Jub Clerc, Taryne Laffar, Danielle MacLean, Kelton Pell, Ngaire Pigram, Mark Coles Smith, Mitch Torres and Tasma Walton are just some of Australia’s finest First Nations filmmakers who will be celebrating WA’s inaugural First Nations Film Festival when it kicks off this Thursday, November 3 to Sunday, November 6. “To celebrate our first year of…
As far as acting gigs go for someone just starting out in their career, Rebecca Leafe has hit the jackpot. The Perth-based actor has just wrapped filming on Adam Morris’ Frank and Frank (or The Valley and The Walrus: Ruminations on the Mystery from Soup to Nuts) starring opposite Myles Pollard in the Albany-shot drama which also…
Over the weekend, the highly regarded Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival rolled out the red carpet at the Gympie Pavilion to celebrate filmmakers from around the world at their inaugural Awards Ceremony The awards were presented by a star-studded industry lineup, including Festival Patron, filmmaker and actor extraordinaire Leah Purcell and Vanessa Gazy,…
Senses of Cinema explores the history of the co-op film movements of Sydney and Melbourne. This incredibly insightful and highly important documentary comes from two of the major figures in Australian documentary who were intimately involved in the filmmaking groundswell that first emerged in the 1960s, John Hughes and Tom Zubrycki. Featuring the like of Philip…
Cinema Australia was recently treated to an early look at Robert Connolly’s Blueback and we’re thrilled to report that the film is a triumph. Perth audiences will be treated to the Australian premiere of the new film when it opens Lotterywest Films as part of Perth Festival on November 21. Connelly’s stunning big-screen adaptation of…
CinefestOZ Broome – Western Australia’s First Nations Film Festival – today announced that beloved Australian actor and proud Nyikina man Mark Coles Smith as Ambassador for the inaugural festival presented by Goolarri Media, which kicks off next week 3-6 November in Broome in WA’s beautiful Kimberley region. Fresh from roles in ABC drama Savage River and soon…
Love by the Glass, a new romantic feature starring Susie Abromeit (Love In Bloom, Jessica Jones) and Tim Ross (Romance on the Menu, Dive Club, Wonderland), is currently shooting in Brisbane, Australia. The eighth romance film from The Steve Jaggi Company (SJc), Love by the Glass tells the story of an unlikely pairing – Allee and…
18-year-old Jay has had enough of life. 28-year-old Liz can’t get enough of it. And as Jay (Jordan Dulieu) stands on a cliff top contemplating putting an end to the meaningless fog of his existence, Liz (Freyja Benjamin) lands in town on the latest leg of her endless adventures backpacking the globe. After a sliding doors moment brings…
Ride tracks the lives and careers of Sam and Alise Willoughby, two champions who fall in love and conquered the world of BMX, an extreme sport where every race is a dance with danger. Sam rises from the suburbs of Adelaide to become a world champion and Olympic medallist. But in this sport crashes are common,…
The premise for Ribspreader is a riot. The hard to stomach, laugh-out-loud, blood-soaked gorefest follows ex-tobacco icon Bryan (Tommy Darwin) who’s transformed into the violent and grotesque Ribspreader – a masked crusader on a mission to hunt down smokers and violently extinguishing them. Without going too deep, Ribspreader is an exploration of addiction and tobacco…
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