Over 500 filmmakers, celebrities, media and screen industry representatives turned out to celebrate the very best in Western Australian screen production at the 26th annual WA Screen Awards at the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth last night, Monday 14 July 2014, hosted by comedian Claire Hooper. Presented by FTI, the WA Screen Awards (WASAs) is the premier…
“We sneakily led our horses into a wide idyllic clearing surrounded by steep densely wooded hills. A mob of about twenty black ponies stood watching us.” Russell Kilbey spent 3 years filming Luke Carlon and his crew of stockman as they tried to capture and relocate the Brumbies of the Burragorang. Written by Russell Kilbey…
Principal photography on new Australian feature film TEENAGE KICKS begins today in and around Sydney. Filming over the next five weeks, Sydney’s Inner West and south-eastern suburbs will provide an impressive backdrop to this nuanced, compelling and evocative coming-of-age drama exploring the minefield of adolescence, burgeoning sexuality and the desire to belong. Helmed by award…
Luke Carlon grew up taking tourists on horse trips along the Cox’s river, a place his family has ridden since the 1820’s. Everyone came to ride along this pristine valley for up to a week including the rich and famous. All that ended nearly 20 years when the river was declared a wilderness area, the…
CinéfestOZ has announced the six finalists in contention for its inaugural $100,000 Film Prize 2014. Felony, Son of a Gun, The Reckoning, The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse and MIFF@CinefestOZ films My Mistress and Paper Planes have all been shortlisted for Australia’s richest film prize, to be announced at the festival on Saturday, 23rd August. The Film Prize is awarded to…
Claire Hooper is set to kick off the 26th annual WA Screen Awards in the State Theatre Centre of WA in the stunning Heath Ledger Theatre this Monday 14 July 2014 as a grand finale event to the Revelation Perth International Film Festival. Presented by FTI, the WA Screen Awards (WASAs) is the premier celebration…
It’s time for film makers to get creative and submit their entry for the 2014 BOFA Devil Short Film Competition. Festival Director Owen Tilbury sees the annual short film competition as an important element of the BOFA Film Festival. “Many of today’s professional film makers got their start making short films, and we hope this…
Just after being announced as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival a teaser trailer has dropped for Stephen Lance’s intriguing My Mistress. “What starts as a beautiful and strangely innocent affair between a vulnerable teenage romantic and a French S&M mistress soon becomes more dangerous.” You can find out more about the film at http://www.mymistressmovie.com
Twisted Minds: Article written by James Pentecost (director) Development ‘Twisted Minds’ had a long genesis behind it before my involvement in the project. Executive Producer Jag Pannu had come up with the basic plot outline several years before and had engaged a local screenwriter, Teigan Isobel, to draft up the screenplay based on his story ideas.…
Always wanted to make your own films? The 48 Hour Film Project is a fantastic opportunity for new, budding and established film-makers to gain experience,connections, recognition and possibly prizes! The 48HPF is a wild, sleepless, marvelous, illuminating, manic, inspiring, savage and (mostly) enjoyable weekend of artistic experiment; in which you and your chosen dream team make a film. On Friday September…
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