Celebrating the achievement, innovation and ambition of our local industry, the WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) will take place on Sunday 4 December at Luna Cinemas Leederville. Embracing all forms of new, established and emerging screen practices, Awards will be presented across 22 categories at what promises to be an extra special evening hosted by comedian Joe White.…
WA-based filmmaker Shaun Gonzalvo has revealed a new trailer for the pilot episode of sci-fi action series, The Society. Written, produced and directed by Gonzalvo, The Society follows three super-powered individuals as they face the hardest challenge of their lives. Will they be strong enough to take on an organisation that deems them to be defects? The…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode, host Matthew Eeles is joined by WA-based filmmaker Sarah Legg whose new film Cherubhead is one of the most unique, beautiful, intriguing, and thought-provoking Australian films you’re ever likely to see. It truly is quite unlike anything else. Here’s the synopsis: Marie…
A Night of Horror International Film Festival is preparing for its launch on October 17 by releasing a stack of trailers for films screening throughout the festival. The latest trailer reveal is for Your Love is Mine, a new horror co-written and directed by Luke Wijayasinha-Gray and Luke J.S. Your Love is Mine is the…
Renowned Australian composer Ross Edwards will join celebrated director Bruce Beresford on stage at the NFSA for a Q&A following a screening of Beresford’s 1997 film Paradise Road on Sunday, October 30 at 2pm. This powerful and moving cinematic testament to the power of music, following a group of foreign women – including an educated British…
A new trailer has dropped for Jack Dignan’s After She Died ahead of the films Australian premiere at A Night of Horror International Film Festival. A grieving teenager, Jen (Liliana Ritchie), is horrified to discover that her father’s new girlfriend, Florence (Vanessa Madrid), looks identical to her dead mother. She struggles to cope with this…
Writer, actor and producer Nick Giannopoulos joins Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles to discuss the latest film in his wildly-popular Wog Boys franchise, Wog Boys Forever. In 2000 The Wog Boy broke box office records and became one of the highest grossing Australian films of all time. Ten years later in 2010 the wog boys returned…
Following a successful world premiere at CinefestOZ, Martin Wilson’s bold, powerful and intense drama Pieces will screen in select cinemas across Australia from October 6 until October 15 to coincide with Mental Health Week. Pieces follows Alicia (Monique Wilson), an art teacher whose recovery class is commissioned to make the backdrop for a professional dance performance. As…
Actor and part-time adventurer Shuang Hu goes Beyond the Reef,in this Giant Screen adventure of a lifetime. Filmed across Far North Queensland in late 2021, this visually stunning feature documentary is aimed at a family audience and explores one of the planet’s most unique and beautiful locations. Beyond the Reef was filmed in glorious premium large format (8k…
Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival returns after its pandemic hiatus with a significantly expanded programme aiming to grow the 16 year old event into a warm multi-arts celebration. Tickets are now on sale for the festival which runs October 27 – 30 in Gympie, Queensland. This edition of the festival includes 170 short…
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