The Film and Television Institute WA (FTI) is a Screen Resource center located in Fremantle, Western Australia.
FTI is a non profit, membership based organisation providing members with low-cost equipment and facilities hire, production assistance and script consultation, as well as regular production grants for low budget filmmakers. The institute houses an 121-seat Cinema used for member screenings, as well as regular screenings of independent films.
The organisation is situated in the heritage-listed old Fremantle Boys' School building, built in the 19th Century.
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FTI administers many of the major funding grants available for short film and documentary production in Western Australia.
50/50 provides up to 50% off the price of equipment and facilities at FTI, up to a total of a $2000.00 discount.[1] It is available only to FTI members.
While being administered by FTI, the Raw Nerve scheme is an initiative of Screen Development Australia (SDA) in conjunction with Screen Australia.[2] It provides $5,000 worth of in-kind assistance (equipment and facilities rental) plus a $2,000 cash budget. This grant is available to all WA filmmakers, regardless of FTI membership.
OOMPF stands for "One Off Members Production Fund". Similarly to Raw Nerve, it provides a $5,000 in-kind budget, but also $5,000 cash, up from Raw Nerve's $2,000.[3] As the name suggests, you must be a paid-up member of FTI to apply for the grant, and you can only receive it once.
Link provides up to $30,000 cash, provided by ScreenWest, for WA filmmakers to create either a documentary, drama or animation project.[4] The concept behind the grant is that it provides the 'link' for early career filmmakers to move up to professional standards.
Hyperlink is the next step up from Link, providing up to $70,000 for the creation of a film of 15 minutes or less duration.[5] Filmmakers are only eligible to apply for Hyperlink if they have already completed a Link funded or equivalently funded film