Blanchett and Mailman announced as hosts of the 4th AACTA Awards

Australia’s biggest celebration of screen just got bigger, with AACTA today announcing multi AFI and AACTA Award winning performers Cate Blanchett and Deborah Mailman as hosts of the 4th AACTA Awards Ceremony in Sydney. Joining these outstanding hosts will be AACTA President Geoffrey Rush who will present along with Kat Stewart, Marta Dusseldorp, Lachy Hulme, Stephen Curry and Dan Wyllie to name a few. Nominees include Patrick Brammall, Essie Davis, Sarah…

The Babadook and Candy announced for Australian Revelations

Australian Revelations is a celebration of Australian film through a year-round, ongoing series of screenings and The Babadook will headline the next event on Tuesday 27 January. Receiving a limited cinema release earlier this year, The Babadook is gaining fans – and noterity – across the world, regularly featuring in ‘top 10’ lists by critics everywhere. Director William Friedkin (The Exorcist,…

Celebrate Muriel’s Wedding at Arc

CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE BRIDE AT ARC! See the costumes, hear the music, watch the film. Join our special guests as we celebrate 20 years of Muriel’s Wedding on Friday, 5 December. Wear your bridesmaids dresses or wedding attire – prizes for the best costumes on the night! MURIEL’S WEDDING: RENEWING OUR VOWS FROM 5PM Courtyard Bar opens…

Calling creative WA film teams for West Coast Visions 2015

West Coast Visions is a development initiative offering $750,000 of production investment funding for up to one feature film project per year. It is one of ScreenWest’s largest funds. The program is designed to uncover, inspire and develop local projects and skills. Recent West Coast Visions films have had great success on the national and international festival…

Locks of Love to premiere in Canberra

Silversun Pictures and ScreenACT have produced an exciting and innovative anthology feature film, Locks of Love. The film brings together 11 different stories and a whole new generation of talented filmmakers to tell the tales behind the padlocks of love attached to a gate in a Canberra park. Come and celebrate our filmmaker’s achievements by attending…

The Joe Manifesto to screen in Melbourne

Gregory Pakis’ (Jugular) 2013 feature film The Joe Manifesto will screen at Melbourne’s The Dan O’Connoll Hotel next month. Filmgoers eager to see this film can find the dates below. Approaching his mid-thirties and reluctantly engaged, bored office worker Joe, meets the outlandish job and partner swapping Vee, who encourages him to be 100% honest in his…