Think you have what it takes to be Australia’s next big success story of stage and screen? Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art is now accepting applications for their prestigious full-time tertiary courses, offering the opportunity to train with the best in theatre, television and film. NIDA Head of Acting, Jeff Janisheski said this was…
What do the worlds biggest porn star Ron Jeremy, Australian criminal cult icon Chopper Read, and baby boomer sex symbol, actress and socialite, Tottie Goldsmith all have in common? They are three of the featured cast of Start Options Exit (SOE) – a dark indie, comedy feature film. Start Options Exit (SOE) follows the exploits of twenty-somethings Neville Carlisle and Yolis…
Downriver may have already met its crowd-funding target with punters having pledged just over $40,000, but the film was given a deserving boost recently by Film Victoria. Grant Scicluna’s mystery drama will share in just over a million dollars funding support through Film Victoria’s Assigned Production Investment program. Other feature films to share in the funding will be Lynn-Maree Milburn’s…
Well, we picked it folks! Robert Connolly’s stunning new kid’s film, Paper Planes, was awarded the inaugural CinéfestOZ $100,000 Film Prize. Legendary Australian director, Bruce Beresford announced the winner to an enthusiastic crowd. Connolly was presented with Australia’s richest film prize on Saturday night as part of CinéfestOZ’s Gala Night celebrations in Busselton, in the south west of Western…
Shenton Park Dog Refuge to benefit from FTI Q&A Screening of RED DOG with Producer, Nelson Woss Next Thursday, 28 August, FTI and Producer Nelson Woss will present a screening of the feature film RED DOG at the State Library of WA. A special meet the filmmaker screening and Q&A will follow immediately. RED DOG…
SON OF A GUN: In Australian cinemas October 16. An edge-of-your-seat heist thriller starring Ewan McGregor and talented newcomer Brenton Thwaites, Son of a Gun tells the story of a young man who is drawn into the lawless world of a notorious criminal. While locked up for a minor offence, 19-yr-old JR (Thwaites) becomes apprentice…
The wet weather couldn’t keep crowds away from the glamorous opening night of the 7th annual CinéfestOZ film festival in Busselton last night. As rain fell steadily throughout the evening, VIP guests, stars and film enthusiasts enjoyed endless tucker and drinks in the CinéfestOZ tent before heading across the road to the Orana Cinemas. Inside, Pemberton born filmmaker Julius…
Perth director John V Soto’s The Reckoning is set to make its Australian premiere this month at CinéfestOZ. Shot in the Western Australian capital, the psychological crime drama stars Jonathan LaPaglia as Robbie Green, a detective called in to investigate the roadside execution of his colleague Jason (played by Luke Hemsworth). When he arrives at the crime…
Perth peeps only – sorry, we tried. Luna Palace Cinemas is proud to present a Live in Cinema Talking Pictures Q&A screening session with special guests Australian actor/screenwriter Joel Edgerton and leading director Matthew Saville who will present and talk about their acclaimed stylish psychological thriller Felony, on Monday 25 August at Luna Leederville following the 6.30pm session. The evening…
Magic Miles Written by Audrey Lam: The starting point of Magic Miles was that I felt like there was a bunch of art and music – together with small everyday but somehow ecstatic stuff – going on around me, that seemed quite wonderfully joined in a tenuous but breathtaking way, by their shared thrill and…
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