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PRESS RELEASE The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), in collaboration with Casting Networks® and the Casting Guild of Australia (CGA), today proudly announced a ground-breaking…
PRESS RELEASE Dynamic female filmmaking duo Tanya Modini (Writer, Co-director) and Luisa Martiri (Co-Director/Producer) are on the ride of their careers with their short film THE MOTHS WILL EAT THEM…
A decade after relaunching the AFI (Australian Film Institute) awards under a new banner, the AACTA (Australia Academy Cinema Television Arts) awards have managed to deliver a slate of Best Film nomin…
The 2020 AACTA awards are coming in hot, with a Covid-afflicted ceremony to be held in November, replete with staggered sittings to ensure guest safety in a limited capacity. As we near the ten year a…
Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale reigns supreme with a total of fifteen nominations for the 2019 AACTA Awards. The colonial set film is closely followed by Hotel Mumbai and The Kingwhich have thirteen…
Following on from dark urban fantasy The School, writer and director Storm Ashwood cants in a very different direction with Escape and Evasion, which sees Josh McConville (1%, The Merger) as Seth, a f…
Back in 2015 I bought my 4x4 Holden Colorado, hit the road and trekked across the Nullarbor. With little 4x4 experience and zero recovery gear, I did a few off-road tracks but took a lot of caution. A…
Watching Boy Erased in Australia is a curious affair. It’s written and directed by one of the great modern Aussie minds – Joel Edgerton (working with the production company he started with his brother…
War stories on film are often focused on the soldiers journey, presenting their path in war as an 'us v them' mentality. So rarely do they explore what the 'other side' is going throug…
Ozflix has announced the details for the inaugural Ozflix Independent Film Awards (aka the 'Ozzies') and it's got me excited. One of the things that has bothered me of late about the AACTA…