Westpac OpenAir Launches Summer Program for 2025
PRESS RELEASE Westpac OpenAir, the world’s most beautiful cinema, has today unveiled its sizzling summer program, carefully curated with some of the most anticipated films of 2025, the biggest hits o…
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AACTA Festival Announced for 2025 Alongside Best Documentary & Best Short Film Nominees
PRESS RELEASE This morning on the Gold Coast the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) launched its exciting AACTA Festival program which returns to HOTA, Home of the Arts, from Fe…
Spit starring David Wenham - First Look Trailer Launched
PRESS RELEASE Transmission Films have today released the first look trailer and poster for SPIT, the highly anticipated Australian comedy from the award-winning team behind Gettin' Square, ahead…
Bertrand Bonello on The Beast and Working With Léa Seydoux: 'I'm Not Here for Messages'
Bertrand Bonello has directed one of the most acclaimed films of the year, The Beast. He speaks with Andy Hazel about loneliness, artificial intelligence and his audacious epic that takes in 2014 ince…
Lucy Lawless on Placing the Camerawoman in the Frame in Never Look Away
Lucy Lawless. If you don’t know who this Kiwi screen legend is, shame on you! The woman repeatedly got to smack Kevin Sorbo on television and became an ideal woman for a generation of straight and que…
Official Trailer For New Family Film Based On Alison Lester’s Beloved Bestseller Magic Beach Revealed
PRESS RELEASE Madman Entertainment and Arenamedia have launched the official trailer for MAGIC BEACH, the big screen adaptation of Alison Lester’s beloved children’s book, directed by Robert Connolly…
The Revival House and the Fight to Keep Celluloid Alive in Perth: "This Has Got to Work"
“This has got to work” Between puffs of a desperate cigarette on a blustering Sunday night in August, Rob Denmam just keeps saying to me “It’s got to work. It just has to.” We’re talking about bring…
Nominees Revealed for the 5th annual WA Screen Culture Awards
PRESS RELEASE Celebrating the achievement, innovation and ambition of our local industry, the WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) embrace all forms from new, established and emerging screen practices.…
Melbourne Art Fair and LOEWE Announce New Partnership to Mark the Launch of LOEWE x Suna Fujita Collection Ahead of 2025 Fair
PRESS RELEASE Ahead of its 18th edition in February 2025, Melbourne Art Fair is proud to announce a dynamic new partnership with LOEWE, a global leader in luxury fashion lauded for its artistry and c…
This Hath Oscar Buzz: Shakespeare and the Academy Awards Part II: Dead Reckoning
In the first part of this series, I highlighted the parallel histories of Shakespeare on screen and the Academy Awards, two institutions that emerged early twentieth century to legitimize the medium.…
Lee Tiger Halley on Being Nominated for the CGA Rising Star Award and Working on Boy Swallows Universe
Perth local actor Lee Tiger Halley has quickly made a name for himself after featuring in the acclaimed Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe, where he played the non-verbal character Gus Bell, and on…
Screenwest and NITV join forces on Big Backyard Quiz to grow the WA First Nations screen sector
PRESS RELEASE Screenwest and National Indigenous Television (NITV) are pleased to announce Big Backyard Quiz, a series full of games and quiz rounds exploring the people and history of Australia, has…