WA Made Film Festival

28/03/2026

"Forget the Logies, forget the Oscars. If your award doesn't have a Quokka on it, have you really made it in this life." 😁

Thanks so much to our friends at Film Industry Gateway for putting together this extended look at the 2026 WA Made Film Festival with filmmaker interviews hosted by the always excellent Chloe Brink.

Chloe Brink interviews filmmakers and audience members at the Saturday Shorts screening at WA Made Film Festival.We had the chance to speak with a range of c...

15/03/2026

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗟

One final look back at the 2026 WA Made Film Festival via our fresh highlights reel!

Thank you to everyone who has reached out to us over the past few weeks with your incredible feedback, enthusiasm and appreciation for this festival.

We do all of this for the filmmakers of WA, and we're already looking forward to 2027.

10/03/2026

𝗚𝗢𝗧 𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗘❓

Did you attend the WA Made Film Festival recently?

Fill out our 2026 Attendee Survey for your chance to win a Double Pass to our Opening Night film in 2027.

It only takes a minute, and it will go a long way in helping us plan our future festivals.

FIND THE SURVEY HERE: https://www.wamadefilmfestival.com.au/survey-1

08/03/2026

Now that we've had time to come up for air after our biggest festival ever, Jasmine (Managing Director) and Matthew (Festival Director) would love to thank our incredible WA Made staff and contributors for their mammoth efforts throughout this year's WA Made Film Festival.

We couldn't have done it without you! 💛

𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗙𝗙
Lisette
Cade
Maia
Gareth
Chloe
Alex

𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦
Ryan from Ammon Creative - Photography & Video Production
Davide
Dave

𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗥
Daniel Villa

𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗦, 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦, 𝗠𝗖𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗦
David Vincent Smith
Ben Young
Myles Pollard
Kate Separovich
Miley Tunnecliff
Jason Jones
Jaron Herren
Shane McNeil
Steve Le Marquand
Pippa Grandison
James Grandison (Perth Film Studios)
Aidan Bryan (Perth Film Studios)
Charles Williams
Annie Murtagh-Monks (pac screenworkshop)
Adon Blake (Film Industry Gateway)
Michael Drake (Screenwest)
Kirby Brierty (Screenwest)

𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗤&𝗔 𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧
Andrew F Peirce (The Curb)

05/03/2026

STUDENT AWARDS: PART TWO

One of the biggest attended events in the festival’s history, the 2026 WA Made Film Festival Student Awards ceremony was a joyous occasion with multiple winners taking home awards to close out the festival!

See our Student Awards event photos, along with a full list of winners, in previous post.

05/03/2026

2026 WA MADE FILM FESTIVAL STUDENT AWARDS: PART ONE

One of the highest attended events in the festival’s history, the 2026 WA Made Film Festival Student Awards ceremony was a joyous occasion with multiple winners taking home awards to close out the festival!

Keep an eye out for our Medial Wall photos published soon.

Best Student Film (presented by WA Made Film Festival)
Criminal Helpline

Rising Talent Award
Lincoln Morgan

Best High School Film (presented by Murdoch University)
Fall

Best Documentary (presented by WA Screen and Media Academy at Edith Cowan University (ECU)
Penny Lane’s

Best Director (presented by Curtin University)
Chenoa Perich – Tryptophan

Best Producer
Elsie Taylor – Holding

Best Screenplay
Charlotte Kennedy and Laurie Gelmi – Spin Cycle

Best Performance (presented by Ali Roberts Studio)
Griffin McLaghlin – Triple Zero

Best Performance Under 18 (presented by Ali Roberts Studio)
Ayla Koele – The Mini Office

Best Editing
Rodrigo Torres Badoino – Triple Zero

Best Cinematography
William Smart – Shadows and Deception

Best Production Design
Nathan Burnby – Adrift

Best Costume Design
Willow Armitstead – Spin Cycle

Best Music (presented by Murdoch University)
Julius Jendrezok – Triple Zero

Best Sound
Taylor Finch – Holding

05/03/2026

The WA Made Film Festival’s celebration of WA student filmmakers launched on Sunday morning with a special Student Showcase screening at Planet Royal!

Paula Ximena Roa Ayala’s Alma won the Audience Choice award on the day. Alma screened alongside Codicia, Magnum Opus, Adrift, Shadows and Deception, To Get to the Other Side, The Painter, Tidal, Holding and Dottie.

04/03/2026

Anyone who’s anyone in the Perth film community knows Jason Robert Lester, so it was a real thrill for the WA Made Film Festival to screen his debut feature anthology Bleederville on Saturday night.

Congratulations to Jason and Stephanie Davis, and the whole Bleederville team!

04/03/2026

Saturday night was fright night at WA Made kicking off with our Left of Centre showcase featuring 10 short films, including 6 world premieres.

Nic McRobbie’s surreal short, Flowers, won the Audience Choice award on the night. The film follows a backyard experiment with a mind altering tea made from flowers which results in a whole lot more than expected…

04/03/2026

Two feature films celebrated their world premieres on Saturday afternoon - Christopher Mark Peters’ Wreckage and Jaron Herren’s The Mustangs.

Wreckage follows sheltered teenager, Quinn (Tiahna McBride), who escapes her overprotective mother by running away with an older man, only to find herself trapped in another controlling relationship. Now, she must summon the courage to break free and take control of her life.

The Mustangs is an observational documentary following the Mandurah Mustangs All Abilities AFL team. What began as a dream of inclusion has grown into a powerful movement, proving that football is for everyone.