The nominees for the 2024 Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) have been announced with Cameron Cairnes & Colin Cairnes shocking up a storm with eight nominations across the board for their horror smash hit Late Night with the Devil, including nominations for Best Australian Film, Best Australian Director, and nominations in all four acting categories.…
A total of 25 awards were handed out to short films across this year’s WA Made Film Festival, including two Best of the Fest awards for Best Film and Best Performance, nine Audience Choice awards, the $1000 Best Film prize at Get Smart! Presented by Buy West Eat Best, and 13 awards at the festival’s…
Entries for Brisbane’s biggest short film festival are now open! Located in Brisbane Australia within one of Australia’s best cinemas within one of Brisbane’s coolest precincts is the internationally acclaimed Australia Independent Film Festival. The festival screens at Palace James Street which is a world-class cinema that boasts cutting-edge sound, state-of-the-art digital projection, and unparalleled…
MIFF, the AFL and VicScreen have teamed up to launch Footy Shorts, an exciting initiative giving emerging Victorian filmmakers the chance to make a short documentary about Australian Football – both on and off the field. Footy Shorts offers next generation screen storytellers the chance to receive valuable mentorship opportunities while creating a short-form documentary…
Interview: Nick and Nathan Lacey It’s awards season at Queer Screen too, with the results of the prestigious My Queer Career competition for Australian short films revealed at the 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF) in Sydney this week. Die Bully Die, directed by Nathan Lacey and Nick Lacey, received the Best Film award in…
In 2025, for the second time, the Adelaide Film Festival is offering South Australian filmmakers and national Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund alumni the opportunity to attend the Marché du Film Festival de Cannes, the world’s largest film market. The Adelaide Film Festival Goes to Cannes initiative connects Australian filmmaking talent with the global market.…
The Correspondent, starring Richard Roxburgh in a career-best performance as Australian war correspondent Peter Greste, will be released in cinemas around Australia on 17th April 2025. To celebrate the release of the much-anticipated film, Maslow Entertainment is delighted to announce that Richard Roxburgh and Peter Greste will take part in a series of Q&A events…
Make It Look Real, the debut feature documentary from writer-director Kate Blackmore, has been officially selected for the SXSW 2025 Film Festival in the Documentary Spotlight section for its international premiere. The film offers a humorous and insightful behind-the-scenes exploration of Hollywood’s newest role—the intimacy coordinator. Featuring renowned intimacy coordinator Claire Warden, the documentary follows…
90-year-old Ron West, an organ player at The Majestic Theatre—the world’s longest-running silent movie theatre—bares all in Last Man Standing. This short film is directed by musicians and filmmakers Alvy Willa and Calan Mai, who have crafted a deeply moving and intimate portrait of self-acceptance, told by Ron with humour and grace. Cinema Australia spoke…
Principal photography is underway on Andrew Leavold’s new action-comedy, The Taller They Come. Shooting on location in “Kumawood”, Ghana, the film is an international co-production between Australian production companies Trash Video Archives and Maximum Daddy-O and Ghanian action-movie sensation, Ninja Productions, whose no-budget “theftsploitation” takes on popular Hollywood and Hong Kong sci-fi and action have…
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