FTI are pleased to announce that nominations for the 27th WA Screen Awards (WASAs) are now open. Entries are invited from West Australian filmmakers and game developers across 33 categories and will close at 5pm on Monday, April 20. Nominees will be announced at a function in late May and the 27th WASAs will be held on Monday 29 June 2015 at the prestigious Heath Ledger Theatre at the State Theatre…
What a lineup! From 29 March until 5 June, the Art Gallery of New South Whales will host an impressive film series Brought to Light: Troublemakers, Boat-Rockers, Trailblazers and Whistleblowers that’s sure to get movie buffs excited. You can check out the complete list of films screening as part of the series below and find…
Melbourne’s Cinema Nova will host a special screening of classic comedy Malcolm on Sunday, March 22. The 1986 Melbourne shot film stars Colin Friels and John Hargreaves. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Nadia Tass and screenwriter David Parker and will be hosted by Adam Elliott. Colin Friels stars as Malcolm, a…
What better way to celebrate Friday the 13th by with a Muriel’s Wedding Sing-Along hosted by Famous Sharron! Famous Sharron joins us straight from this year’s Fringe festival and Melbroune Comedy Festival. Sing along to all your favourite Songs in the Sing-A-Long edition of Muriel’s Wedding! Muriel’s Wedding remains an ABBASOLUTELY joyous movie experience where ABBA charts forever, dags rule,…
Colosoul Magazine will host a film festival on Tuesday, 17 March showcasing young up-and-coming talent from Western Australia. The nine short films screening on the night will be Scammers (Chris Kennedy), Pale Blue Eyes (Cameron Whiteford), Rat Tale (David Smith), The Girl (Chantelle Kerwin), Bloom (Hannah Davies), Safety Matches (Joel Maynard), Todd (Taran Dunn), The Fly and the Spider (Rohan Loveland) and Morgue (Lewis Rodan). All proceeds…
St Kilda Film Festival, Australia’s longest-standing and publicly owned short film festival, is now an ACADEMY AWARD® qualifier for the Documentary Awards and Short Film Awards. The Festival will be held from Thursday 21 to Saturday 30 May 2015 and will feature some of Australia’s best emerging and established filmmakers, producers and directors. The program will launch with a glamorous…
Now in its eighth year in Tasmania, Wide Angle Tasmania is proud to deliver Raw Nerve 2015, a national production initiative of Screen Australia and Screen Network. This year, Raw Nerve will select three teams with an early career director to make short films that explore the theme of ‘One Night’. An industry panel will…
Highlights of the festival’s first weekend, March 6-8 The Red Carpet Opening Night Gala for the 9th Byron Bay Film Festival will be the go-to event in the town this Friday. With a guest list that includes international screen stars David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Dustin Clare and Camille Keenan, and renowned filmmakers Broderick Fox, Ben…
From success at the LA Comedy Festival, where it won the ‘Best Ensemble’ award, comes the Melbourne and Adelaide Premiere of new body-swap film The Heckler. It marks the feature film debuts of local talents Kate Jenkinson (Hiding, Offspring, Super Fun Night), Emily Taheny (Mad as Hell, It’s a Date, Comedy Inc) and Simon Mallory…
A man questions whether or not he has the guts to ask out a perfect stranger. Written by James Pontifex (Writer/Director): Two days before the submission deadline for funding, my producer fell out of the project. I was alone. So what do you do? I could give up… but… I was really annoyed that I…
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