It has been announced that Ben Young’s highly anticipated Western Australian film, Hounds of Love, will have its world premiere at the prestigious Venice Days, a sidebar of the Venice Film Festival. “I’m so thrilled that all the wonderful and talented cast and crew, who took a risk on this small West Australian film, are been…
Down Under Written and Directed by Abe Forsythe Produced by Barbara Gibbs, Jodi Matterson, Greg McLean and Stuart Quin Starring Lincoln Younes, Rahel Romahn, Michael Denkha, Fayssal Bazzi, Alexander England, Damon Herriman, Justin Rosniak, Chris Bunton, Harriet Dyer, David Field, Marshall Napier, Josh McConville and Dylan Young “Smart, hilarious, brutal and confronting, Down Under is one of the…
Jasper Jones, Spin Out, Girl Asleep and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom have been announced as the four finalists vying for Australia’s richest film prize at CinéfestOZ. Now into its third year, the highly coveted $100,000 film prize was established with the aim of pursuing excellence in Australian filmmaking. It is awarded to the…
Screenwest, via the State government, have announced the recipients who will receive the $750,000 in West Coast Visions funding for 2016-17. One of Screenwest’s largest funds, the program aims to uncover, inspire and develop local talent and skills. The project in receipt of the funding is the feature film, 1%, with Western Australian director, Stephen McCallum, writer Matt Nable and…
The countdown to this year’s top Australian screen awards has officially commenced, with the first nominees for the 6th AACTA Awards presented by Presto announced today. Nominees were announced in three categories – Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film. Nominees for Australia’s finest film and television productions of the…
Bad Girl Written and Directed by Fin Edquist Starring Samara Weaving, Felicity Price, Benjamin Winspear, Sara West and Liam Graham Secrets and lies will change lives in this pulse-pounding psychological thriller. Sullen, defiant and on probation following her release from juvenile detention, 16-year-old foster child Amy Anderson struggles with her new life in the countryside…
CinéfestOZ, Australia’s premier destination film festival, has today opened the box office and is now taking bookings for a limited number of Festival events from 11 July. The highly anticipated full program will be revealed on 29 July. Running from 24-28 August, CinéfestOZ is preparing to welcome stars, filmmakers and film enthusiasts alike to movie screenings and…
A Night of Horror A Night of Horror – Sydney’s genre festival and one-time Revelation guests – unleash their first anthology feature film, showcasing the suitably horrifying talents of Enzo Tedeschi, Bossi Baker, Rebecca Thomson, Justin Harding, Evan Randall Green, Carmen Falk, Goran Spoljaric, Matthew Goodrich, Nicholas Colla and Daniel Daperis. The filmmakers whose work is presented here…
After a very successful crowdfunding campaign to restore the film, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) have announced that the premiere of the Proof restoration will screen at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival on Friday, 29 July. As if that news wasn’t exciting enough, director Jocelyn Moorhouse, producer Lynda House and actor Hugo…
Over 500 filmmakers, celebrities, media and screen industry representatives turned out to celebrate the very best in Western Australian screen production at the 28th Annual West Australian Screen Awards hosted by comedian Rhys Nicholson, at the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth last night, Monday 4 July 2016. Presented by FTI, the WA Screen Awards (WASAs) is the premier celebration of West Australian screen culture,…
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