The WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) proudly announce that submissions for their fifth annual celebration are now open. This year’s event will take place on Sunday 1 December at Luna Palace Cinemas Leederville. Established by the team behind the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, the WASCAs are dedicated to recognising and honouring the exceptional talent…
In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, I’m joined by The Blind Sea writer, director and editor Daniel Fenech, and the film’s main man, Matt Formston. The Blind Sea follows Matt on his quest for sporting greatness to new heights, setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest wave surfed by a vision…
Screenwest and Screen Australia have announced Rose Riley, George Mason and Hayley McElhinney are starring in Miley Tunnecliffe and Kate Separovich’s debut feature Proclivitas, which kicked off production in Perth, Western Australia this week. Proclivitas is a supernatural horror that sees a troubled doctor rekindle a romance with her teenage sweetheart, awakening painful memories of the past…
Audrey Lam’s debut feature film, Us and the Night, will have its Australian premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival next week. These screenings follow the film’s world premiere at New York film festival Prismatic Ground in May this year. Ten years in the making and shot on 16mm film, Us and the Night follows two travellers crossing paths at a…
In 2013, Rhys Graham released his debut feature film Galore, a poetic and captivating piece of Australian cinema featuring reverberating performances from its two leads, Ashleigh Cummings and Lily Sullivan. In that same year, Graham wrote and directed the segment Small Mercies in Robert Connolly’s anthology film based on the Tim Winton novel, The Turning.…
Ambience Entertainment, Screen Australia and Screenwest are thrilled to announce the commencement of production this month on feature film, Overture. Written and directed by the award-winning Bruce Beresford, Overture is a powerful, funny and moving family story which will resonate with contemporary audiences. Ambience Entertainment is proud to have closed the financing, with the film…
by Matthew Eeles Principal photography has wrapped on Steven J. Mihaljevich’s new survival horror film, SHED. Filmed at prominent Western Australian locations including Beverley, Mundaring, Greenmount, and Swan View, SHED follows Mia (Mani Shanks), a courageous 10-year-old girl who is trapped in a garden shed and must survive inconceivable odds while trying to figure out…
Screenwest and Screen Australia are pleased to announce End to End from writer/director Tim Barretto and writer/producer Melanie Filler has been selected as the 2024 recipient of Screenwest’s highly coveted West Coast Visions initiative. West Coast Visions is a special initiative designed by Screenwest to uncover, inspire and develop talented and motivated WA filmmakers with distinctive visions…
Radioactive is excited to announce the theatrical release of The Red, an outrageous comedy horror set in the Australian outback, starring what promises to be Australia’s next iconic personality: Rippy—the giant Zombie Kangaroo. Rippy is your average bloke by day, and a terrifying Zombie Kangaroo by night. In The Red, this unforgettable character is hell…
Mushroom Studios is delighted to unveil the official poster art, trailer, and release date for the inspirational and thought-provoking documentary Like My Brother. Like My Brother is an up close and personal portrayal of the lives of four Indigenous Australian girls from the remote Tiwi Islands, whose love for football propels them to dare to…
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