CinefestOZ has revealed leading Australian actress Tasma Walton (Mystery Road) will be attending the 2018 CinefestOZ Film Festival and will join Sigrid Thornton on the Film Prize Jury, tasked with deciding the winner of the $100,000 Film Prize. Western Australian-born Walton will also attend the festival as IndigifestOZ Retrospective guest. Tasma Walton is acclaimed actress with an…
Four films will vie for the CinefestOZ Film Prize 2018 CinefestOZ has announced 1%, Jirga, Ladies in Black and The Merger as the four Film Prize Finalists for this year’s CinefestOZ Film Prize. 2018 marks the fifth year in which the significant sum of $100,000 is awarded to the producer of an Australian feature film, and the…
CinefestOZ has that award-winning Australian feature film, television and theatre actor Sigrid Thornton has accepted the role of Jury Chair for the 2018 Festival. Throughout her career Sigrid has been awarded numerous film, television, theatre awards and nominations including Silver and Gold Logie, AFI, Mo and IF awards and is widely acknowledged as an icon…
The 11th annual CinefestOZ Film Festival (22 – 26 August) is accepting submissions for official selection for the 2018 festival. Official selection categories for Australian films and Australian co-productions are, Film Prize, general submissions for narrative and documentary feature length films and short films. CinefestOZ is a renowned film festival held in the iconic Margaret River…
CinefestOZ Film Festival will host the West Australian debut of The Song Keepers. This Central Australian film will be screening on Aug 25 and 27 at Orana Cinemas Busselton, followed by an exclusive Q&A with director, producer and writer Naina Sen. In the obscure churches of remote Central Australia, a 140-year musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages,…
Ewen Leslie was just nine years old when he started acting professionally. It was on a popular children’s television series called Ship to Shore, filmed in and around Rockingham – a small coastal town about forty minutes south of Perth. After graduating from WAAPA in 2000, Leslie’s first feature film role was in Matthew Newton’s…
CinefestOZ will award both Scott Hicks and Jacqueline McKenzie the title of the 2017 Screen Legend. Both will be recognised individually for their outstanding achievements and invaluable contribution to the Australian film industry. Scott Hicks is an internationally acclaimed writer and director, having been nominated for and won many prestigious awards for his work. His film Shine was an international box office…
Australian film fans who will be making the journey to WA’s beautiful south west this August are in for a real treat! CinefestOZ has revealed its full festival program, available online now. The festival brings film premieres, documentaries, French features, Indigenous and family film events, Side Bar short film sets and more to the South West from August…
Priscilla Cameron’s The Butterfly Tree will have its WA premiere at this year’s CinefestOZ. Directed by Priscilla Cameron and produced by Bridget Callow-Wright, The Butterfly Tree stars Melissa George, Ewen Leslie, Ed Oxenbould and Sophie Lowe. The film tells the tale of Evelyn, a burlesque queen who bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son Fin. When…
Set in the seaside centres of Busselton, Bunbury, Dunsborough and the Margaret River wine region, CinefestOZ premieres feature films and events in the region’s cinemas, wineries, small bars and galleries, making it a feast for the senses and an unforgettable five-day getaway. Here are just some of the amazing events coming to the CinefestOZ this year:…
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