Good news 2 features to be shot in WA!

This is good news for Perth cast and crew hey? :-) WA PROJECTS GREENLIT BY FFC The Western Australian feature film, To Hell and Bourke has been approved for financing from the Film Finance Corporation (FFC) at the July FFC Board meeting along with the WA documentary Chateau Chunder. To Hell and Bourke is set to be Australia's first indigenous road comedy and will be filmed in WA with production company Media World Pictures behind the wheel. The film is written and directed by Richard Frankland and produced by Ross Hutchens, who is also supervising producer on the groundbreaking WA drama series The Circuit, currently screening on SBS TV. The film sees cousins Eddie and Charlie encounter a bizarre collection of characters as they head home to the bush from the city. Their adventures are raucous, raunchy and heartfelt all at once. To Hell and Bourke is slated to commence filming in November this year. The Electric Pictures documentary Chateau Chunder was also approved for funding at the FFC July meeting. The documentary is described as both a social history of wine and wine drinking as well as an in-depth examination of how a small group of enterprising Australian wine makers took on the world�and won, changing the way that wine is made and marketed as a result. The mini-series is produced by Andrew Ogilvie and Phil Craig with writer/director Alan Carter. The feature film Two Fists One Heart, produced by David Elfick, was also approved for financing from the FFC. It is anticipated local WA cast and crew will work on the feature film which is scheduled to start shooting in WA in October 2007. Western Australian producer Jocelyn Quioc has been officially attached to the feature film as an assistant producer through ScreenWest. The film draws its inspiration from the life of boxer Rai Fazio (co-writer) and how his father's thwarted ambition threatens to destroy his most precious possessions, the love of his wife and the allegiance of his son. ScreenWest Chief Executive Ian Booth said that there has been a surge of energy in Western Australia following these announcements. "Having two feature films made in the State during 2007/08 is great news for the WA screen industry and I know that local crew are looking forward to sinking their teeth into some great Aussie drama and comedy," Mr Booth said. To Hell and Bourke and Chateau Chunder have both been approved for funding from ScreenWest through the General Production Fund.