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Production Funding – For WA producers and production companies

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Documentary Production Fund

Applications close Monday, 17 February 2025 at 5:00pm AWST.

Documentary Production Funding provides support to Western Australian Producers with distinctive, high quality and diverse projects with strong Western Australian outcomes.

The fund provides production finance for feature length documentary films and factual series with significant marketplace attachments from traditional and online platforms and distributors.

Western Australian Resident Producers with eligible projects that entered post-production on or after 1 January 2024 will be invited to apply for the WA Producer Development Investment and Travel funding. The Travel funding can only be applied to future travel and cannot be applied to retrospective travel activities.

Development funding caps apply as per the Screenwest Terms of Trade.

All productions that receive Screenwest production funding over $100,000 are required to budget for and offer a Western Australian BTL Mentorship and/or Attachment opportunity through the Below-the-Line (BTL) Crew Capacity Program in consultation with Screenwest.

2024-25 Dates

View all funding application deadlines for 2024-25

Guidelines

Documentary Production Fund Guidelines 2024PDF (307.75KB)

How to Apply

Applications will be accepted through the Screenwest SmartyGrants Portal during the submission period.

Apply for Documentary Production Fund

Qualifying Expenditure

Screenwest Definition of Qualifying Western Australian Expenditure (QWAE)PDF (336.44KB)

Required Reading

Screenwest Terms of Trade

Working with Indigenous People, Content and Country

Closed

Scripted Production Fund

Applications are now closed.

Supports distinctive, high quality and diverse Western Australian projects.

The fund provides production finance for feature films, telemovies and scripted series with significant marketplace attachment.

All productions that receive Screenwest production funding over $100,000 are required to budget for and offer a Western Australian BTL Mentorship and/or Attachment opportunity through the Below-the-Line (BTL) Crew Capacity Program in consultation with Screenwest.

2024-25 Dates

View all funding application deadlines for 2024-25

Guidelines

Scripted Production Fund Guidelines 2024PDF (434.66KB)

How to Apply

Applications will be accepted through the Screenwest SmartyGrants Portal during the submission period.

Qualifying Expenditure

Screenwest Definition of Qualifying Western Australian Expenditure (QWAE)PDF (336.44KB)

Required Reading

Screenwest Terms of Trade

Working with Indigenous People, Content and Country

Footloose Production Fund

Applications are now closed.

Supports distinctive, high profile and diverse footloose projects.

The fund provides finance for scripted feature films and series with significant marketplace attachments.

All productions that receive Screenwest production funding over $100,000 are required to budget for and offer a Western Australian BTL Mentorship and/or Attachment opportunity through the Below-the-Line (BTL) Crew Capacity Program in consultation with Screenwest.

2024-25 Dates

View all funding application deadlines for 2024-25

Guidelines

Footloose Production Fund Guidelines 2024PDF (308.06KB)

How to Apply

Applications will be accepted through the Screenwest SmartyGrants Portal during the submission period.

Qualifying Expenditure

Screenwest Definition of Qualifying Western Australian Expenditure (QWAE)PDF (336.44KB)

Required Reading

Screenwest Terms of Trade

Working with Indigenous People, Content and Country

Acknowledgement of Country

NGALA KAADITJ WHADJUK NOONGAR MOORT KEYEN KAADAK NIDJA BOODJA

We acknowledge Whadjuk Noongar people as the original custodians of the land on which the Screenwest office is located.

Screenwest acknowledges and pays respect to all Traditional Owners of Country across the State of Western Australia and their Elders, past, present and emerging. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, spiritual beliefs and relationship to land and waters and acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the people living today. We extend this respect to all Indigenous language groups.

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Acknowledgement of Country

NGALA KAADITJ WHADJUK NOONGAR MOORT KEYEN KAADAK NIDJA BOODJA

We acknowledge Whadjuk Noongar people as the original custodians of the land on which the Screenwest office is located.

Screenwest acknowledges and pays respect to all Traditional Owners of Country across the State of Western Australia and their Elders, past, present and emerging. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, spiritual beliefs and relationship to land and waters and acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the people living today. We extend this respect to all Indigenous language groups.