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Photo: Daisy Ridley in We Bury the Dead. Courtesy: Screenwest
We Bury the Dead and Birthright are two of four finalists in contention for the 2025 Film Prize of $100,000. It was selected by a jury of industry leaders, and the prize money is the largest film prize dedicated to Australian feature films.
Filmed in Albany and Western Australia's Great Southern region last year, We Bury the Dead returned an estimated $9.3 million to the WA economy. This is an example of the WA Government's commitment to diversifying the economy by growing the screen industry and creating jobs.
The other two short-listed films are Songs Inside and One More Shot.
The Film Prize Jury will attend each of the red carpet premieres throughout the week and will announce the winner on Saturday, 6 September.
We Bury the Dead was supported by the WA Government through its WA Regional Screen Fund and the Post, Digital, and Visual Effects incentives program, which supports work to be undertaken in Western Australia.
Birthright is Western Australian writer/director Zoe Pepper's debut feature film, produced by Cody Greenwood. Set in a single location, filming took place in the Perth Hills across five weeks last year.
Both feature films received major production investment from Screen Australia, Screenwest and Lotterywest.
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