Join the WA AWG committee and members for a casual writers’ catch up. Touch base with the committee, chat with your fellow writers and get to know the WA writing community. Please note the WA AWG Catch Up originally set for 18 October has been rescheduled to late November. The exact date and location will be…
Continue readingAt a loose end during your MIFF screenings? Seeing lots of great films, and feeling bad about neglecting your own writing? Then bring your laptop or notepad and pop into The Oxford Scholar for a drink, a chat, and to get a bit of writing done with some of your fellow AWG members. Join us for lunch…
Continue readingEarlier this year Stephen Vagg produced a feature film from his own script All My Friends Are Back in Brisbane with a cash budget of $15,000. In this month’s Lunch Break webinar, he explains how this was accomplished and offers his thoughts on why more writers should roll up their sleeves and move into the…
Continue readingEric Nash wrote, directed and produced the rom-com Love You Like That, which gained Australia-wide distribution through persistence, willpower and too much coffee. This was his second feature. He has two more in development. Louisa Balletti, principal of Pivot Pictures, headed the digital business for Entertainment One, working with features that included Spotlight, La La Land, Green Book and…
Continue readingWith Melbourne winter now in full force, come warm yourself with the camaraderie of your fellow writers at our first ever Christmas In July party, and celebrate reaching the midpoint of the year! A purely social event, there will be lots of tasty nibbles provided, drinks and cocktails (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) available at very reasonable prices,…
Continue readingIt is the job of a Development Executive and Development Producer to know how to spot a great script or book that can become a successful film or TV show. They nurture relationships with talent, including writers and directors. They shepherd projects from inception through development and into production, managing the creative process while keeping…
Continue readingJoin the WA AWG committee and members for a casual writers’ catch up! Touch base with the committee, chat with your fellow writers and get to know the WA writing community. WHEN: Saturday 21 June 2025, 1pm WHERE: Pica Bar, 51 James St, Northbridge 6003 No need to book tickets, just head on down to…
Continue readingCalling all AWG members attending the Screenworks Regional to Global Conference! Please join our CEO Claire Pullen for a casual half-hour meetup at the Goanna Lennox cafe on the morning of Friday 20 June, just across the road from the conference venue. Claire will be speaking on the panel Taking the Wheel in the A.I. Fast Lane! at…
Continue readingWhy bother making a short? In the current era of web-series and TikTok – are shorts still relevant? This session focuses on the long and the short of it all (ha, see what we did there?). Join filmmaker/actor Brett Cousins as he cross examines filmmaker/actor Katrina Mathers (Cherry Hands Media) in a deep-dive session about whether…
Continue readingThe Correspondent: the true story of the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Peter Greste in Egypt during the Arab Spring uprising of 2013. Please join us for an in-depth panel discussion with screenwriter Peter Duncan and director Kriv Stenders. Discover the techniques Peter adopted when adapting Peter Geste’s book, and the filmmaking techniques Kriv employed…
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