Here are our predictions for the 6th AACTA Awards

It’s AACTA time again! An important date on the Australian film and television calendar where a handful of our finest filmmaking talent are awarded for their hard work and dedication to their craft. Below are our predictions for this year’s awards. There aren’t too many differences between our ‘will win’ and ‘should win’ predictions this year which is…

Have you seen new Perth sketch show, YEAH NAH?

YEAH NAH is a new online show, punching out comedy sketches produced by JAZAM Films, starring Luke Morgan and Jarrod White with more cast members to be introduced soon. With two official sketches up on the YEAH NAH Facebook page, the show has been received well and is building a solid fan base with over 9,100 views so…

Retro Review: The Boys

“The Boys isn’t either horror or documentary, but it feels very much like both.” Written by David Morgan-Brown Before Animal Kingdom and Snowtown, there was another Australian film that portrayed how terrifying and brooding an ordinary suburban setting could be. The boys that are referred to in the title are the Sprague brothers, with eldest Brett…

The Crowdfunders: Sleepwalking

As a non-profit website dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films, Cinema Australia rarely gets the opportunity to throw cash at crowdfunding projects. Trust us, if we had the money we’d be executive producers on almost every new Australian film calling for supporters through the myriad of crowdfunding platforms available on the interwebs. That’s…

Celebrating 20 years of Revelation Perth International Film Festival

Revelation Perth International Film Festival will celebrate its 20thanniversary in 2017 and has officially announced its dates as 6-19 July. Revelation Festival Director Richard Sowada said the event had quite humble beginnings but was now a mainstay of the WA arts calendar. Revelation commenced in 1997 in a basement backroom in Perth’s Greenwich Club with one person, two…

West End star to lead Australian cast in Akoni

West End star and English-­born Kit Esuruoso will star in the upcoming feature film Akoni alongside a stellar Australian cast including John Brumpton (2016 AACTA Best ActorNominee), Mal Kennard (2016 Silver Logie Nominee), Genna Chanelle Hayes, Pippa Grandison, Rashidi Edward and Simon Elrahi. Akoni tells the story of a Nigerian refugee who survives an attack by…

Review: Lazybones

Lazybones Directed by Michael Jones Written by Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones Starring Jackson Tozer, Fabiana Weiner, Troy Larkin, Eva Seymour, Tegan Crowley, Francis Greenslade and Maude Davey “A highly enjoyable watch. One of the finest examples of independent filmmaking we’ve seen in years.” by Matthew Eeles It’s hard not to compare the structure of…