Brothers, Rebels, Champions, Outsiders Brothers Tas and Ben Pappas, two boys from Melbourne who took the skateboarding world by storm, defeated Tony Hawk and were crowned International World Champions within a year. Skateboarding came naturally to the Pappas brothers, but success was a different story. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account we witness the dark consequences…
CinéfestOZ has unveiled its biggest program to date with more than 60 films on offer at this year’s festival, which starts on August 20th. The 2014 program will feature 14 Australian, 10 French and one “Aussies Abroad” feature-length films, 13 community screenings and 29 short films over the five day event in the South West of Western Australia. Among…
Melbourne’s Cinema Nova will host a special Q&A screening of All This Mayhem tonight. Skateboarding champion and subject of the film, Tas Pappas, will join Nova following a screening of the critically acclaimed film. Brothers Tas and Ben Pappas, two boys from Melbourne who took the skateboarding world by storm, defeated Tony Hawk and were crowned…
It’s just been announced that Ann Turner’s Celia will open the Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival on August 21. The cult film, starring Rebecca Smart, will screen along with a discussion to shed new light on a remarkable work. The event doubles as the launch of a new book, Kid Power!, featuring an essay about the…
CinéfestOZ is delighted to announce the members of the jury who will decide on the winner of its inaugural $100,000 Film Prize. Actress Marta Dusseldorp, film selector Benjamin Illos, producer Sue Milliken and film reviewer Margaret Pomeranz, along with jury chair, acclaimed Australian director Bruce Beresford, have been invited to decide the winner of Australia’s richest film prize at the festival, which takes place…
Joel Edgerton is set to walk the red carpet at this year’s CinéfestOZ for the WA premiere of his latest film Felony. The Australian actor, who wrote and starred in the psychological thriller, will travel to WA with Felony director Matthew Saville to support the film, which is in the running for the festival’s inaugural…
Australian actor/screenwriter Joel Edgerton and director Matthew Saville will tour Australia in August this year in support of their upcoming psychological thriller Felony. The tour will kick off in Melbourne on Saturday, August 16 where Edgerton and Saville will walk the red carpet at the closing night of the Melbourne International Film Festival for the…
Luke Carlon grew up taking tourists on horse trips along the Cox’s river, a place his family has ridden since the 1820’s. Everyone came to ride along this pristine valley for up to a week including the rich and famous. All that ended nearly 20 years when the river was declared a wilderness area, the…
CinéfestOZ has announced the six finalists in contention for its inaugural $100,000 Film Prize 2014. Felony, Son of a Gun, The Reckoning, The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse and MIFF@CinefestOZ films My Mistress and Paper Planes have all been shortlisted for Australia’s richest film prize, to be announced at the festival on Saturday, 23rd August. The Film Prize is awarded to…
Claire Hooper is set to kick off the 26th annual WA Screen Awards in the State Theatre Centre of WA in the stunning Heath Ledger Theatre this Monday 14 July 2014 as a grand finale event to the Revelation Perth International Film Festival. Presented by FTI, the WA Screen Awards (WASAs) is the premier celebration…
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