Australian Revelations will screen the Perth premiere of Namatjira Project this month. Albert Namatjira was the first Indigenous person – an Aranda man – to be made a citizen by the Australian Government. This was a time when Aboriginal people were still considered flora and fauna – some 170 years after white people arrived in…
The 2017 Port Shorts Film Festival has been hailed a huge success by organisers and audiences with more than 700 people enthralled by some of the most impressive short films on the planet over two massive nights of entertainment under the stars. Eighteen-year-old Perth wonderkid Radheya Jedatheva brought the crowd to their feet with his…
The first poster has dropped for Luke Sparke’s Australian sci-fi epic, Occupation. Occupation stars an incredible ensemble of local and international names including Dan Ewing (Red Billabong, Home and Away), Temuera Morrison (Star Wars, Once Were Warriors), Stephany Jacobsen (Revenge, Battlestar Galactica), Rhiannon Fish (The 100, Home and Away), Charles Mesure (Desperate Housewives, Once Upon a…
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and Beauty and the Beast’s Josh Gad are set to star opposite Australian actor Alexander England in the zombie comedy Little Monsters, from Australian writer/director Abe Forsythe. Keith & Jess Calder’s Snoot Entertainment and Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories are producing the film, with production having begun this month in Sydney.…
AACTA have announced the full list of nominees for this year’s awards. You can find the complete list of feature films nominated below. Click here for other categories including television, documentary and short films. Let us know what you think in the comments section below. BEST FILM ALI’S WEDDING Sheila Jayadev, Helen Panckhurst BERLIN SYNDROME…
Goalpost Pictures Australia have announced that Top End Wedding, the new feature film co-written by and starring Miranda Tapsell, co-written by Joshua Tyler and directed by Wayne Blair, will go into production early in the new year after securing major investment funding from Screen Australia. Tapsell starred in the Goalpost Pictures box office hit The…
The first trailer has dropped for Small Town Hackers. The new comedy series from Perth-based production company Mad Kids (DAFUQ?, The Legend of Gavin Tanner, The Shapes, Set Yourself Free) will premiere next week on Above Average, an online video streaming site founded by legendary comedy producer Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video (Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show starring…
“I used to think that I had to be an ass to be successful, but then I saw Hugh Jackman on-set, and I was in awe of his openness and sensitivity to everyone.” Cam is an Australian actor whose credits include Fat Tony & Co, Offspring, The Salsa Plays, Just Between Us and The Hunt.…
Innocent Killer Directed by Jon-Claire Lee Written by Jon-Claire Lee, Asif Khan and Nesrine Joseph Produced by Asif Khan, Jon-Claire Lee Starring Asif Khan, Lucy Quill, Agustin Lamas, David Brumby, Martin Curtis, Jenny Zhang, Casey-Ann Wainer, Veena Sudarshan, Daniel Sassen, Lana Nesnas, Chris Drake, Annette Labriola, Kelsey Hamill, Marie Kamara, Josie Lamb, Ashwina Lohith and Martin Shaynd In the tradition of great classic serial killer films such as American Psycho and Zodiac, the thriller Innocent…
Thanks to Transmission films, we’re giving readers the chance to win one of ten in-season double passes to see Ben Elton’s new Australian comedy, Three Summers. From internationally renowned writer/director Ben Elton comes Three Summers, an ensemble comedy that embraces the diversity of modern Australia. At a summer music festival, the feisty lead singer of…
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