Talented actor and director Mark Coles Smith along with Kelton Pell, Mitch Torres, Adrian Russell Wills, Zac James and Marlanie Haerewa will celebrate Indigenous stories from Australia, the Torres Strait Islands and New Zealand from 26-29 October as part of CinefestOZ Broome – Western Australia’s First Nations Film Festival presented with Goolarri Media. The four-day festival, which is now in its second year,…
Two WA filmmakers have reason to celebrate this festive season as their humble short film A Novel Christmas has been selected for screening at two prestigious Academy Award-qualifying festivals. The film’s heartfelt storytelling and uplifting Christmas message have secured a place at the renowned Austin Film Festival and the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. On…
Following sold out screenings at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival, Pivot Pictures has announced the cinema release of the hilarious and chaotic Australian comedy, The Big Dog for a limited season from Thursday, November 9. An intelligent yet cheeky comedy from recent AFTRS masters graduate and up and coming talent to watch Dane McCusker, The…
Two strangers meet by chance in a highway-side motel, but as their stay goes on we begin to question if their meeting was by chance at all. Michael Sheasby (The Nightingale, Hacksaw Ridge) and newcomer Cato Ayyar (Sirens) star as the strangers attempting to live within a fantasy in this mystery laden romantic drama, written…
Adrian Powers is an Australian film and television director, screenwriter and editor, with almost twenty years of experience. His work has been seen across the globe, including at the 69th Venice Film Festival, where his film Scruples screened as part of a special collaboration between Sir Ridley Scott, Michael Fassbender and YouTube, and during which…
The world premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s Faraway Downs, an inspiring epic adventure and reimagined extended version of Luhrmann’s 2008 film Australia, will be presented by Baz Luhrmann in person, on closing night of the inaugural SXSW Sydney® Screen Festival on Oct. 21, 2023. The film, told in six chapters, will premiere all at once on…
Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) today announced that Australian singer, songwriter and actress Jessica Mauboy will join the cast of the Stan Original Film Windcatcher, a family feature film and Stan’s first co-commission with ACTF since their landmark partnership, with major production investment from Screen Australia,…
Christmess – the highly anticipated new comedy/drama from Aussie filmmaker Heath Davis – will have its world premiere at the esteemed Austin Film Festival next month. Set to be released by Bonsai Films across cinemas in Australia and New Zealand from November 30, Christmess is the fourth feature from the prolific writer and director of…
Article originally published August 2023. ARTICLE UPDATE 18.7.24: Birdeater is in cinemas now. Birdeater is set to have its WA premiere at the prestigious CinefestOZ Film Festival this weekend following incredibly successful screenings at Sydney Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival. Birdeater is a deeply thought-provoking and highly unsettling drama in which a bride-to-be…
Three Chords & the Truth, the debut feature film from writer/director Claire Pasvolsky, starring Brisbane musician Jackie Marshall, will open in cinemas from October 5. The film was selected at the Brisbane International Film Festival and the Sydney Film Festival and will screen at this week’s CinefestOz in WA. The film is about Angie, who could…
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