Screenwest announces Seph McKenna as new Chief Executive Officer Screenwest Chair Janelle Marr has announced the appointment of Seph McKenna as the new Chief Executive Officer of Screenwest. “I am delighted to announce that Seph McKenna has accepted our offer of appointment for a five-year term,” Mrs Marr said. Mr McKenna, the current Head of…
Actor Joel Jackson puts his heart and soul into playing Marcus Stamm in Greg McLean’s harrowing survival thriller, Jungle. “I don’t know if Marcus’ family will see this picture, or what they will think, but you become hyper-aware of paying your respects to somebody who went through these things in real life.” Interview by Matthew Eeles…
George MacKay (Captain Fantastic), Russell Crowe (The Water Diviner), Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Essie Davis (The Babadook) will star in The True History of the Kelly Gang, a film by the creative team behind the disturbing Snowtown. Due to film in Victoria, Australia next year from March, director Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) and writer Shaun…
Young Perth actress Nichola Balestri gives a standout performance in Ben Elton’s new comedy, Three Summers which even impressed her co-star and Australian acting legend, Michael Caton. Here, Nichola fills us in on her journey so far and her ambitions going forward. Interview by Matthew Eeles When did you first become interested in acting? I’ve…
Big screen Australian comedies are few and far between nowadays, but going by the new trailer for Stephan Elliot’s Swinging Safari it’s certainly set to bring the good. Swinging Safari boasts an incredible cast which includes Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Rhada Mitchell, Julian McMahon, Asher Keddie, Jeremy Sims, Atticus Robb, Darcey Wilson and bloody Jack Thompson. Take…
Landfall Written and Directed by Travis Bain Produced by Travis Bain, Shawn Brack Starring Rob Stanfield, Kristen Condon, Vernon Wells, Tony Bonner, Daryl Heath, Bailey Stevenson, Andy Bramble, Shawn Brack and Anthony Ring A young couple in tropical Australia is trapped in their beach house by three fugitives carrying a mysterious icebox containing unknown contents, and they must…
Lost Gully Road will have its world premiere at Monster Fest this month. We caught up with the director of the new Australian supernatural thriller, Donna McRae. Interview by Matthew Eeles Can you tell us about yourself and your filmmaking journey so far. I came into filmmaking as an actor. I graduated from drama school and…
Australian Revelations will screen the Perth premiere of Namatjira Project this month. Albert Namatjira was the first Indigenous person – an Aranda man – to be made a citizen by the Australian Government. This was a time when Aboriginal people were still considered flora and fauna – some 170 years after white people arrived in…
Saving Grace Written, Directed and Produced by David Sullivan and Gareth Carr Starring Kirsty McKenzie and Carole Sharkey-Waters Saving Grace is a supernatural thriller based in a beautiful remote Australian waterfront house, providing stunning locations on a micro-budget. It’s a hitchcockian look at how your demons can follow you, no matter how far you go to escape your past.…
The 2017 Port Shorts Film Festival has been hailed a huge success by organisers and audiences with more than 700 people enthralled by some of the most impressive short films on the planet over two massive nights of entertainment under the stars. Eighteen-year-old Perth wonderkid Radheya Jedatheva brought the crowd to their feet with his…
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