Cinema Australia is giving three lucky readers the chance to win a double pass to a special Q&A screening of Embrace with director Taryn Brumfitt in attendance. The screening will take place at Luna Leederville on Tuesday, 26 July at 6.30pm. Taryn Brumfitt is a writer, speaker and founder of the Body Image Movement. Her…
Ahead of the film’s trailer release on Friday, 15 July, we sat down with Perth filmmaker Damian Fasolo to learn a little more about his feature film debut, Broken. Interview by Matthew Eeles Tell us a bit about yourself? I grew up in Perth, Italian descent. When I was 15, my parents came home from…
More details of Red Billabong’s secretive plot are revealed in the film’s brand new trailer. Our final look at Luke Sparke’s Australian creature feature before its theatrical release also includes our first real look at the film’s monster and leaves us asking one question. What is it? “Being just a month out of the premiere, we’re excited…
Embrace Written and Directed by Taryn Brumfitt Produced by Mathew Brumfitt, Taryn Brumfitt, Bettina Hamilton, Nora Tschirner, Anna Vincent and Timothy White Starring Renee Airya, Jade Beall, Taryn Brumfitt, Amanda De Cadenet, Mia Freedman, Harnaam Kaur, Ricki Lake, B. Jeffrey Madoff, Melinda Tankard Reist and Nora Tschirner When body image activist Taryn Brumfitt posted an unconventional before-and-after photograph in 2013, it was seen by more than 100 million worldwide and sparked…
CinéfestOZ, Australia’s premier destination film festival, has today opened the box office and is now taking bookings for a limited number of Festival events from 11 July. The highly anticipated full program will be revealed on 29 July. Running from 24-28 August, CinéfestOZ is preparing to welcome stars, filmmakers and film enthusiasts alike to movie screenings and…
Morgue Directed by Jake Shannon Produced by Lewis Rodan Starring Mario Piccoli and Phillip MacKenzie Morgue was made in 2013 as part of Murdoch University’s Advanced Screen program. Though some of the crew had collaborated before, it was a milestone achievement for us in the endeavour of the short film format. We were dedicated to making sure…
Written by Nick Barkla (writer/director) It was late at night and the phone rang. I answered and heard a familiar voice, edgy with excitement. “Guess what?” “What?” “They want me to fight for the world title in America.” “You’re kidding?” “In five weeks.” “But you haven’t been training.” “I know.” “What are you going…
A Night of Horror A Night of Horror – Sydney’s genre festival and one-time Revelation guests – unleash their first anthology feature film, showcasing the suitably horrifying talents of Enzo Tedeschi, Bossi Baker, Rebecca Thomson, Justin Harding, Evan Randall Green, Carmen Falk, Goran Spoljaric, Matthew Goodrich, Nicholas Colla and Daniel Daperis. The filmmakers whose work is presented here…
After a very successful crowdfunding campaign to restore the film, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) have announced that the premiere of the Proof restoration will screen at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival on Friday, 29 July. As if that news wasn’t exciting enough, director Jocelyn Moorhouse, producer Lynda House and actor Hugo…
Over 500 filmmakers, celebrities, media and screen industry representatives turned out to celebrate the very best in Western Australian screen production at the 28th Annual West Australian Screen Awards hosted by comedian Rhys Nicholson, at the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth last night, Monday 4 July 2016. Presented by FTI, the WA Screen Awards (WASAs) is the premier celebration of West Australian screen culture,…
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