A fresh new trailer has just dropped for Sweet As ahead of the film’s Perth premiere at the WA Made Film Festival, and the recent announcement that the film will make its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival next month in the Generation Kplus strand, which is aimed at a youth audience. In remote…
Now in its fourth year, the WA Made Film Festival will return in 2023 with an epic celebration of locally-made films including 14 feature films, 57 short films, one web series, two masterclasses, multiple filmmaker discussion panels and 17 smartphone films made exclusively for the festival. Running over ten days from Friday, 17 February until…
Award-winning Western Australian writer/director David Vincent Smith brings a personal story to the big screen with his feature film directorial debut He Ain’t Heavy set to commence shooting Monday 23 January in Perth’s south-eastern suburbs, with major production investment from Screenwest and Lotterywest. Inspired by true events, the film follows a desperate sister who kidnaps…
Saara Lamberg’s Westermarck Effect will celebrate a special Q&A screening at LIDO Cinemas in Melbourne next month. Never one to shy away from controversy, Lamberg’s new film is said to “take on the taboo of genetic of sexual attraction”. Here’s the synopsis: Sally (Lamberg) gave her son, Sam (Jayden Denke), up for adoption twenty years…
Located at one of Australia’s coolest venues within one of Australia’s coolest art precincts is Brisbane’s very own Australia Independent Film Festival. Known passionately as “the filmmaker’s festival,” AIFF is on track to become Australia’s premiere live screening short film and screenplay festival. AIFF23 will next take place in Brisbane at Metro Arts West Village…
Australian sci-fi thriller Monolith starring rising star Lily Sullivan (Evil Dead Rise, I Met a Girl, Picnic at Hanging Rock) will have its international premiere at SXSW 2023 and has locked ANZ distribution and international sales. XYZ Films is now representing the title for North America, with Bonsai Films handling Australian distribution. Blue Finch Films…
After accelerating through high school and gaining early access into film school at the age of 16, Jack Dignan has established himself as a writer, director and producer with a unique style and a fresh voice in genre filmmaking. His recent short films It Feels Like Spring and Does Nobody See the Gun? have gained…
Sundayarvo Productions, the creators of comedy series Stage Mums which aired on Network Ten, have released their new animated series Insta Infamous. The story follows the adventures of Brit-Nay, a fame-chasing Gen Z influencer hell bent on increasing her social media following so she can become Instafamous. When things don’t go as planned she ends up…
Independent Australian filmmaker, Davo Hardy, has announced his sixth feature film, The Switchblade Sisterhood. Hardy saw a lot of success in 2022; with his controversial feature Public Eye going all the way to the AACTAs and garnering over a dozen prestigious awards, worldwide. 2022 also saw the launch of his own distribution platform; Davo Hardy…
Jack Dignan’s new Australian horror, After She Died, will be available via video-on-demand next Friday, 13 January. After She Died follows Jen, a young woman who’s mother suddenly dies. Her relationship with her father, John, is fractured beyond repair. Her friends, all recent high school graduates, are moving on with their lives and leaving behind…
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