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A brand new poster has dropped for Kriv Stenders’ Red Dog prequel Red Dog: True Blue. The new poster marks our first official look at the new film which stars Levi Miller, Jason Isaacs, Justine Clarke, Bryan Brown and Hanna Mangan Lawrence. A teaser trailer is also due soon. Red Dog: True Blue explores the early…
FTI announced the successful 2016 nominees for the 28th Annual West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs) at an event held on Monday 30 May 2016 at The Standard bar in Northbridge. The West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs) is the premier celebration of West Australian screen culture, celebrating excellence and achievements in feature film, short film, web…
Australia’s longest-standing and publicly owned short film festival, the St Kilda Film Festival, has today announced this year’s award nominees who are in the running for more than $50,000 worth of cash and prizes across 18 categories. As an ACADEMY AWARDS® qualifying event, the winners of this year’s Best Short Film and Best Documentary are…
Four new clips have dropped for Oscar winner Eva Orner’s new Australian documentary, Chasing Asylum Click here for your chance to win one of ten double passes to a special Q&A screening of the documentary with director Eva Orner at Luna Leederville in Perth. Chasing Asylum exposes the real impact of Australia’s offshore detention policies and explores how…
The SmartFone Flick Fest is back! After a successful inaugural year in 2015, Australia’s only dedicated smartphone film festival is again calling for your entries. SmartFone Flick Festl provides a platform for filmmakers – from beginners to professionals – to bring their ideas to life without the need for expensive equipment or a big budget. Last…
by Matthew Eeles Few things are rarer in Australian cinema than a film directed by a woman, with men having dominated the industry for more than four decades. Gender inequality in the Australian film industry has been well reported recently and the staggeringly low number of films made by women in this country – just 14%…
Missing David and Margaret on the small screen? There’s a little bit of Australia’s favourite bickering film critics in the new satirical web-series, F****d-Up Film Show. Created by Perth-based production team Lot 3 Media, F****d-Up Film Show introduces the world to Colin (David T. Cowell), a high-brow film snob and Matilda (Annabel Maclean), a low-brow film buff as they…
Acclaimed Australian artists Matthew Sleeth, Emma Magenta and Bruce Gladwin are set to collaborate with screen creatives Maggie Miles, Robert Connolly, Andrew Bovell, Julie Eckersley and Ester Harding on three exciting, bold new projects announced to receive funding in the third and final round of the successful HIVE FUND initiative. An Adelaide Film Festival initiative…
The St Kilda Film Festival has revealed its exciting ten-day calendar for the 2016 event; running from Thursday 19 to Saturday 28 May 2016. Proudly produced by the City of Port Phillip, the Festival will kick off with Opening Night on Thursday 19 May, where the Palais Theatre will welcome 3,000 industry guests and film-lovers on the red carpet…
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