The WA Made Film Festival is pleased to announce the full list of nominees for its inaugural Student Awards, the festival’s newest initiative designed to recognise and celebrate emerging talent in the Western Australian film industry. The 2025 WA Made Film Festival Student Awards will provide a unique opportunity for student filmmakers to gain recognition,…
Thanks to Transmission Films, we have 10 double passes to give away to Spit, a film starring David Wenham, opening nationally in cinemas on 6th March. After 20 years on the run overseas, small-time ex-criminal Johnny Spitieri (Spit) slips back into Australia on a false passport only to find himself locked up in an Immigration…
Queer Screen has awarded the full $10,000 from this year’s Completion Fund round to the animated feature film Lesbian Space Princess. The announcement was made at the Program Launch for Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival, held at the State Library of NSW. The low-budget film – about an introverted space princess who leaves…
Western Australian survival thriller, We Bury the Dead has been selected to make its world premiere at the iconic South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas in March 2025. Starring Daisy Ridley, (Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens), Brenton Thwaites (Titans) and Mark Coles Smith (Mystery Road: Origin), We Bury the Dead…
A trailer has dropped for Craig Alexander and Shelly Higgs’ black comedy, Snatchers. In a dystopian Australia, perpetually broke best friends, Mac and Fettes, work as orderlies in a hospital, barely scraping by. To escape their dire circumstances, they decide to target the lucrative black market where the wealthy pay good money for fresh organs…
Bounty Films and HALO Films have officially kicked off their exciting new distribution partnership with the first three releases coming in the first half of 2025. Following last year’s announcement that Bounty Films will distribute a curated selection of HALO Films’ acquired titles to home media audiences globally, this partnership will see the films released…
by Matthew Eeles As an independent journalist who covers Australian films exclusively, 2024 was filled with remarkable Australian film moments for me. Choosing my most memorable Australian film moment from 2024 has been challenging because there were so many. From getting independent films screened on the big screen through my own festival, the WA Made…
CinefestOZ, Australia’s premier destination film festival, is delighted to announce that submissions for the 2025 festival are now open! Set against the stunning backdrop of the South West of Western Australia, the festival will run from 30 August to 7 September 2025. We invite filmmakers across Australia to submit their work for consideration in both…
Women are leading the way on both sides of the camera on Saccharine, the third feature film by Victorian filmmaker Natalie Erika James (Relic, Apartment 7A). Delivering a boost for the local screen industry, Saccharine has created 250 jobs for Victorian crew, local cast and extras, including four skills development opportunities, in addition to injecting…
BBC Studios and The Walt Disney Company today announced the first-ever animated feature film for ’Bluey’, the beloved Emmy® and BAFTA Award-winning animated series that is 2024’s No. 1 series on streaming. The new deal sees Disney acquiring the global theatrical rights for the film, which will land in cinemas in 2027 under the Disney…
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