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The West Australian Screen Awards (WASA) are film awards given out in Western Australia. The WASAs are presented by FTI (WA).

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The Awards commenced in 1987, [1] although they were put on hold for a year in 2012, before running again from 2013 to 2016, when it was finally cancelled. [2]

The awards were significant points in the careers of a number of Australian film stars and film companies. [3] [4] [5]

The awards have now evolved into the WA Screen Culture Awards which commenced in 2020.

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  2. FTI announce the return of the Western Australian Screen Awards
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