If you’re a younger Australian currently wading through this country’s nightmarish property market, you’d be forgiven for mistaking Birthright for a documentary. Of course, that’s a stretch—but only just. Zoe Pepper’s razor-sharp debut feature is a satirical black comedy that’s as hilarious as it is confronting. With its biting commentary on the Australian housing crisis…
Screenwest and Screen Australia are pleased to announce Zoe Pepper’s debut feature film, Birthright, kicks off production in Western Australia today with an impressive ensemble cast. The dark comedy stars Travis Jeffery (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Unbroken, Gallipoli) and Maria Angelico (The Newsreader, Strife, Sisters) as Cory and Jasmine, a professional couple…
Screen Australia and Screenwest have announced that Western Australian feature film Birthright is set to head into production in WA this year having now secured support from Screenwest, Screen Australia and Madman. Birthright is a 90-minute dark comedy feature film from writer/director Zoe Pepper (Lift, The Big Spaghetti), producer Cody Greenwood (Under The Volcano, Girl…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Screenwest has announced WA writer and director Zoe Pepper’s debut feature film, Birthright, produced by Cody Greenwood, has been selected as the 2022 recipient of Screenwest’s highly coveted West Coast Visions initiative. The selection continues the State’s impressive track record of supporting…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Western Australian female filmmaking trio Zoe Pepper, Adriane Daff and Cody Greenwood are thrilled to announce their short film, Mystic Pines, has been selected to make its world premiere at the 2020 Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF). Mystic Pines…
After seven years at the helm of production company Mad Kids, Lauren Elliott is set to launch Galactic Baby, a new Western Australian production company. Galactic Baby will specialise in development, production and audience strategy for scripted film and television and will also provide marketing, public relations and production services. Galactic Baby’s development slate includes…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Zoe Pepper Written by Adriane Daff, Zoe Pepper and Tim Watts Produced by Susannah Day Article by Zoe Pepper Adriane Daff, Tim Watts and I all studied together at WAAPA a…
After more than a decade as one of Australia’s musical theatre stars, WAAPA alumni Lucy Durack (Wicked, Legally Blonde, Sisters, The Letdown) is set to premiere her screenwriting debut Lift, a bite-size romantic comedy set entirely in an elevator on 10Peach this Valentine’s Day. When serial temp Olivia (Durack) steps into an elevator for her…
Mad Kids has today released the official trailer for brand new Western Australian web series, The Big Spaghetti, ahead of its world premiere at Revelation Perth International Film Festival at Luna Leederville next Wednesday 11 July 2018. The Big Spaghetti is a beautiful, surreal, gender-bending and genre-bending, 5-part web series written by Adriane Daff, Zoe…
After more than a decade as one of Australia’s musical theatre stars, WAAPA alumni Lucy Durack (Wicked, Legally Blonde, Sisters) is set to make her writing debut with Lift, a 7-part rom-com web series set entirely in an elevator. The series, which starts filming at Johnny Ma Studios in Perth today, will be an intimate…
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