Revelation Film Festival is looking for interns – Is this you?

Revelation Perth International Film Festival is looking for interns for its upcoming July 2015 program. Revelation Perth International Film Festival is proud to offer three internship opportunities to people keen to immerse themselves in the world of film and arts events. All interns must possess a valid driving license, a reliable computer, knowledge of spreadsheets and schedules and be…

Altruman web series wins big

In what’s been an exciting year for original Australian web content, Boomgate Films is proud to announce that its web series Altruman has been invited to a string of web festivals and begun scoring international awards. Last Wednesday night Ben McEwing, who plays the title character, picked up the award for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy…

Edit guru Ric Curtin joins The Backlot’s post delivery team

Last week The Backlot Perth hosted The Backlot Post team as they launched their one-stop-shop post production service model to local WA film makers, while also announcing that edit guru Ric Curtin will be part of the local post delivery team. The Backlot founders, Tony Ianiro and Mark D’Angelo (The Backlot Films) have formed an alliance with…

Wanted – Camera Department Runner

The Legend of Ben Hall production team is calling for a Camera Department Runner. We are currently looking for a Camera Department Runner for our production The Legend of Ben Hall. We are looking for reliable Camera Department Runner with experience within the film industry and a keen interest on working within our exciting production. You will be…

Exclusive: Meet the cast of ‘The Legend of Ben Hall’

You all know the story of Ned Kelly but how many of you have heard the story of Australia’s other bush ranger, Ben Hall? Well, we’re about to find out a hell of a lot more thanks to local filmmaker Matthew Holmes. After an incredibly successful crowdfunding campaign which raised over $75,000, and the recent announcement of Greg Mclean…

The Backlot Films announces post production & logistics alliance with Deluxe Australia

The Backlot founders, Tony Ianiro and Mark D’Angelo (The Backlot Films) today announced an alliance with Deluxe Australia which will provide the Australian film and television industry with a one-stop-shop for seamless post-production and logistics services across Australia. The strategic alliance forms a business model that offers price-pointed, full-service post-production accessible from numerous locations around…

Final teaser for Pandora Productions’ Acacia is epic

The final teaser trailer for Acacia dropped this afternoon via Pandora Productions’ Facebook page with the following message: Words literally can not explain how much I love this stuff!! Ladies and gents it gives me the greatest pleasure to introduce to you all some more of the power house actors on the cast of Acacia…

Entries now open for the 27th annual WA Screen Awards

FTI are pleased to announce that nominations for the 27th WA Screen Awards (WASAs) are now open. Entries are invited from West Australian filmmakers and game developers across 33 categories and will close at 5pm on Monday, April 20.   Nominees will be announced at a function in late May and the 27th WASAs will be held on Monday 29 June 2015 at the prestigious Heath Ledger Theatre at the State Theatre…

Robert Connolly amongst successful recipients of Screen Australia’s Enterprise Industry program

Writers’ rooms, script workshops and audience-driven distribution are the major themes running through Screen Australia’s re-imagined Enterprise Industry program announced today. Amongst the successful recipients are Robert Connolly (Paper Planes) and the Van Vuuren Bros. (Bondi Hipsters). Ten Australian production companies have been awarded $3.2 million to develop projects and talent with a view to expanding production and broadcast pipelines. “This is a…