Ewen Leslie joins the CinefestOZ Film Prize Jury

Priscilla Cameron’s The Butterfly Tree will have its WA premiere at this year’s CinefestOZ. Directed by Priscilla Cameron and produced by Bridget Callow-Wright, The Butterfly Tree stars Melissa George, Ewen Leslie, Ed Oxenbould and Sophie Lowe. The film tells the tale of Evelyn, a burlesque queen who bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son Fin. When…

Screenability Filmmakers Fund applications now open

Create NSW is calling on emerging filmmakers with disability to apply for a new Screenability Filmmakers Fund which will support three individual projects with $30,000 as well as appoint an Executive Producer to each production. Applications are sought for filmmaking projects that appeal to a broad audience (with or without disability content), from teams that…

Experience CinefestOZ beyond the cinema

Set in the seaside centres of Busselton, Bunbury, Dunsborough and the Margaret River wine region, CinefestOZ premieres feature films and events in the region’s cinemas, wineries, small bars and galleries, making it a feast for the senses and an unforgettable five-day getaway. Here are just some of the amazing events coming to the CinefestOZ this year:…

$750,000 funding boost for Maziar Lahooti’s Below

Written a family-friendly comedy full of laughs, sunshine and a jolly good time? Going by a recent trend over the last few years, you’ve got no chance of winning Screenwest’s funding initiative, West Coast Visions. Written something as dark as the devil’s heart itself? Something about an apocalypse, a violent bikie gang or a serial…

Nora Niasari’s Waterfall set to screen at MIFF

Melbourne writer-director Nora Niasari’s short film Waterfall, has been selected to have its World Premiere at the 66th Melbourne International Film Festival, which win run from 3-20 August. Waterfall, is produced by Mary Minas and Fete Films, and involves an incredible team of Australian filmmaking talent such as cinematographer Sherwin Akbarzadeh, established actor Greg Stone,…

A fresh new trailer has landed for That’s Not Me

A new trailer has dropped for That’s Not Me ahead of the film’s upcoming screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival. That’s Not Me will also screen exclusively at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide from September 7. You can find more information about the the Melbourne International Film Festival screening below. Becoming…

Filming has wrapped on Luke Sparke’s Occupation – New images revealed

Filming has officially wrapped on Luke Sparke’s Australian Sci Fi epic, Occupation. The action-heavy film starring Dan Ewing (Red Billabong, Home and Away), Temuera Morrison (Star Wars, Once Were Warriors), Stephany Jacobsen (Revenge, Battlestar Galactica), Rhiannon Fish (The 100, Home and Away), Charles Mesure (Desperate Housewives, Once Upon a Time) Jacqueline McKenzie (Romper Stomper, The…

Sunday Shorts: The First Place The Last Place

Article written by Phillip Storer In May 2016, the Federal Government shortlisted a site in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges in South Australia for Australia’s first Nuclear Waste dump. The Ikara-Flinders Ranges was formed over 540 million years ago in South Australia and is a place of great natural beauty. The First Place The Last Place considers…

Competition! Win Jasper Jones on DVD

Thanks to Madman Entertainment, we’re giving away copies of Jasper Jones on DVD. Adapted from Craig Silvey’s bestselling Australian novel and featuring a stellar cast including Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Levi Miller, Angourie Rice, Dan Wyllie and Aaron McGrath, Jasper Jones is the story of Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14 living in a…

Your first look at Ben Elton’s Three Summers

The first trailer for Three Summer is here. Ben Elton’s anticipated new film was recently announced as a contender for the CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize when it screens at the Busselton-based festival towards the end of August. The WA-shot comedy will also have its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival later this month.…