Greater Western Sydney will play at Ballarat’s Mars Stadium for a second week in a row when they take on Sydney Swans in Round 18, giving locals another taste of AFL premiership-season action. The Sydney derby will be played in regional Victoria with support from the Andrews Labor Government and marks the Swans’ first time…
51 Western Australian Athletes are Headed to Tokyo Games
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Western Australia will have its second highest representation on the Australian Olympic Team, with 51 athletes competing at the upcoming Tokyo Games. 45 Olympians are current Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) scholarship holders or graduates, with the support provided by WAIS helping them achieve international sporting success. WA athletes will compete in 19 sports…
Night of the Sicario
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Director Joth Riggs Starring Natasha Henstridge & Costas Mandylor Rated M Score 0/6 Taylor is forced to hide the young daughter of a Colombian woman in witness protection who will be testifying against a powerful drug cartel in Federal Court, as ruthless sicarios aim to hunt them down. Okay, I know it is an odd…
MDFF 2021 – Australia Burns … Silence of the Land
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Director Shane McLachlan Score 6/6 In 2019-20 Australia experienced a catastrophic bushfire season, one of the worst on record. This documentary focuses not only on the fires and their devastating effect on Australia’s unique wildlife and eco system, but whether climate change played a roll, why was it so random and merciless and will this…
MDFF 2021 – We are Conjola
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Director Anthony ‘Ash’ Brennan Score 6/6 NYE 2019. Director and film maker Ash Brennan lost his house in the Conjola Park Bushfire which nearly killed his brother and many others who stayed to fight. From a Perth hotel room Ash saw the first image of what used to be his house in the background of…
Roskino Launches RCW
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ROSKINO recently announced the launch of a new initiative: a unified export brand of the Russian content industry, Russian Content Worldwide (RCW). Evgenia Markova, CEO of ROSKINO explained that the mission of RCW is to develop international networking and cooperation, while also establishing communication amongst Russian professionals, whose projects are targeted at international markets and…
Roskino Russian Film Festival Coming in 2021
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One of the key events of the Russian Pavilion in Cannes is the presentation of the Russian Film Festival. Organized by ROSKINO and the Russian Ministry of Culture, it has a great socio-cultural and economic meaning stimulating interest in Russian cinema and creating a positive image of Russia abroad to further integrate Russia into the…
Trigger Happy Visualised at the Toff in Town on July 15
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Monash University’s SensiLab and the University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) Animal Logic Academy have teamed up to bring a next generation audio-visual experience to the masses as part of a new live performance. The 60-minute live performance called Trigger Happy ‘Visualised’ will showcase the use of innovative technologies like the AirSticks, which through in-built sensory…
Netflix and Shonda Rhimes Extend Creative Partnership
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After the global record-breaking success of Bridgerton, Netflix and prolific producer Shonda Rhimes are extending their creative content relationship. A new pact expands the current deal with Rhimes, her company Shondaland as well as her long-standing producing partner Betsy Beers. The newly expanded partnership will give Netflix and Shondaland Media the opportunity to exclusively produce,…
Berlanti/Schechter Films Ink First Look Deal with Netflix
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Berlanti/Schechter Films, a production company founded by Emmy and Golden Globe nominated writer, director, and producer Greg Berlanti and his producing partner Sarah Schechter, have inked a first look deal for feature films exclusively at Netflix. The partnership expands Berlanti’s relationship with Netflix, where he executive produced the series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and You,…