New Series of Bay of Fires Comissioned

ABC, Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania and VicScreen are pleased to announce that the ABC drama Bay of Fires has been commissioned for a new series.Produced by Archipelago Productions and Fremantle Australia, award-winning actress Marta Dusseldorp returns as Stella Heikkinen, the single mother of two, forced into witness protection and relocated to Mystery Bay – a…

Gone in sixty seconds – 1974

Director H.B. Halicki Stars H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda Rate PG Score 2/6 When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag – thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California.  A total…

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

Directors Scott Conditt, Jeremy Tremp Starring Tom Plumley, Hassie Harrison & Joey Morgan Rated TV-14 Score 3/6 A small town video game store clerk must go from zero to hero after accidentally unleashing the forces of evil from a cursed Colecovision video game cartridge. Though everybody should hold on to their DVDs and possibly even…

Australian screen projects Selected for SXSW 2024

Five Australian screen projects have been selected for the 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival which will take place in Austin, Texas from 8-16 March. Making their respective world premieres are feature film Audrey, documentary short film The Big Wait, and animated augmented reality (XR) project Many Worlds. Mystery-thriller Birdeater will make…

Drama Series Plum Headed to ABC

ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce that Brendan Cowell and Asher Keddie have joined forces to star in the powerful six-part drama series Plum, based on Brendan’s novel of the same name. Filming in the Sutherland Shire, NSW, and premiering on ABC TV and ABC iview in 2025, Plum is produced by Roadshow…

Fighter

Director Siddharth Anand Stars Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan & Rishabh Sawhney Rated M Score 6/6 Top IAF aviators come together in the face of imminent danger, to form Air Dragons. FIGHTER unfolds their camaraderie, brotherhood and battles, internal and external. I didn’t see trailers for this at the cinema, I kind of stumbled across them…

Calls to Mandate Cash Acceptance

Ireland has showed Australia how to ensure consumers can access and use cash – by forcing supermarkets and chemists to accept cash. Australia’s big banks and the cash industry are currently in talks to work out how to best support cash distribution. According to CashWelcome.ORG there is only one way to ensure cash is widely…

Heart of the Man to premiere in Brisbane

Australian writer, director, actor and producer David Cook’s powerful debut feature Heart of the Man – an uncompromising tale of boxing, family and identity – produced by Bronte Pictures and New Dream Productions, and shot in Brisbane, will premiere at New Farm Cinemas, with further festival news and screenings announced soon. Australia has an exciting…

AIDC 2024 FULL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have announced the full program for its 2024 event – including over 40 sessions, more than 70 speakers and 100-plus industry decision makers – taking place in-person at ACMI in Melbourne / Naarm, from 3-6 March 2024 with an online-only international marketplace 7-8 March 2024. Inspired by the theme…

Julia Verdin’s MAYA Released in the US on January 26

MAYA, written, directed by Julia Verdin, is presented by the non-profit social impact organization Artists for Change. The release coincides with Human Trafficking Awareness Month. In the film, teenager Maya (Isabella Feliciana) is raised in a household stricken by her father’s abandonment and her mother’s (Patricia Velasquez) ensuing alcoholism. She seeks an escape from her…

Eddie’s Lil’ Homies Headed to NITV and Netflix

The animated children’s series Eddie’s Lil’ Homies, inspired by the books of AFL legend Eddie Betts, will premiere on NITV and Netflix from 16 February 2024. The 10-part comedy series features the voices of Hunter Page-Lochard (Cleverman, The Newsreader, Barons) as Eddie, Miah Madden (Bali 2002, The Clearing, The Bureau of Magical Things) as Lottie,…

Renfield

Director Chris McKay Starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage & Awkwafina Rated R Score 4/6 Renfield, Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them. As the meme goes ‘Nicholas Cage Now in stoic and…

Australians’ food security biggest cost of living concern: survey

As part of Savvy’s ongoing research into consumer sentiment and the impact of economic trends on everyday Australian life, Savy surveys Australian adults on how they are navigating the continuing cost of living crisis. 62% of Australians cite grocery prices as the greatest ongoing concern Almost all demographics and states/territories highlight grocery prices as the…

Let The Guitar Play Released by Santana

Carlos Santana released “Let The Guitar Play,” a reimagination of his 2021 song “Song for Cindy.” Teaming up with producers Lino Nicolosi, Nicolosi Team, and Narada Michael Walden (Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey), “Let The Guitar Play” brings the original song to new heights  —  Run DMC’s Darryl McDaniels delivers a poetic rap over an EDM-style…