The CinefestOz 2017 Community Screenings program – a celebration of West Australian film content – has been announced. The program features stunning WA landscapes, familiar local stories and works from talented West Australian creatives. Here’s this year’s lineup: Paper Planes An imaginative children’s film about a young Australian boy’s passion for flight and his challenge…
CinefestOZ Film Festival has announced renowned Australian film director, producer and screenwriter, Scott Hicks as the 2017 Festival Jury Chair. Internationally acclaimed, Hicks has been nominated for and won many prestigious awards for his work. His film Shine was an international box office sensation and was nominated for seven Academy® Awards, including two for Hicks…
Film submissions for the prestigious CinefestOZ Film Prize, General Features and Short Films close on June 2. Now in its fourth year, the CinefestOZ Film Prize is Australia’s Greatest Film Prize! Filmmakers from across the nation have the opportunity to be selected to screen at the prestigious festival as a Finalist for the chance to…
Raw and Cooked Media have dropped a revealing new trailer for Hotel Coolgardie ahead of its Australian theatrical release next month. Following a packed out screening at last years’ Sydney Film Festival, Hotel Coolgardie garnered national headlines for its depiction of the disturbing experience of two Finnish backpackers who found themselves the latest batch of “fresh…
Entries are now open for the nation’s richest film prize – the CinefestOZ Film Prize, to be awarded during the CinefestOZ Film Festival, in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. This $100,000 Film Prize is awarded to an Australian feature film for excellence in filmmaking. CinefestOZ Film Prize 2016 winner, Girl Asleep, had its cinematic release…
A record number of events, attendance and box office growth all contributed to CinefestOZ celebrating its ninth anniversary with its most successful festival to date. CinefestOZ’s box office grew by 15 per cent compared to 2015 and the festival attracted more than 25,500 attendees, 12 per cent more than last year. The 2016 festival hosted…
On the back of the prestigious CinefestOz Award win, Australian coming-of-age comic drama Girl Asleep by Rosemary Myers has picked up fourteen additional screens ahead of its September 8 national release from Umbrella Entertainment. New cinemas include the Palace Cinema chain with three screens in Melbourne, two in Sydney, and one each in Adelaide, Brisbane and…
CinefestOZ, Australia’s premier destination film festival, was delighted to make two special announcements at tonight’s Gala Night presentations. Girl Asleep was announced the winner of the CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize and the 2016 Screen Legend was awarded to Gillian Armstrong. Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, written by Matthew Whittet and produced by Jo Dyer,…
CinefestOZ Film Prize Finalist, Jasper Jones, directed by Rachel Perkins, is set to make its Western Australian premiere at CinefestOZ’s glittering opening night at Orana Cinemas Busselton on Wednesday 24 August at 6pm. Adapted from Craig Silvey’s best-selling Australian novel and featuring a stellar cast including Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Levi Miller, Angourie Rice, Dan Wyllie and…
Ahead of CinefestOZ Film Festival’s impending August 24 opening night, the Festival today is delighted to announce the CinefestOZ Film Prize jury, who will decide on the winner of the Festival’s third annual, and Australia’s greatest, $100,000 Film Prize. Jury Chair and acclaimed Australian filmmaker, Gillian Armstrong will be joined on the jury by Producer Sue Taylor (The Tree, Looking for…
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