Here Out West

And now to bring together the writers and producers! On Sunday March 10, Co-Curious held a Pitching Day that was designed to be just like a real life film market. The writers were able to pitch their online concepts to producers and receive feedback on the spot.

In February we ran a Producer Workshop as part of our Stories Online Program. It was a packed program at Phive in Parramatta with a range of award-winning producers, writers and creators including Karen Radzyner, Renny Wijeyamohan, Erin Good and Stef Smith. 📷: Lisianne Chan

In the last few months, Co-Curious ran a series of workshops designed for writers interested in developing online series. These workshops were facilitated by Joanna Beveridge and Nicole Delprado and featured a range of industry practitioners. 📷: Erica Long

2023 Screenrights Cultural Fund applications close on Wednesday 12 April. Screenrights wants to hear about your initiatives that focus on NEW VISIONS for our screen sectors in Australia & NZ. Grants of up to $50K are available. Full details here: screenrights.org/cultural-fund/

THE FUTURE OF DIASPORA STORYTELLING ON SCREEN - Vote for Co-Curious’ SXSW panel proposal now! 🏆 SXSW features groundbreaking idea proposals for the 2023 conference! So go vote for CO-CURIOUS by clicking on this link - sessionselect.sxswsydney.com/entry/vote/WEy… Closes Tuesday 11 April.

Meet Andrew Undi Lee, one of the writers of the Powerhouse and Co-Curious 'In the Room' Project! Andrew Undi Lee is a queer, Australian-born Korean director, writer and producer. Recipient of the AFTRS Kenneth B Myer Award for Exceptional Talent.

It's a pleasure to have Danielle Stamoulos as a writer of the Powerhouse & Co-Curious 'In the Room' project. Danielle’s supernatural cringe comedy in development Curse of the Virgin, got selected for ACE/Screen Australia.

We're excited to have Randa Sayed for our Powerhouse & Co-Curious 'In the Room' project. Randa Sayed (aka Aanisa Vylet) is a proud Western Sydney Artist. Her first play, The Girl was shortlisted for the Phillip Parsons Playwriting Award and the West Australian Arts Editor Award.

Please welcome Gabriel Faatau’uu-Satiu, a writer of the Powerhouse and Co-Curious 'In the Room'. Gabriel is a proud Sāmoan creative from Aotearoa/New Zealand. In 2020, Gabriel founded a Pasifika-led production company, Satiu Studios, as an umbrella for all his creative works.

Introducing James Elazzi, one of the Powerhouse & Co-Curious 'In the Room' writers! In 2022, James wrote, directed and produced his short film Yannis officially selected in 7 prominent film festivals including L.A LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival (winning Best Performance).

We’ve got some big news to share… Introducing our talented writers for our project with the Powerhouse - ‘In the Room’! 🎉 Huge congratulations to these creatives who are coming together in Parramatta this week!

On the night of the AACTA ceremony, something special was happening here in Western Sydney at the Accor Stadium. HERE OUT WEST received the 2022 Boomtown Chairman's Prize!🏆 This award recognise projects that have been completed in Western Sydney that will benefit the community.

HERE OUT WEST goes to the AACTAs! 🎥 ⭐ Here are some snaps of the team having a blast at the ceremony. How stunning does everyone look on the red carpet? 😍 While we didn’t win, it was a huge achievement to be nominated alongside such formidable films and extraordinary talent.

HERE OUT WEST wins another award! 🏆 The Here Out West team will be receiving the ‘Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue (WSLD) Chairman's Award’ tomorrow night at the Boomtown Gala! ✨ Thank you to the Dialogue’s Christopher Brown AM and Adam Leto for their support.

Huge congratulations to Christian Ravello for being nominated for Best Actor in the AACTA Audience Choice Awards! 🥳So so proud of you 👏 The Audience Choice Award will be presented by the Foxtel Group and broadcast on Channel 10 and Foxtel on Wednesday Dec 7, 7:30pm!

'Here Out West' received another nomination - WOO!! 🏆 We're nominated for the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue (WSLD) Project of the Year Award. We're so honoured and proud of the Here Out West team.

Keep your eyes peeled for Dec 5 and 7... because the AACTA Award results will be announced!!👀 On Dec 5, the Technical Craft awards will be announced! Our costume designer, Wendy Cork is nominated for Best Costume. On Dec 7, the Audience Choice Awards will be announced! #AACTA

Loving seeing the new connections and friendships at our industry drinks event! 🥂Here are some amazing shots by Erhan of our ‘Here Out West’ Panel talk attendees. #HereOutWest

The eight Victorian screenwriters include: - David Koutsouridis - Meegan May (@meegs.louise - Vee Shi - Diane Vu - Lauren Anderson (@sodapopple) - Aranyan Thangaratnam - Beth Knights - Angeline Rachel Tinio Armstrong (Part 2/2)

Last Thursday, the eight successful ‘Stories From Another Australia’ screenwriters came together for their first development session. Thank you to Mike Jones, Steven Arriagada and Ra Chapman for their insightful sessions and to Clare Atkins and Baris Ulusoy.✍️ Part 1/2