The West Australian Screen Awards (WASA) are film awards given out in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
. The WASAs are presented by
FTI (WA)
FTI WA Inc., formerly the Film and Television Institute and also known as the Perth Institute of Film and Television, was a screen resource centre located in Western Australia aimed at increasing the vibrancy of the screen sector, including film ...
.
The Awards commenced in 1987, although they were put on hold for a year in 2012, before running again from 2013 to 2016, when it was finally cancelled.
The awards were significant points in the careers of a number of Australian film stars and film companies.
The awards have now evolved into the
WA Screen Culture Awards which commenced in 2020.
See also
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Film Industry in Western Australia
*
Cinema of Australia
References
External links
The West Australian Screen Awards*
Film organisations in Australia
Culture of Western Australia
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