- Published:
- Thursday 19 March 2015
More than 65 Victorian projects were shown on Australian screens in 2014, including Film Victoria-supported TV favourites Please Like Me Series 2 and Wentworth Series 2, the cinematic feature Healing, the documentary Aim High in Creation and acclaimed games Framed and Bean Dreams. Victorian visual effects work also featured in the international production Captain America: the Winter Soldier.
The Victorian screen sector gathered last night for Film Victoria’s 2015 Seen & Screened event, an annual awards evening that recognises the achievements of the Victorian projects commercially released in 2014.
Minister for Creative Industries, Martin Foley, joined Film Victoria CEO Jenni Tosi to present the awards.
The $5000 Greg Tepper Award, which honours the life of a late Film Victoria staff member, was presented to producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw from Warp Films Australia. Since 2011 the duo has produced the feature film Snowtown, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and the projects Shopping and Partisan.
Melbourne games development company Loveshack Entertainment took out the $5000 Tim Richards Award. Loveshack’s game Framed was released in 2014 to critical and commercial success.
Quotes attributable to the Minister for Creative Industries, Martin Foley
“Film, television and digital games are key creative industries for Victoria, contributing over $1.2 billion a year to our state and employing more than 10,000 people.”
“Through their collective efforts, innovation and craft, Victoria’s screen practitioners also make important social and cultural contributions by telling the story of Victorian talent, both on and off screen.”
Quote attributable to Film Victoria CEO, Jenni Tosi
“Victoria is blessed with a remarkable pool of writers, producers, directors, games developers, cast and technicians, whose skills continue to create and deliver amazing content, and gain local and international recognition. We look forward to everyone achieving continued success in the year ahead.”