$233 million facility puts WA on the global stage
Perth Film Studios is Western Australia’s first permanent, purpose built screen production facility and will shine a spotlight on the local creative industry and place the state in a strong position to attract larger national and international film, television and gaming projects.
The Studios were delivered through a partnership between the WA Government and industry and provide world class infrastructure for film, television, games and digital content production. They give Western Australia the scale, flexibility and infrastructure needed to attract large national and international productions.
The WA Government has invested more than $290 million in Perth Film Studios. This includes $233.5 million for design and construction and $57 million to support operations and facilities management over the first 10 years through an agreement with Perth based operator Home Fire.
This investment supports economic diversification, creates skilled jobs and helps people build creative careers in Western Australia.
Perth Film Studios reached practical completion in December 2025 with the first screen production at the Studios in early 2026.
Further information is available on the background on the construction of the Studios
A key pillar of the Western Australian Government’s strategy to grow the screen industry is the development of Perth Film Studios. As the largest of eight initiatives under the Western Australian Screen Industry Strategy, the Studios provide the infrastructure needed to support the Strategy’s 10-year vision, including increasing production activity, building a skilled local workforce, and growing the volume of locally produced content and stories from WA creatives. Perth Film Studios plays a central role in the WA Government’s approach to growing the screen industry.
The Studios support the WA Government’s Diversify WA framework by:
Alignment with Creative WA, the state’s 10‑year vision to strengthen the creative, cultural and arts sector and grow employment across creative disciplines.
Together, these strategies position screen production as an important driver of economic diversification and future growth in Western Australia.
The Arts and Culture Trust (ACT) owns the Perth Film Studios on behalf of the State. They hold an operational agreement with Home Fire Operations Pty Ltd and oversee operational management at the facility.
Just 25 minutes from Perth’s CBD, the Perth Film Studios site is located in Malaga.
The 16 hectare site at Malaga offers the scale required for a world-class studio, proximity to the Perth CBD and airport, direct access to major road networks and alignment with current and future METRONET infrastructure. The site also provides flexibility for expansion and integration with broader precinct planning.
The Malaga site allows Perth Film Studios to operate as a fully integrated production campus capable of servicing major international projects while remaining connected to a range of filming locations across the state.
Perth Film Studios has been purpose built to meet international production standards, offering world-class facilities for local and global projects.
Designed for scale, flexibility and confidentiality the Studios have 4 sound stages totalling 8,361m2 (90,000ft2), 2 annexes with dedicated hair and make-up facilities, production offices, green rooms and meeting rooms along with a screening room and 4 workshops with lockups.
The 23,200 square metre back lot is the largest in the southern hemisphere and is larger than the playing field at Optus Stadium, providing plenty of space for filmmakers to build exterior sets for filming. This is supported by a boneyard for multifunction use as required by productions.
Each sound stage, workshop and annex can function as a separate, secure and standalone screen production operation to enable multiple screen operators to use the site whilst protecting intellectual property and production confidentiality. Alternatively, a single large screen production can hire out the entire facility.
Perth Film Studio backlot is 23,200m2
Photos by Simon Westlake
WA Government seeks proposals from private sector to locate, build and operate Perth's first ever screen production facility, through a 'market-led proposal' process.
WA Government announces its support of $106.9 million towards the cost of building the screen production facility ($105m 2021-22 election commitment, $1.9m 2023-24 budget).
Stage 1 and 2 of MLP process progresses. Announcement of film studio located in Fremantle.
WA Government invites Home Fire Creative Industries to progress to negotiations and conducts due diligence.
Change of location is announced with Malaga as the preferred site.
Delivery agreement is approved by WA Cabinet, signed by Department of Finance and Home Fire. November 2023 Home Fire is granted approval to commence forward works.
Home Fire entered into a design and construct contract with Built Pty Ltd.
November 2023 Home Fire commences forward works at the Malaga site.
Forward works are complete and construction begins.
In May 2024, the operational agreement between the Arts and Culture Trust and Home Fire Operations was signed.
Commenced first quarter 2026
Production activity at Perth Film Studios began in 2026 with Two Birds, a Stan Original series expected to generate more than $17 million for the WA economy and employ more than 100 local cast and crew.
The Studios also accommodated the production of Saltwater Cowboys of Shark Bay, a First Nations-led documentary series commissioned by NITV and SBS.
Beginning pre-production this week the six-part series will be shot at the Perth Film Studios and on location in Kalgoorlie and is expected to employ 100 Western Australian cast and crew and inject $17 million into the WA economy.
Sheridan Smith (I Fought The Law, No Return, The Teacher, Mrs Biggs), Judy Davis (Stan Original Nitram, Mystery Road) and Stephen Peacocke (Five Bedrooms, The Newsreader) star in the mystery thriller.
Western Australian producer Martha Coleman (Scrublands: Silver, Diary of an Uber Driver) of Third Act Stories has joined forces with international heavy weight producers AC Chapter One to produce the series.
Western Australian writer Megan Palinkas is writing an episode and Western Australian heads of department include Production Designer Clayton Jauncey, First Assistant Director John Fairhead, Costume Designer Lisa Galea Gunning, Hair and Makeup Designer Karen Sims, Sound Recordist Gavin Repton, Stills Photographer Finlay MacKay, Unit Publicist Adriana Begovich, Post Production Supervisor Louise Bertoncini and Post Production Facility Sandbox.
The series centres on Constable Izzie Cornwell (Smith), who arrives in Dugdale from the UK, hoping for a fresh start, only to have one disastrous misstep pull her into an increasingly tight web of deceit, guilt, and rising danger.
Two Birds is supported by the WA Production Attraction Incentive, a State Government incentive managed by Screenwest.