WA Made Film Festival

Each year, the WA Made Film Festival will present a curated program of screenings and events which engages the community with the very best of the Western Australian screen industry.

WA Made Film Festival is Western Australia’s only independently operated film festival featuring exclusively WA made films only, and is WA’s biggest celebration of locally-made screen content.

WA Made Film Festival strives to showcase and celebrate talented cast and crew, stunning locations, and unique stories from all over Western Australia.

Attracting audiences from all over Australia, the WA Made Film Festival includes World Premieres, Perth Premieres, pre-screening networking events, parties with drinks and canapés, Question and Answer sessions with filmmakers and other post-screening events and educational screenings.

The WA Made Film Festival has officially announced the return of its Get Smart! Presented by Buy West Eat Best
smartphone filmmaking competition, along with the official theme for 2026.

Get Smart! Presented by Buy West Eat Best invites established filmmakers, independent filmmakers, students, and the general public to submit a mini-masterpiece to be considered for a special event screening during the next WA Made Film Festival which will run February 20 – March 1, 2026.

The 2026 theme is WAVE, giving filmmakers the option to explore a range of genres. The theme WAVE can be as subtle as the filmmaker wants it to be, with an ocean wave, a sound wave, or a hand wave some samples to help filmmakers get started.

The Get Smart! Presented by Buy West Eat Best event screening will be held at Palace Cinemas Raine Square, and will include a before and after party, drinks and food, networking opportunities and an awards ceremony which will include a major cash prize of $1000 for Best Film decided by a jury of industry professionals.

Filmmakers from all over the state, including those in rural and regional areas, are encouraged to submit.

WA filmmakers will have until the end of the year to complete their films with submissions for Get Smart! Presented by Buy West Eat Best opening along with regular feature film, short film and documentary submissions on Monday, 3 August 2025 and closing Tuesday, 1 December 2025.

Full terms and conditions are available here.