Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Western Australian female filmmaking trio Zoe Pepper, Adriane Daff and Cody Greenwood are thrilled to announce their short film, Mystic Pines, has been selected to make its world premiere at the 2020 Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF). Mystic Pines…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Zoe Pepper Written by Adriane Daff, Zoe Pepper and Tim Watts Produced by Susannah Day Article by Zoe Pepper Adriane Daff, Tim Watts and I all studied together at WAAPA a…
Mad Kids has today released the official trailer for brand new Western Australian web series, The Big Spaghetti, ahead of its world premiere at Revelation Perth International Film Festival at Luna Leederville next Wednesday 11 July 2018. The Big Spaghetti is a beautiful, surreal, gender-bending and genre-bending, 5-part web series written by Adriane Daff, Zoe…
Directed by Henry Inglis Written by Henry Inglis, Matt Lovkis and Joel Gray Produced by Lauren Elliott Starring Tim Watts, Sam Campbell, Adriane Daff and Trystan Go Production Company Mad Kids Digital Platform Above Average (US) Small Town Hackers is the first Australian series to be commissioned by US digital platform, Above Average. The 6-part series was written,…
The first trailer has dropped for Small Town Hackers. The new comedy series from Perth-based production company Mad Kids (DAFUQ?, The Legend of Gavin Tanner, The Shapes, Set Yourself Free) will premiere next week on Above Average, an online video streaming site founded by legendary comedy producer Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video (Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show starring…
JJ DeCeglie’s Can’t Win. Do Try. is a hilarious Perth-set comedy shot during a scorching West Australian summer. Bunked up in a rented Cottesloe abode, the cast and crew – many who have never worked on a feature film – formed a tight bond and created lifetime memories which they share below. “We spent much time getting…
by Matthew Eeles Cinema Australia readers have been given an exclusive first look at JJ DeCeglie’s hilarious new Australian film, Can’t Win. Do Try. The Perth-shot comedy is the second film for the eclectic filmmaker after his micro-budget debut, Jugular. Influenced by his best mate Jez (Christopher Millington), Gordan (Harry Quinlan) convinces his rather bitchy finance,…
Can’t Win. Do Try. Written and Directed by JJ DeCeglie Produced by Simon Camp and JJ DeCeglie Starring Adriane Daff, Christopher Millington, Tanya Jade, Matt Furlani, Fiannah de Rue, Chris Reid, Harry Quinlan, Cj Hampson, Chelsea Gibson and Aimee Nicholls “It’s laugh-out-loud funny, batshit crazy and likely the most fun you’ll have watching a movie all year.” Can’t Win. Do Try. is an absolute breath of…
With only one other, rather unsettling film to his name, director JJ DeCeglie has created a genuinely hilarious film with Can’t Win. Do Try. Can’t Win. Do Try. follows Gordon, an engaged 25 year old with a fresh mortgage. In a bid to extend his adolescence he convinces his reluctant fiancée to allow his best-friend Jez…
