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…
Delta Goodrem is currently filming in the Whitsundays for the romantic feature film Love is in the Air, supported by the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland. Produced by Brisbane-based company Jaggi Entertainment (formerly The Steve JaggiCompany), Delta Goodrem stars as Dana Randall, a seaplane pilot flying in the tropics who finds herself falling for the…
Madman Entertainment has today released the official trailer for The Giants ahead of its Australian cinema release on April 20, 2023. The Giants explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in this cinematic portrait of environmental folk hero and gay icon Bob Brown who took green politics to the centre of power. From a…
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