Tim Barretto and Melanie Filler’s End to End lands West Coast Visions 2024

Screenwest and Screen Australia are pleased to announce End to End from writer/director Tim Barretto and writer/producer Melanie Filler has been selected as the 2024 recipient of Screenwest’s highly coveted West Coast Visions initiative. West Coast Visions is a special initiative designed by Screenwest to uncover, inspire and develop talented and motivated WA filmmakers with distinctive visions…

Principal photography begins on Kiah Roache-Turner’s shark thriller, Beast Of War

Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, Bronte Pictures and Pictures in Paradise have announced that principal photography has officially commenced in Australia on Beast Of War, the eagerly awaited shark thriller helmed by acclaimed genre director Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Nekoronic, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, Sting). This gripping production is a collaboration between Bronte Pictures (known…

Andamooka, He Ain’t Heavy and Inside join stellar CinefestOZ lineup

Australia’s largest destination film festival – CinefestOZ – has announced the release of its 2024 program of films and events, which includes an exclusive preview of new family comedy Runt starring Celeste Barber, Jai Courtney and Jack Thompson, more than 80 feature films, documentaries and short films, and a raft of visiting talent from Saturday,…

Exclusive: First look at Grace Wriggles’ Red River Cowboy

Two South-East Queenslanders are swinging hard for next festival season after wrapping exciting new Aussie outback short film, Red River Cowboy. Written and directed by emerging Gold Coast filmmaker Grace Wriggles and produced by Christian McCarty from Black Phoenix Productions, Red River Cowboy follows the story of vengeful mistress John, who is left to die…

Every Australian feature film and documentary screening at this year’s MIFF

Beloved cultural event, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), has tonight shared its impressive 2024 program of over 250 features, shorts and XR experiences landing across Melbourne, around Victoria and online Australia-wide this August. Running 8-25 August, this year’s film line-up boasts a world class roster of international features, an assembly of stellar World Premiere…

CinefestOZ and WIFT Australia open call for annual Writers’ Retreat

Aspiring and established female and non-binary screenwriters are now invited to apply for the 2024 CinefestOZ and Women in Film and Television (WIFT) Australia Writers’ Retreat. The free program, which will be held from September 1-4 in Western Australia’s South West during the CinefestOZ Film Festival, provides space and time for up to four participants…