Past Initiatives
Curious Australia
2021
Screenwest partnered with SBS, Screen Australia and other state and Territory agencies to call for diverse and First Nations creatives to get curious about contemporary Australia, through a new documentary initiative.
SoundWAves – Audio Development and Production Initiative & Audio Production and Post-Production Initiative
2021
Audible – a leading provider and producer of original spoken word entertainment – partnered with Screenwest to provide two unique funding opportunities for Western Australian creatives.
Filming our Future
2021
Screenwest partnered with Carers WA to create a new disability led screen project initiative, providing the opportunity for a Western Australian Producer or Production Company to work with emerging storytellers and practitioners living with disability.
Breaking the Celluloid Ceiling
2021
Breaking the Celluloid Ceiling is a bespoke mentorship program designed to meaningfully support three mid-career female or non-binary producers to create bold new, Western Australian work for film and television.
Out Now
2020
Screenwest teamed up with Screen Australia to look for projects to cut through on an online platform, from LGBTQIA+ Western Australian creative teams keen to shape the future of LGBTQIA+ storytelling.
Photo credit Images from the 2021 WA Reflections documentaries: Generation Hi-Fi, Murder on the Dance Floor, Rolling Through Time, Reflections of Iwanoff and That's How it Goes I S'Pose.WA Reflections – Our History Rediscovered
2020
Screenwest launched WA Reflections – Our History Rediscovered in collaboration with the State Library of Western Australia to reimagine stories, bringing them to life through film.