“After a series of disappointing New Year’s we decided we’d rather do what we love instead on the night; make a film.” The final day of the year is when people are out contemplating their New Year’s resolutions, spending time with loved ones for a quiet night in or meeting friends in social settings to…
Blue World Order Directed by Ché Baker and Dallas Bland Written by Ché Baker, Dallas Bland and Sarah Mason Produced by Ché Baker, Tim Maddocks, Sarah Mason and Matthew Reilly Starring Billy Zane, Bruce Spence, Jack Thompson, Jake Ryan and Stephen Hunter After a nuclear war decimated the northern hemisphere, the surviving population in the south become…
Digilante will be the season finale in a series of five half hour documentaries produced as part of the fourth instalment of Opening Shot, an ABC and Screen Australia initiative designed to see young filmmaking teams bring a fresh perspective to some of the big issues facing younger Australians. Joining Mike Nayna are producers Mark Conway…
Entries for the coveted St Kilda Film Festival competitions are now open. Both emerging filmmakers and industry professionals are being called on to submit their creative works in the following categories; Australia’s Top 100 Short Film Competition, The SoundKILDA Music Video Competition, and Under the Radar for filmmakers under the age of 21. Commencing Thursday…
It’s AACTA time again! An important date on the Australian film and television calendar where a handful of our finest filmmaking talent are awarded for their hard work and dedication to their craft. Below are our predictions for this year’s awards. There aren’t too many differences between our ‘will win’ and ‘should win’ predictions this year which is…
YEAH NAH is a new online show, punching out comedy sketches produced by JAZAM Films, starring Luke Morgan and Jarrod White with more cast members to be introduced soon. With two official sketches up on the YEAH NAH Facebook page, the show has been received well and is building a solid fan base with over 9,100 views so…
Revelation Perth International Film Festival will celebrate its 20thanniversary in 2017 and has officially announced its dates as 6-19 July. Revelation Festival Director Richard Sowada said the event had quite humble beginnings but was now a mainstay of the WA arts calendar. Revelation commenced in 1997 in a basement backroom in Perth’s Greenwich Club with one person, two…
Voting for the Cinema Australia 2016 Audience Award is now open! This is your chance to vote for your favourite Australian feature film or documentary of the year and win some great prizes thanks to our friends at Umbrella Entertainment. Each vote will go into the draw to win a fantastic Umbrella Entertainment prize pack…
That’s a mighty big bag of clams. We’re very excited about the latest round of funding from Screen Australia. The contemporary re-imagining of Storm Boy sounds particularly interesting. We’re also pleased there are no more dodgy commercial network biopics on the horizon. You can read Screen Australia’s full Media Release below… The latest round of Screen…
West End star and English-born Kit Esuruoso will star in the upcoming feature film Akoni alongside a stellar Australian cast including John Brumpton (2016 AACTA Best ActorNominee), Mal Kennard (2016 Silver Logie Nominee), Genna Chanelle Hayes, Pippa Grandison, Rashidi Edward and Simon Elrahi. Akoni tells the story of a Nigerian refugee who survives an attack by…
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