BOAR Exclusive! – “It’s completely different in every way”

Christopher Sun’s sick and twisted imagination and incredible passion for his craft is what makes him a favourite in the Cinema Australia office and we couldn’t be more excited for his upcoming film, BOAR. We grabbed five minutes with the busy director to discuss his upcoming creature feature. Interview by Matthew Eeles People are obviously going…

CinéfestOZ Short Film program calls for entries

Films are invited for selection to the CinefestOZ Short Film program 2015. CinefestOZ with the Australian Film and Television Institute WA (FTI) is calling for submissions for the Short Film Selection as part of this year’s Film Festival (26 – 30 August 2015). This is an exciting collaboration between Western Australia’s peak screen arts association…

Revelation Film Festival is looking for interns – Is this you?

Revelation Perth International Film Festival is looking for interns for its upcoming July 2015 program. Revelation Perth International Film Festival is proud to offer three internship opportunities to people keen to immerse themselves in the world of film and arts events. All interns must possess a valid driving license, a reliable computer, knowledge of spreadsheets and schedules and be…

Greg Sneddon and Tshering Zangmo present Arrows of the Thunder Dragon Q&A screenings around Australia

Former Buddhist monk-turned-filmmaker, Greg Sneddon will present his powerful debut feature film, “Arrows of the Thunder Dragon” at special event screenings in cinemas around Australia from April 29 through to May 7. Each screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the Melbourne-based director, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the score.  He will be joined…

ScreenLaunch announces May release date for Christopher Houghton’s Touch

Film distributor ScreenLaunch today announced Australian thriller, Touch, a tension-building mystery, will open in Australian cinemas from Thursday 21 May 2015. Touch follows the intriguing journey of a mother, Dawn, (played by Leeanna Walsman from Carl Barron’s Manny Lewis) and her daughter Steph (played by newcomer Onor Nottle), who are on the run from a mysterious man,…

Altruman web series wins big

In what’s been an exciting year for original Australian web content, Boomgate Films is proud to announce that its web series Altruman has been invited to a string of web festivals and begun scoring international awards. Last Wednesday night Ben McEwing, who plays the title character, picked up the award for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy…

Edit guru Ric Curtin joins The Backlot’s post delivery team

Last week The Backlot Perth hosted The Backlot Post team as they launched their one-stop-shop post production service model to local WA film makers, while also announcing that edit guru Ric Curtin will be part of the local post delivery team. The Backlot founders, Tony Ianiro and Mark D’Angelo (The Backlot Films) have formed an alliance with…