5.6.2 Occupational Safety, Health And Injury Management .................................................................... 69 APPENDIX 1 ScreenWest Funding Commitments 2014-15 ................................................................... 71 APPENDIX 2 ScreenWest Funded Productions Entering Principal Photography 2014-15 ...................... 81 SCREENWEST ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15 1 Acronyms AACTA Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation ACS Australian Cinematographers Society ADG Australian Directors Guild AFI Australian Film Institute AFL Australian Football League AFTRS Australian Film Television and Radio School AIDC Australian International Documentary Conference APRA Australasian Performing Rights Association ATOM Australian Teachers of Media AWG Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE AWG national awards DCA Department of Culture and the Arts FIPA International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes FTI Film and Television Institute (WA) IPAF Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation 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 SBS Special Broadcasting Service SPA Screen Producers Australia TIFF Toronto International Film Festival WA Western Australia(n) WASAs Western Australian Screen Awards 2 SCREENWEST ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15 1.0 STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE For year ended 30 June 2015 HON JOHN DAY 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 2015. The Report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Management Act 2006. Yours sincerely Janelle Marr CHAIR SCREENWEST 24 August 2015 Contacts Postal: PO Box 8349, Perth Business Centre, WA 6849 Street: Gordon Stephenson House, 140 William Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000 Internet: www.screenwest.wa.gov.au Email: [email protected] Telephone: +61 8 6552 7700 SCREENWEST ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15 3 2.0 OVERVIEW OF THE AGENCY 2.1 Executive Summary productions made here; and to promote the State as a screen brand and filming destination. It was a positive year for ScreenWest and the Western Australian screen industry in what This year the agency focused on carrying out initial continued to be a difficult production market groundwork activities in preparation for significant environment worldwide. undertakings in the coming years. Production in the State was at a healthy level with Connecting Internationally 40 projects entering principal photography in 2014- During the year the agency actively worked on 15. This consisted of five documentary series, four further developing links between the Western documentary singles, two feature films, one mini- Australian and Asian Pacific screen industries, as series, eight short dramas, a short documentary well as the established markets of the United series, five digital projects and 14 Indigenous Kingdom, Europe and United States. Activities Community Stories recordings. included: ScreenWest invested $5.11 million in these • ScreenWest hosted the China Film Forum as projects, which leveraged production with a total part of CinéfestOZ 2014. value of $40.39 million. This brings the three-year • ScreenWest hosted two film delegations from rolling average of production in Western Australia China. to $44.95 million per financial year. • The Western Australian Government and This strong form is anticipated to continue with Ausfilm hosted the opening of Ausfilm Week many drama and documentary projects slated to London 2014. film in Western Australia in 2015-16, including high • ScreenWest held a networking event at the profile features Breath and Jasper Jones, which 2015 Festival de Cannes. were secured by ScreenWest for the State. • Major Chinese-French co-production feature SCREENWEST HIGHLIGHTS 2014-15 film Mountains May Depart was partially shot in Bunbury, Mandurah and Perth, with Vue During the year, 90 per cent of ScreenWest’s total Group providing
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