Film prize win for Judas Collar

Western Australian filmmakers Alison James and Brooke Tia Silcox have won Best Narrative Short Film at the 2018 Austin Film Festival (AFF) for their short film, Judas Collar.  After a decade as one of Western Australia’s top documentary filmmakers, writer/director Alison’s debut foray into scripted filmmaking is a heartbreaking and visually stunning short film with no dialogue,…

Capricorn Film Festival returns for 2018!

The Capricorn Film Festival will return to Central Queensland this year in it’s new home of Yeppoon. The Capricorn Film Festival will run from November 23 – 24 where guest judges and industry professionals will be visiting Yeppoon to lend their expertise to the event, held at the Yeppoon Town Hall. The festival will open with…

Trailer of the Day: The Mother Load

Written and Directed by Loani Arman Produced by Melissa Crabtree (Producer) and Loani Arman (Executive Producer) Starring Bernie Van Tiel, Chloe De Los Santos, Thomas Larkin and Christen O’leary Twenty-five year old Kali Diaz’s life is a mess. She’s a fuck up and proud of it. She lives in a shit hole; makes careless decisions on the reg;…

Book Week Q&A (Competition Now Closed)

Thanks to Bonsai Films we are giving readers the chance to a double pass to a special advance screening of Book Week which includes a Q&A with writer/director Heath Davis. When it looks like his novel is going to be published, high school English teacher and once famous novelist – Nicholas Cutler – thinks his…

Perth’s best short film festival is back! Have you entered?

NEXT GEN Short Film Festival will return to The Backlot Perth in January 2019 as part of FRINGE WORLD Festival. This award-winning festival celebrates short films made by West Australian emerging filmmakers and are currently searching for their 2019 crop of short films! NEXT GEN is an initiative that aims to support West Australian emerging…

Steve Bisley wants your help to bring his memoirs to the big screen

Australian screen legend Steve Bisley is looking to adapt his critically acclaimed memoir Stillways into a feature-length film Pauline, told from the perspective of his mother. Shortlisted for multiple awards including the National Biography Awards, Stillways is a powerful snapshot of Australian childhood in the 60s. The memoir is an unflinching recollection of Bisley’s own…

Trailer of the Day: Waiting – The Van Duren Story

Born out of the ashes of Big Star, arguably the greatest cult band of all time, Memphis local Van Duren joined forces with ex-members Chris Bell and Jody Stephens to form a band and become regulars on the 70s Memphis bar circuit. In little time they got the attention of Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Loog…

Crowdfunding campaign launched for online dance competition

Imagine: Dance, an intriguing new Perth-based web series, is currently crowdfunding to kickstart production. Imagine: Dance is a live theatre competition where audiences from Perth and abroad will have an opportunity to vote for the winner in each episode. Every year, the Imagine: Dance team will come together to create and design twelve unique logos.…