The Australian hip hop scene is bursting with big talent. Today, artists like Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso, N’fa Jones, Briggs and Sampa the Great are known internationally for their great music, and their names draw big crowds to live music gigs everywhere. But it hasn’t always been that way. It has taken years for the…
The Last Daughter, winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2022 Adelaide Film Festival, will have a national cinema release from June 15. The Last Daughter, co-directed by Brenda Matthews and Nathaniel Schmidt, tells Brenda’s story. Brenda’s first memories were of growing up in a loving white foster family, before she was…
Perth’s first teen horror TikTok series The Curse Of Baba Yaga hits the small screens of smartphones world-wide from Friday 7 April. A found footage series following two high school boys, James and Luca, as they navigate a string of disappearances in their quiet suburban town, The Curse Of Baba Yaga is from first time writer/director Christopher…
A groundbreaking program to recruit, train and mentor Australian Defence Force veterans into a career in Australia’s film and television industry is underway. The program is a joint initiative of the prestigious Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and the Veterans Film Festival (VFF). The first day of the inaugural training course is Wednesday…
by MATTHEW EELES Pencilhead and his colourful cohort of stationary friends are set for their biggest adventure yet with the announcement of a new 13-minute short film, Safari So Good. Based on the educational online series and colour books, Pencilhead’s Kids Club, Safari So Good is written by Ian McFadyen and will follow Pencilhead and friends…
An independent Australian horror film has been selected to screen at the world’s best genre film festival in America’s most haunted city later this month. Director Nick Kozakis and producers Lauren Simpson and Tim Whiting will attend the world premiere of Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism at the Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans March 30 to April…
Stan today announced the commission of the Stan Original Documentary Revealed: Renee Gracie. Led by an all-female creative team, written and directed by Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe and produced by Cody Greenwood, Revealed: Renee Gracie will commence production this year with investment from Screen Australia, Screenwest and Lotterywest. Revealed: Renee Gracie follows the first…
At this year’s 70th Sydney Film Festival, the $40,000 Sustainable Future Award will be presented to a film that explores the social, economic, political, and environmental consequences of climate change and highlights the urgent need for action to mitigate its effects. With the Sustainable Future Award increased from $10,000 to $40,000 in its third year,…
Watandar: My Countryman, the new documentary from writer, director and producer Jolyon Hoff (The Staging Post), will begin a series of screenings in cinemas around Australia from May 30. The film is the story of Muzafar Ali, an internationally renowned Afghani photographer who arrived in Australia as a refugee. When Muzafar discovers that Afghans have…
Following a successful world premiere at the recent WA Made Film Festival, Perth-shot action thriller Rampage Electra is set to take local audiences by storm with two screenings of the new film set for Luna Leederville next week. Written, directed and produced by Hassibullah Kushkaki, Rampage Electra follows Hannah Electra (Mikayla Levy), a young woman who has been expelled from…
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