The WA Screen and Media Academy, formerly Western Australian Screen Academy (WASA; WA Screen Academy), is a film school situated within the School of Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. It operates in partnership Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Description The WA Screen and Media Academy, formerly known as Western Australian Screen Academy, when it was also known as WA Screen Academy or WASA, offers advanced-level training programs in screen production, operating in a partnership with the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Its program is delivered on the Mount Lawley campus of Edith Cowan University.
WASA is a full member of CILECT (the International Association of Film and Television Schools).
The school partners with industry media organisations such as Seven Network, Nine Network, ABC, Nova radio, Bus Stop Films, and the Revelation Film Festival.
Courses , WA Screen and Media Academy offers the following courses: Bachelor of Journalism and Broadcast Media Bachelor of Screen Production Graduate Certificate in Media Strategy and Leadership Graduate Certificate in News and Entertainment Media Graduate Certificate in Screen Creative Technologies Graduate Certificate in Screen Production Graduate Certificate in Scripted Screen Production Graduate Diploma in News and Entertainment Media Graduate Diploma in Screen Production Master of News and Entertainment Media Master of Screen Production
Achievements
2017: The doco On My Terms selected for the St Kilda Film Festival 2017: Short film Dark Horses selected for St Kilda Film Festival, Beverly Hills Film Festival, Next Gen Short Film Festival, WA Unlocked Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival; winner of 5 awards 2011: Graduate Sam Barrett directs feature film Sororal 2010: Graduate Sam Barrett directs feature film Esoterica 2010: The doco Painful Bliss is selected for the Bondi Short Film Festival 2010: Short film Stuffed wins ATOM Award for Best Tertiary Short Fiction 2010: Ten films and docos selected for the Dungog Film Festival 2010: Academy Director John Rapsey wins WA Screen Award for Outstanding Contribution to Industry 2010: Graduate Mike Hoath wins WA Young Filmmaker of the Year 2010: Graduate Magda Wozniak wins WA Screen Award for Best Screenplay 2009: The short The Bucks' Party and the documentary The Bubbleologist selected for the Bondi Short Film Festival 2008: Graduate Sam Barrett directs feature film No Through Road 2008: Graduate Paul Komadina directs feature film Director's Cut 2007: The short Postcard Vernosti receives Honours at California's ActionCut Festival 2007: The short Postcard Vernosti receives Merit Award at Australian Shorts Festival
See also Film schools in Australia
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