Now in its fourth year, the WA Made Film Festival will return in 2023 with an epic celebration of locally-made films including 14 feature films, 57 short films, one web series, two masterclasses, multiple filmmaker discussion panels and 17 smartphone films made exclusively for the festival. Running over ten days from Friday, 17 February until…
Award-winning Western Australian writer/director David Vincent Smith brings a personal story to the big screen with his feature film directorial debut He Ain’t Heavy set to commence shooting Monday 23 January in Perth’s south-eastern suburbs, with major production investment from Screenwest and Lotterywest. Inspired by true events, the film follows a desperate sister who kidnaps…
Located at one of Australia’s coolest venues within one of Australia’s coolest art precincts is Brisbane’s very own Australia Independent Film Festival. Known passionately as “the filmmaker’s festival,” AIFF is on track to become Australia’s premiere live screening short film and screenplay festival. AIFF23 will next take place in Brisbane at Metro Arts West Village…
Australian sci-fi thriller Monolith starring rising star Lily Sullivan (Evil Dead Rise, I Met a Girl, Picnic at Hanging Rock) will have its international premiere at SXSW 2023 and has locked ANZ distribution and international sales. XYZ Films is now representing the title for North America, with Bonsai Films handling Australian distribution. Blue Finch Films…
Sundayarvo Productions, the creators of comedy series Stage Mums which aired on Network Ten, have released their new animated series Insta Infamous. The story follows the adventures of Brit-Nay, a fame-chasing Gen Z influencer hell bent on increasing her social media following so she can become Instafamous. When things don’t go as planned she ends up…
Independent Australian filmmaker, Davo Hardy, has announced his sixth feature film, The Switchblade Sisterhood. Hardy saw a lot of success in 2022; with his controversial feature Public Eye going all the way to the AACTAs and garnering over a dozen prestigious awards, worldwide. 2022 also saw the launch of his own distribution platform; Davo Hardy…
2022 has been an incredible year for Australian cinema with so many quality films released. If you’re looking to watch more Australian films from 2022, but you don’t know where to begin, we’ve put together this list of 84 new Australian films we watched throughout the year. Consider it a check list for films that…
by Matthew Eeles Back in September, Cinema Australia announced that HALO Films had partnered with Adelaide’s Wallis Cinemas Piccadilly to screen the WA distributor’s slate of quality productions. In more exciting news coming from the industrious distributor, HALO Films has now cast its distribution net even wider by adding Five Star Cinemas in New Farm,…
Central Queensland’s premiere film arts festival returns with new feature film and documentary premieres, art experiences and much more. The 2023 Capricorn Film Festival is presented by Livingstone Shire Council, Tourism Events Queensland, Screen Queensland, Regional Arts Australia, Keppel Coast Arts and will be held from Wednesday the 18th to Saturday 21st of January 2023…
Freedom Swimmer, directed by Olivia Martin-McGuire and co-produced by No Thing Productions and Sacrebleu Productions, is now available to stream on SBS On Demand. Freedom Swimmer tells the story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong that parallels his granddaughter’s own quest for a new freedom. The 15 minute short film is…
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