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 on 18 March for Film Victoria’s 2015 Seen & Screened event, an annual awards evening that recognised 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.