The Western Australian government has plunged $2.77 million worth of funding into 14 local production companies in a bid to boost output.
Ahead of the state election in March, the Western Australian government has committed to launch a $20 million production attraction fund and to develop a $100 million studio and sound stage in Fremantle.
The Western Australian Liberal government has pledged to commit an extra $2 million over four years to attract more film production to the state.
The local production offshoot of US studio Warner Bros has received $10.69 million in Australian government tax offsets since 2009
Screen Australia has flagged it will consider how the Producer Equity Program will operate going forward, with funds already exhausted for this financial year.
Writer-director Zoe Pepper is $750,000 closer to making her debut feature, black comedy 'Birthright', after receiving Screenwest's West Coast Visions funding.