St Kilda Film Festival, Australia’s longest-standing and publicly owned short film festival, is now an ACADEMY AWARD® qualifier for the Documentary Awards and Short Film Awards. The Festival will be held from Thursday 21 to Saturday 30 May 2015 and will feature some of Australia’s best emerging and established filmmakers, producers and directors. The program will launch with a glamorous…
Now in its eighth year in Tasmania, Wide Angle Tasmania is proud to deliver Raw Nerve 2015, a national production initiative of Screen Australia and Screen Network. This year, Raw Nerve will select three teams with an early career director to make short films that explore the theme of ‘One Night’. An industry panel will…
Highlights of the festival’s first weekend, March 6-8 The Red Carpet Opening Night Gala for the 9th Byron Bay Film Festival will be the go-to event in the town this Friday. With a guest list that includes international screen stars David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Dustin Clare and Camille Keenan, and renowned filmmakers Broderick Fox, Ben…
Writers’ rooms, script workshops and audience-driven distribution are the major themes running through Screen Australia’s re-imagined Enterprise Industry program announced today. Amongst the successful recipients are Robert Connolly (Paper Planes) and the Van Vuuren Bros. (Bondi Hipsters). Ten Australian production companies have been awarded $3.2 million to develop projects and talent with a view to expanding production and broadcast pipelines. “This is a…
by Matthew Eeles: Here’s some great news for filmmakers on a budget. One of Australia’s finest young directing talents, Mekelle Mills (Zoe.Misplaced) has announced the launch of her new film festival and is now calling for entries. Below Five Zero Film Festival will be be accepting submissions for films that have been made with a budget…
After winning the war for the Allies in Series 1, Danger 5 have since disbanded. When Colonel Chestbridge, their wartime leader, is brutally murdered in a London shopping mall, and attempts are made on each of their lives, Danger 5 re-unite to mix up a fresh cocktail of revenge, intrigue and bullets. On the hunt…
When Matthew Evans leaves his Tasmanian farm to discover where the fish on Australian plates comes from, he’s quickly dragged hook, line and sinker into the complex world of Australia’s love affair with seafood. Ex-chef, food critic and recently Gourmet Farmer, Matthew travels from the industrial salmon farms of his home state, to the catastrophic…
The Australian Race Riot is a distinctive and enduring part of the way our country works. They are a mostly secret part of our history – until now. In The Great Australian Race Riot best-selling author Peter FitzSimons not only reveals the heroes and villains of tribe-on-tribe street-fighting over 170 years but also reframes our…
From success at the LA Comedy Festival, where it won the ‘Best Ensemble’ award, comes the Melbourne and Adelaide Premiere of new body-swap film The Heckler. It marks the feature film debuts of local talents Kate Jenkinson (Hiding, Offspring, Super Fun Night), Emily Taheny (Mad as Hell, It’s a Date, Comedy Inc) and Simon Mallory…
Three Perth-based emerging filmmakers have announced their new project The Angry Man Series will launch via YouTube March 3. Shot entirely in Perth over two days, the comedy web series stars stand up comedians Ben Sutton (AshBecLee, Henry and Aaron) and Sian Choyce (RAW State Finalist 2014). The Angry Man Series is about Andy (Sutton), a normal guy who…
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