FTI (WA)

FTI former home in Fremantle, WA

Facade of FTI's old building in Fremantle
Formation	1971 (45 years ago)
Coordinates	32°03′03″S 115°44′57″E / 32.050837°S 115.749266°E / -32.050837; 115.749266

FTI WA Inc. (formally the Film and Television Institute) is a Screen Resource centre located in Perth, Western Australia aimed at increasing the vibrancy of the screen sector, including film, television, games and interactive. Before relocating to Perth in May 2014, FTI occupied the heritage-listed old Fremantle Boys School completed in 1855. It is the WA member of Screen Development Australia (SDA), along with other members Metro Screen (NSW), Open Channel (Vic), QPIX (Qld), Media Resource Centre (SA), and Wide Angle Tasmania (Tas).

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.

In 2014, FTI officially moved into the games and interactive space, hiring Kate Raynes-Goldie as its first Director of Interactive Programs, the first of its kind for a non-governmental Australian screen resource association.^[1][2]

Building

Until May 2014 when it moved to the State Library of Western Australia, FTI occupied the heritage-listed old Fremantle Boys School completed in 1855.^[3][4] The building was designed by William Sanford in the Victorian Tudor Style constructed using convict labour the walls are limestone the roof has Dutch gables with shingle covering. Additions were carried out in 1910 by the Public Works Department. The building was placed on the Register of National Estates in March 1972, was given an interim listing on the State register in 1992.^[5] It was given permanent listing on the State register as part of the Princess May Reserve in 2001.^[6]

Funding grants

FTI administers many of the major funding grants available for short film and documentary production in Western Australia.

50/50

50/50 provides up to 50% off the price of equipment and facilities at FTI, up to a total of a $2000.00 discount.^[7] It is available only to FTI members.

Raw Nerve

While being administered by FTI, the Raw Nerve scheme is an initiative of Screen Development Australia (SDA) in conjunction with Screen Australia.^[8] 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. Recent films include:

OOMPF

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.^[9] 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. As of 2015, OOMPF also became available to game developers, thus providing WA's only game production funding.

Link

Link provides up to $30,000 cash, provided by ScreenWest, for WA filmmakers to create either a documentary, drama or animation project.^[10] The concept behind the grant is that it provides the 'link' for early career filmmakers to move up to professional standards.

Hyperlink

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.^[11] Filmmakers are only eligible to apply for Hyperlink if they have already completed a Link funded or equivalently funded film

Notes

External links

• FTI, Western Australia