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Screenwest Annual Report 2010-11PDF SCREENWEST ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 ScreenWest Annual Report 2010-11 1 STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE Hon John Day MLA Minister for Planning; Culture and the Arts; Science and Innovation In accordance with section 63 of the Financial Management Act 2006, we hereby submit for your information and presentation to Parliament the Report of ScreenWest (Inc.) for the financial year ending 30 June 2011. The Report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Management Act 2006. Yours sincerely Erica Smyth CHAIR SCREENWEST 24 August 2011 2 ScreenWest Annual Report 2010-11 CONTENTS 1.0 OVERVIEW OF THE AGENCY .................................................................................... 5 1.1 Executive Summary ..........................................................................................................5 1.2 Operational Structure .......................................................................................................8 1.3 Performance Management Framework .........................................................................14 1.3.1 Outcome Based Management Framework ......................................................14 1.3.2 Changes to Outcome Based Management Framework ...................................15 1.3.3 Shared Responsibilities with Other Agencies ...................................................15 2.0 AGENCY PERfoRMANCE ....................................................................................... 16 2.1 Report on ScreenWest’s Funding Program .....................................................................16 2.1.1 Funding Application Assessment Members..................................................... 16 2.1.2 Funding Program Allocations 2010-11 ............................................................16 2.1.3 Funding Program Key Outcomes and Highlights 2010-11 ...............................17 3.0 SIGNIFICANT ISSUes ImpactinG SCREENWEST .................................................. 24 4.0 DisclosURes AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE .............................................................. 25 4.1 Financial Statements ......................................................................................................25 4.2 Additional Key Performance Indicators Information ......................................................56 4.2.1 Certified Performance Indicators 2010-11 .......................................................56 4.2.2 Additional Indicators .......................................................................................58 4.3 Ministerial Directives ......................................................................................................59 4.4 Other Financial Disclosures ............................................................................................60 4.4.1 Pricing Policies of Services Provided ................................................................60 4.4.2 Capital Works ..................................................................................................60 4.4.3 Employment and Industrial Relations ..............................................................60 4.5 Governance Disclosures .................................................................................................61 4.5.1 Interests of Senior Officers...............................................................................61 4.6 Other Legal Requirements ..............................................................................................62 4.6.1 Expenditure on Advertising, Market Research, Polling and Direct Mail ..........62 4.6.2 Disability Access and Inclusion Plan Outcomes ...............................................62 4.6.3 Compliance with Public Sector Standards and Ethical Codes ..........................64 4.6.4 Recordkeeping Plans........................................................................................64 4.7 Government Policy Requirements ..................................................................................65 4.7.1 Substantive Equality ........................................................................................65 4.7.2 Occupational Safety, Health and Injury Management ....................................65 APPENDIX 1: Assessment MEETINGS AND MEMBERS 2010-11 ................................. 68 APPENDIX 2: PRODUCTIONS WITH SCREENWEST FUNDING 2010-11 .............................. 73 APPENDIX 3: FUNDING APPROVALS 2010-11.................................................................. 82 ScreenWest Annual Report 2010-11 3 Acronyms ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation AFTRS Australian Film Television and Radio School AIDC Australian International Documentary Conference AWG Australian Writers’ Guild ACS Australian Cinematographers Society ADG Australian Directors Guild ASE Australian Screen Editors Guild ASP Association of Screen Professionals Inc DCA Department of Culture and the Arts FTI Film and Television Institute (WA) MDA Media Development Authority SBS Special Broadcasting Service SPAA Screen Producers Association of Australia US United States WA Western Australia(n) WAnimate Western Australian Animation Association XML X|Media|Lab 4 ScreenWest Annual Report 2010-11 Acronyms 1.0 OVERVIEW OF THE AGENCY 1.1 Executive Summary It was a year of critical success and challenges for the Western Australian screen industry. WA productions screened nationally and internationally to acclaim, however, overall production levels were down on previous years. For ScreenWest, it was a year of review, analysis and critical thinking with a new five-year strategic plan developed. More than 150 stakeholders - including producers, industry practitioners, digital creatives, service providers, broadcasters and Government partners - took part in an extensive consultation process. The ScreenWest Strategic Plan 2011-2016, which came into effect on 1 July 2011, will provide a flexible, high-level yet concise guide to ScreenWest’s operations, providing guidance on how best to support the WA screen industry over the next five years. Integral to the plan is working in partnership with the industry and other stakeholders. WA productions on screen Television screening highlights during the year included the SHOWTIME launch of Tim Winton’s iconic Cloudstreet (Screentime); ABC prime time Indigenous documentary-dramaJandamarra’s War (Wawili Pitjas and Electric Pictures); SBS observational documentary SAS - The Search for Warriors (Prospero Productions); and Straight Shootin’ (Spear Point Productions), a candid and lively Indigenous lifestyle series for NITV where host Mary G and her panel aren’t afraid to call a spade a spade. Three WA feature films had a national theatrical release in the first half of 2011: Mad Bastards, Wasted on the Young and Blame. Wasted on the Young and Blame were both supported through ScreenWest’s West Coast Visions initiative, a program designed to develop promising local filmmakers; and Mad Bastards was supported under the General Production Fund. A fourth full-length production - Red Dog - was a feature in a number of international festivals in the lead-up to its national theatrical release in August 2011. Award and festival highlights for 2010-11 include: • Mad Bastards (Bush Turkey Films) – one of only 13 films selected from 1,073 submissions to compete in the World Cinema Dramatic section at the prestigious Sundance International Film Festival. The first time a Western Australian feature film has been selected In Competition at Sundance.Mad Bastards also screened at the US Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic), Shanghai International Film Festival (China), Galway Film Festival (Ireland) and was the Closing Night Film at the Adelaide Film Festival. • Red Dog (Woss Group Films) – world premiere In Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival (Germany), Opening Gala film at the London Australian Film Festival (UK), won the Audience Award at the Vail Film Festival (US), and won Best Film at the Showcomotion Young Peoples Film Festival (UK). ScreenWest Annual Report 2010-11 5 • Blame (Factor 30 Films and 3Monkey Films) – screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (Canada), Chicago International Film Festival (US), Buenos Aires International Film Festival of Independent Cinema (Argentina),CPH PIX Film Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark), Cinema des Antipodes section at the Cannes Film Festival (France), and the inaugural Australian Film Festival in India. • Wasted on the Young (WBMC) – screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Discovery program (Canada) and SXSW 2011 - South by Southwest Film Festival (US). • Surviving Mumbai (Electric Pictures) – nominated for two Emmy Awards (US), Outstanding Historical Program, Long Form and Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft, Research. • Bridge Between Two Worlds (Artemis International) – awarded a Special Commendation at the United Nations of Australia Media Peace Awards in the Special Category of Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Children’s Rights and Issues. • Every Family’s Nightmare (Prospero Productions) – Highly Commended in the TV Investigative Documentary category at the AIB Awards (Association for International Broadcasting). • Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery (Siamese) – won Best Documentary Science, Technology & the Environment Award at the 2010 ATOM Awards (Australian Teachers of Media). Production levels 2010-11 In 2010-11, ScreenWest production investment funding of $3.75million helped achieve screen productions valued
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