To be eligible, the Applicant must: 

• Meet the eligibility requirements in the Terms of Trade.  
• Be a Western Australian Resident or a Western Australian Resident Company as defined in the Terms of Trade.  
• The Western Australian producer Applicant must have, as a minimum, equal rights and profit share with any other producer/s on the Project.    

The Project must: 

• Be a scripted series for an Australian television broadcaster or streaming platform.   
• Have a current letter of intent or deal memo from an Australian television broadcaster, or streaming platform detailing a local presale aligned with industry minimum licence fees of at least $275,000 per broadcast half-hour, $144,000 for scripted children’s television or $550,000 per broadcast hour.   
• Spend a minimum of $3.5 million on Qualifying Western Australian Expenditure (QWAE).   
• Employ a minimum of three Western Australian key creatives or heads of department from the list below:    
  • Writer   
  • Director   
  • Producer   
  • Director of photography   
  • Production designer   
  • Costume designer.  

Read the program guidelines for more information. 

Funding of up to $2,000,000 per Project is available. 

Funding is provided as a grant and is calculated as follows:  

• Up to $250,000 per broadcast half-hour matched with an Australian broadcast or streaming platform license fee.  
• Up to $500,000 per broadcast hour matched with an Australian broadcast or streaming platform license fee.  
• Screenwest Production and Post Production funds are expected to not exceed 20% of the total budget.     
• Where there is more than one market investor, we will match the highest market investor only. 

Read the program guidelines for more information.

Eligible applications will be assessed using the following criteria:  

• Team: Previous experience and/or track record of the Applicant(s) and key creatives.  
• Cultural and creative: Cultural and creative benefits of the Project to Western Australia, including if the Project originated or was developed in the state.  
• Economic: Economic benefits of the Project to Western Australia, including the amount of QWAE and the employment of Western Australian crew and post-production personnel.  
• Commercial: Strength of the Market Attachment/s.  
• Quality and feasibility: Strength of the script, creative statement and production methodology, including the appropriateness of the finance plan.  
• Strategic alignment: Alignment with the priorities set out in the Screenwest Strategic Plan.  
• Diversity: How the Project supports our commitment to driving greater diversity, inclusion and equity in the Western Australian screen industry, including overall diversity of Projects funded by us.  
• Funding available: Availability of our funds.  

Read the program guidelines for more information.

Read the SmartyGrants application form which lists the materials you will need to submit with your application.  

We recommend discussing your application with our team before applying. Let them know if you need accessibility assistance to complete your application. 

How to apply  

• Submit the online application form in SmartyGrants.  
• Upload all required documents and supporting materials.  

After you apply  

• Applications are reviewed to ensure they meet the eligibility requirements in the program guidelines and the Terms of Trade.  
• Your application will be assessed by a panel of Screenwest management, a Screenwest board director and experienced industry representatives who assesses all eligible applications against the assessment criteria.  
• Panel funding recommendations are presented to the Screenwest board.  
• The Screenwest board makes the final funding decisions.  
• We will notify Applicants of the outcome of their application by email or phone within 10 weeks of the application submission.   
• Funding Recipients will enter into a Production Grant Agreement (PGA) with Screenwest.

Read the Qualifying Western Australian Expenditure (QWAE) Guidelines