It’s here! Revelation Perth International Film Festival opens tonight

Revelation Perth International Film Festival kicks off its eighteenth season tonight at the Luna Cinema in Leederville, Perth, Western Australia and runs until 12 July 2015. The annual Festival opens tonight with the Australian road movie Last Cab To Darwin which will be introduced by the film’s director Jeremy Sims and cast including Michael Caton. Special guests of the festival will include Australian actors Ningali Lawford, Mark Coles Smith and Steve Bisley alongside national…

Focus on Rev: Parkerville Amphitheatre: Sets, Bugs & Rock n Roll

“It was our single greatest expenditure but we feel ultimately one of the crowning glories of our film! “ Filmmakers Susie Conte and Jenny Crabb write exclusively for Cinema Australia about their exciting new documentary based on an almost forgotten Western Australian icon, The Parkerville Amphitheatre: Almost three years ago, Jenny stumbled across the ruins…

Producer Luke Graham announces new film festival for Central Queensland

France has Cannes, New York has Tribeca, Sydney has Tropfest and now it’s Central Queensland’s turn with the recent announcement of The Capricorn Film Festival. This exciting new film festival, proudly representing the Central Queensland region, will celebrate its inaugural year on September 19 when it launches at the Gladstone Marina, where it hopes to showcase filmmaking…

World premiere announced for Greenfield

Greenfield, an Australian-Danish web series directed by Julius Telmer, will have it’s world premiere at Luna Leederville on June 25. Greenfield is a ScreenWest 3-to-1 cinematic soap-drama web-series set in rural Australia. Filmed in Merredin, WA over the course of a month, the cast and crew worked and lived out of the old Cummins Theatre with the…

The 27th Annual WA Screen Awards 2015 nominees announced – It’s time to get excited

FTI announced the successful 2015 nominees for the 27th annual WA Screen Awards (WASAs) at an event held on Monday 8 June 2015 at Lot 20 Bar in the Perth Cultural Centre. The WA Screen Awards (WASAs) is the premier celebration of West Australian screen culture, celebrating excellence and achievements in feature film, short film, web series, music videos, television production, documentary, games and interactive…

The Get Your Shorts On! program is here!

ScreenWest has announced this year’s Get Your Shorts On! program, which will delight and inspire as it showcases the talents of Western Australia’s short filmmakers. Programmed by ScreenWest and screening as part of the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, this year’s Get Your Shorts On! features shorts that explore the ways we love, communicate with…

St Kilda film director launches new project to challenge violence against women

As of June this year, 41 women have been killed by violence in Australia. Because of the two women we lose to gendered violence each week, the men who continue to terrorise women, the social attitudes that permit, excuse and pardon this violence – the team at Nexus Production Group (NPG) is launching its latest project and fundraiser to challenge the status quo…

The Revelation Perth International Film Festival Program is here – and it’s chock full of Australian content

After a record breaking 2014, Revelation Perth International Film Festival has announced its expanded 2015 program. Revelation is acclaimed as Western Australia’s leading international film festival and annual screen culture event and firmly established as Australia’s filmmakers’ festival. It is dedicated to presenting independent cinema from around the globe in a context that explores film’s great traditions,…

Comedian Joel Creasey returns home to host the 27th Annual WA Screen Awards

FTI are pleased to announce that comedian Joel Creasey is the official host of the 27th West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs). The sell-out comedian, originally from Perth, expressed his enthusiasm of returning to his hometown to host the highly anticipated event. “I’m so excited to return home to host the WA Screen Awards. I’m going to approach hosting the night in the way…

Last Train to Freo will headline June’s Australian Revelations with director Jeremy Sims

Australian Revelations is a celebration of Australian film through a year-round, ongoing series of screenings and Perth produced Last Train To Freo will headline the next event on Tuesday 30 June. Last Train To Freo is set entirely inside a Perth train carriage and told in real time. The debut feature film for local Director, Jeremy Sims, it was written…

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