Cinema Australia Podcast #88 | Matthew Holmes

Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. It gives me great pleasure to bring you this deep dive interview with filmmaker Matthew Holmes. I’ve been following Matthew’s work since the release of The Legend of Ben Hall back in 2016. Since then I’ve eagerly awaited Matthew’s followup films. His passion and tenacity makes…

Interview: Daniel Webber

Yesterday I published my interview with Seriously Red writer, creator and star Krew Boylan, so who better to follow it up with today than Krew’s co-star, Daniel Webber. I’ve admired Daniel’s work since first seeing him in Rhys Graham’s 2013 drama, Galore, in which his acting ability was on full display. In this rowdy and…

Nominees revealed for the 2022 WA Screen Culture Awards

Celebrating the achievement, innovation and ambition of our local industry, the WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) embrace all forms from new, established and emerging screen practices.  Now in its third year the WASCAs will be held on Sunday 4 December at Luna Cinemas Leederville hosted by comedian Joe White. “Everyone involved in the WASCAs including…

Australian screen icons descend on Parliament House with one message – Make It Australian

A delegation of Australian screen industry heavyweights arrived at Parliament House yesterday as proud campaign ambassadors of the Make It Australian campaign, where they, alongside a large number of screen industry leaders, converged to lobby politicians to support our industry’s future. After a successful national launch of a reimagined Make It Australian Campaign in June 2022, SPA,…

New trailer and release date for Sara Kern’s Moja Vesna

Following a successful festival run, Slovenian-Australian writer and director Sara Kern’s feature debut Moja Vesna will release in cinemas December 8, 2022 After wowing festival audiences around the world with her poetic, visually stunning short films Good Luck, Orlo! and Vesna Goodbye, Sara Kern has made a strikingly assured jump to feature films with Moja…

Interview: Krew Boylan

Within the space of a few days I was treated to multiple screenings of the new Australian dramedy, Seriously Red, and in that same amount of time I interviewed the film’s writer, creator and star, Krew Boylan, twice. On the first occasion I watched the film, it was at home ahead of a Zoom interview…

Interview: Alice Maio Mackay

I’m well aware that it’s a cliché to describe a fresh filmmaking talent as “one to keep an eye on”, but in Alice Maio Mackay’s case there’s no better way for me to introduce this extrordinarly talented young filmmaker. And when I say young, I mean it literally. At just eighteen years old, Alice is…