Film Kalamunda

The City of Kalamunda is a film friendly location keen to offer their support to the professional film and television industry.

Our online gallery for location and props is now available. Please contact us for further details for use of location and props.

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Areas of the City

Find out more about our extensive film locations, including climate, transport and road networks.

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Apply to Film

Whether doing drones shoots or filming, please ensure you have the relevant permits and approvals to do so.

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Tool Kit

Want to start filming? This section provides resources to get you started.

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If you think your home is unique (or ordinary!) enough to make a good film or television location. Film makers also use lots of props so if you have, for example, a classic car, vintage tractor or other unusual item and want to promote it to the film industry, let us know.

Screen West

Western Australia is home to a highly skilled industry of film professionals, equipped with a range of production and post production facilities and high quality equipment. For a comprehensive list of production facilities and crew available in Western Australia contact Screenwest.

Location Gallery

Our gallery is currently being updated - please contact us to explore our collection of registered location and props.

Testimonials / What's Been Filmed here?

Commercials, television series, documentaries, short and feature films have all been made in the City of Kalamunda. Productions include:

Channel 9’s Garden Gurus
Quartermaine
2016 WA Screen Academy Graduating Film

Locations: Kalamunda National Park and Kalamunda History Village
Runtime: 11.05

A flamboyant bushranger leads two unsuspecting convicts on a journey to reclaim a special 'treasure'.
The War That Changed Us
“The City was very responsive to our filming needs and made the process effortless" - Electric Pictures

Format: 4 x 1hr Documentary Series
Series Director: Don Featherstone
Series Producer: Andrew Ogilvie, Electric Pictures

The epic story of Australia and the First World War is revealed through the lives of six Australians. Their transformative journeys through conflict on the battlefront and on the home front, are brought to life through a blend of personal testimony, drama, expert analysis, location filming and archive.
An Accidental Soldier
"The Kalamunda locals were always incredibly generous and supportive and there was a great deal of good will surrounding the project.” - Taylor Media

Format: Telemovie
Director: Rachel Ward
Producer: Kylie du Fresne and Sue Taylor
Website: http://www.taylormedia.com.au/portfolio/An-Accidental-Soldier

An unexpected love story set in WW1 France between a young Australian baker who has deserted the front line, and a grieving French woman, who puts her own life at risk by sheltering him from the authorities.
Super Dingo
"The City of Kalamunda have exceeded our expectations in providing multiple locations for the filming of 5 episodes of our comedy web series Super Dingo. We have built a long standing relationship with the City, whose staff have been helpful, willing to assist in promotion and publicity of not only our series, but show a keen interest in the development of the WA film industry as a whole." - Natalie Lewis (Producer)
A ScreenWest supported web series
Bad Girl
BAD GIRL commenced Principal Photography in Perth, Western Australia, end August 2015 and is the debut feature film of director Fin Edquist. The film was shot in the Swan Valley, Kalamunda and Serpentine area over a period of 4 weeks between August and September. BAD GIRL is produced by Steve Kearney, Bruno Charlesworth and Tenille Kennedy. The original screenplay is by Fin Edquist.

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