Monster Fest, Australia’s premier festival of cult, horror and the fantastic, returns for its sixth edition November 24-27, 2016 at the Lido Cinemas in Melbourne, with support from Screen Australia and Film Victoria – and they’ve just unveiled a poster to die for. Illustrated by Canadian artist Matt Ryan Tobin, the 2016 poster ties in with this…
Made in Melbourne Film Festival (MIM) and Threecatsinlimbo Productions have partnered together to create Indigenous Script to Screen, a short film initiative to give voice to the stories of indigenous people on film. This initiative will see one script taken through all levels of production to a public screening on December 9th as part of the…
Melbourne WebFest, Australia’s international web series festival, will be holding a live pitching competition for web series at this year’s festival, and is currently calling for submissions. Pitch Perfect @ MWF with ABC iview will be held on Saturday 2 July at Deakin Edge, Fed Square. Pitch Perfect will be a fast-paced, interactive competition in…
Perth filmmaking duo Rebecca Caldwell and Matt Reynolds are delving into new ground with their latest film, A Girl’s Best Friend. Written by Caldwell, it tells an oft omitted tale of friendship between two women, when the stakes are high in suburbia. The two main characters, Phoebe, played by Chloe Brown (Lurking Woods) and Sam (Caldwell), are quintessential…
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The Coffee Man It’s 4.30 am in Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia. The sun is hours from rising, but Sasa Sestic is awake and in hot pursuit of the one thing that will make his day. Driven by his obsession, Sasa hunts for his own Holy Grail: the perfect cup of coffee The Coffee Man follows Sasa from Ethiopia, the birthplace…
Is This The Read World Directed by Martin Mckenna Written by Martin McKenna and Ben Michael Produced by Deborah Barlow, Martin McKenna and Alison Telford Starring Sean Keenan, Greg Stone, Susie Porter, Charlotte Best, Julia Blake and Matt Colwell In the real world you can’t just do what you want. In the real world you have to compromise. Mark Blazey does not…
A brand new poster has dropped for Kriv Stenders’ Red Dog prequel Red Dog: True Blue. The new poster marks our first official look at the new film which stars Levi Miller, Jason Isaacs, Justine Clarke, Bryan Brown and Hanna Mangan Lawrence. A teaser trailer is also due soon. Red Dog: True Blue explores the early…
Classic Australian film Don’s Party will have a rare pre-election outing at Australian Revelations on Tuesday, 28 June. The winner of six AFI Awards, including Best Director, Best Actress and Best Screenplay, Don’s Party is set on election night 1969 as a group of friends come together for cheese and wine in what turns out to be an unintended night of truth…
FTI announced the successful 2016 nominees for the 28th Annual West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs) at an event held on Monday 30 May 2016 at The Standard bar in Northbridge. The West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs) is the premier celebration of West Australian screen culture, celebrating excellence and achievements in feature film, short film, web…
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