During an Industry Panel at CinefestOZ, Screenwest announced the State Government Supported Western Australian Screen Fund guidelines are now live on the Screenwest website and will include a rebate incentive of up to twenty percent for post-production, digital and visual effects (PDV) work completed for screen projects within Western Australia. The WA PDV Rebate is…
CinefestOZ has announced an exciting Industry Program led by local and national film industry leaders and innovators including Jodie Bell, Jub Clerc, Julia Redwood, Jamie Hilton, Steve Jaggi, Anne Robinson and These Final Hours director Zak Hilditch. American actor Kate Walsh will also take part in the program. The CinefestOZ Industry Program encourages attendees to…
Press Release: CinefestOZ Film Festival has named the four finalists in the running for the top prize in its inaugural Short Film Competition. For the first time in the festival’s 13-year history, CinefestOZ will champion the country’s best short filmmakers by awarding cash prizes in six categories, including Best Short Film. The finalists in the…
by MATTHEW EELES Back in March, Andrew Peirce of The Curb proclaimed that WA was the home of Australian cinema thanks to film festivals like CinefestOZ, Revelation Perth International Film Festival and WA Made Film Festival. While his comments attracted some ire from Eastern States film identities, Peirce’s statement is nothing short of accurate. In WA…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. CinefestOZ Film Festival has announced H is for Happiness as this year’s winner of the highly coveted $100,000 Film Prize. H is for Happiness, directed by John Sheedy and produced by Julie Ryan, Tenille Kennedy and Lisa Hoppe,…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. CinefestOZ Film Festival has named three young WA-trained actors as Ambassadors to this year’s event, to be held over five-days in Australia’s stunning South West. Sophia Forrest, Alex Williams and Travis Jeffery — all graduates of the Western Australian…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. CinefestOZ Film Festival has unveiled its 2019 program, lifting the lid on an epic line-up of Australian features, short films, documentaries, industry workshops and more than 150 related events. Now in its 12th year, CinefestOZ has cemented…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Panels on innovation, demand distribution and the future of storytelling, along with headline speakers including Sony Pictures’ Glenn Gainor (pictured) and award-winning director Rachel Ward, are among the highlights of the CinefestOZ Film Festival’s 2019 Industry Program.…
CinefestOZ has revealed the five Australian films that will be in the running for the 2019 $100,000 Film Prize. GO! MIFF@CinefestOZ film H is for Happiness, Hearts and Bones, Judy & Punch andMIFF@CinefestOZ drama Measure for Measure have all been selected to compete for Australia’s biggest film prize, which recognises the best Australian feature film or…
Rachel Ward has been announced as Film Prize Jury Chair for this year’s CinefestOZ, Australia’s premier destination film festival. The respected director and writer will head the jury that votes on the CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize, which recognises the best Australian feature film in competition at the festival. CinefestOZ Chair Helen Shervington said Ward was…
