Release date for First Nations psychological horror The Moogai announced

Maslow Entertainment today announced that the highly anticipated First Nations psychological horror film The Moogai, will be released in cinemas in Australia on 31 October 2024. The Moogai received its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and its Australian Premiere at the 2024 Sydney Film Festival, where it won the GIO Audience Award for…

CinefestOZ and WIFT Australia reveal 2024 Writers Retreat participants

Now in its 3rd year, the CinefestOZ x WIFT Australia Writers’ Retreat, set for 1 – 4 September 2024, has selected the four participants for this year’s program. The West-Australian based creative writing incubator will welcome Victorian Danielle Stamoulos, Tasmanian Lynn Reed, and West Australians Hayley Reeve and Yasmin Kassim to Busselton next month where…

CinefestOZ 2024 Film Prize Jury announced!

Academy Award-nominated actor Rachel Griffiths will chair the CinefestOZ 2024 Film Prize Jury. The acclaimed actor, director and producer, who most recently featured in the film Anyone But You, made her screen debut in the iconic Australian film Muriel’s Wedding, and has film credits including The Rookie, Blow, Hacksaw Ridge and Hilary & Jackie which…

Rose Riley, George Mason and Hayley McElhinney announced for Miley Tunnecliffe’s Proclivitas

Screenwest and Screen Australia have announced Rose Riley, George Mason and Hayley McElhinney are starring in Miley Tunnecliffe and Kate Separovich’s debut feature Proclivitas, which kicked off production in Perth, Western Australia this week. Proclivitas is a supernatural horror that sees a troubled doctor rekindle a romance with her teenage sweetheart, awakening painful memories of the past…