Film-friendly region in New South Wales north-west

The New England North West region is now open for business as a filming destination.
The regions' 13 film-friendly councils, Arts North West and the Northern Inland Regional Development Board recently joined forces to create a simple and easy way for producers to film in the region through the New England North West Film Strategy. The strategy was designed to encourage and cultivate the development of a film and television industry in the region, boost the economy through an increase in film related projects and raise the region’s profile by increasing tourism.

Major elements of the strategy include establishing Film NENW as the primary regional filming contact point, creating a logo and branding identity, establishing a standardised Regional Filming Policy across all 13 regional councils and developing a website. The website includes a database of filming locations and a crew and resources directory.
The site was launched in April and can be seen at www.filmnenw.com.au

The project has been supported through Regional Arts NSW, with funding from the Australian Government under its Regional Partnerships Program, the NSW Department of State and Regional Development and the local governments of the NENW region.

Many of the projects in this newsletter have been supported by the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional, remote and very remote/isolated Australia.

Regional Arts Australia promotes the development of the arts for the one-in-three Australians who live in regional, rural and remote parts of the country. Our members give country Australians access to outstanding cultural experiences that are either home grown or tour from other towns and cities. In this way, Regional Arts Australia gives a voice to artists and puts culture at the heart of community life across country Australia.