As of June this year, 41 women have been killed by violence in Australia. Because of the two women we lose to gendered violence each week, the men who continue to terrorise women, the social attitudes that permit, excuse and pardon this violence – the team at Nexus Production Group (NPG) is launching its latest project and fundraiser to challenge the status quo…
After a record breaking 2014, Revelation Perth International Film Festival has announced its expanded 2015 program. Revelation is acclaimed as Western Australia’s leading international film festival and annual screen culture event and firmly established as Australia’s filmmakers’ festival. It is dedicated to presenting independent cinema from around the globe in a context that explores film’s great traditions,…
FTI are pleased to announce that comedian Joel Creasey is the official host of the 27th West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs). The sell-out comedian, originally from Perth, expressed his enthusiasm of returning to his hometown to host the highly anticipated event. “I’m so excited to return home to host the WA Screen Awards. I’m going to approach hosting the night in the way…
A new web series has been created by Iranian and Iraqi Australian refugee artists Shahin Shafaei and Osamah Sami and Australian actor and writer Rain Fuller. The comedy investigates what happens when an outspoken blonde attempts to live with two erratic Muslim refugees. Legendary news anchor George Donikian covers a breaking news story: radio host Zoe Hunter has made some blunt challenges to…
Debut filmmaker Alan Hicks was yesterday awarded the prestigious David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship at a private reception and screening. The Fellowship is intended to reward creative ambition, intellectual rigour and innovation in documentary cinema. Announcing the Fellowship on behalf of the selection committee Bob Connolly said, “ The Williams Fellowship is all about…
Australia’s longest-standing and publicly owned short film festival, St Kilda Film Festival last night awarded Best Short Film to Sotiris Dounoukos’ 19-minute drama A Single Body, who took home a $10,000 cash prize courtesy of the City of Port Phillip and qualifies for consideration in the OSCARS® Short Film category. Also now eligible for consideration in the OSCARS® Documentary Shorts category, The…
Thanks to Luna Cinemas Leederville, Cinema Australia is giving away 5 double pass to the Strangeland Q&A on Monday June 8 at 6.30pm Luna Cinemas Leederville. Sydney Film Festival and Transmission Films announce “Sydney Film Festival Presents”, Strangerland, a new initiative to promote quality cinema across Australia. Join Luna Leederville for a special preview Q&A screening with award…
“We were on an incredibly tight deadline, our location for the film’s opening scene was almost wrecked by a freak thunder/hail storm and Daniel Hill broke one of his ribs.” Growing Out: Written by Andrew Walsh Matt and Dan have been close friends since they were 5 years old: they attended the same school, played…
After the recent success of the pitch trailer for Long Shadows, including the successful crowd-funding campaign exceeding it’s target of 20k, and three US film festival awards, producers Linda Millar, Ashley Pardey, Jessica Magro and Darrell Plumridge are excited to commence pre-production of the feature film with shooting scheduled to commence soon. Directed by Darwin…
The St Kilda Film Festival has announced the winners of the 2015 SoundKILDA competition with Samuel Lewis taking out the top prize of Best Music Video for his directorial debut on Elliot the Bull’s Colourblind, a stop-motion animation featuring a tale of two geometric wooden characters. This year’s SoundKILDA competition showcased Australia’s top creative collaborations with eighteen clips from local and international musicians created…
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