The 8th Irish Film Festival Australia have announced their full cinema program for 2022. The 2022 festival will showcase a total of 16 films, including 13 Australian Premieres.10 of the films will be screened in Palace Cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra from 25 August – 25 September and online festival from 30…
August is Platypus Month
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Canberrans are encouraged to pick up a pair of binoculars and join Waterwatch volunteers to help monitor platypuses at dusk and dawn for the ninth annual Platypus Month. “With over 300 spots to fill across 34 one-hour surveys, now is the perfect time to join our citizen-scientists and ecologists to collect data that will improve…
Vote for Australia’s favorite Tree
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Do you love the water-bulging boab or the towering mountain ash, the world’s tallest flowering tree? Are you intrigued by the carbon capturing power of grey mangrove ecosystems or the ‘living fossil’ story of the Wollemi pine? The search is on to find Australia’s favourite tree. This National Science Week, ABC Science wants people to…
The Grey Man Universe
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Following the immensely successful release of The Gray Man, where it debuted as the #1 movie in 92 countries, Netflix is cementing plans for the IP to become a major spy franchise. The Gray Man is based on the best-selling book series by Mark Greaney. A sequel to The Gray Man, which is already a…
Rover is the Better Wingman
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New research commissioned by dating app eharmony has revealed the vital role pets play in romantic partnerships. eharmony psychologist Sharon Draper said it was particularly interesting that the majority (81%) of those surveyed felt how someone treats their pet is a strong indicator of how they would be in a relationship. “At eharmony, we know…
Harry Potter Film Concert Series Heads to Brisbane
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The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Concert, the sixth film in the Harry Potter series. On Saturday 25 February 2023, Nicholas Buc conducts Queensland Symphony Orchestra in performing Nicholas Hooper’s incredible score live from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince…
Half Dead Fred to Premiere in Flint Michigan
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‘Half Dead Fred’ – the upcoming horror feature film from White Ninja Productions and writer and director Bron Theron – will premiere on August 7th, 2022 at the Capitol Theater in Flint, Michigan, where the project was filmed. The world premiere is a red carpet event that will see the cast, crew, and production team…
Time For More Avocado Toast?
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Australia will need to both consume and export more avocados as the nation’s growers navigate a period of soaring production growth over the coming five years, specialist agribusiness bank Rabobank says in a new report. This year alone, ‘per capita (person) supply’ of avocados is estimated to be up 26 per cent on the previous…
Remember National Tree Day
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Planet Ark is encouraging Australians to connect with nature and their local community for National Tree Day 2022 and do something positive for our future – plant a tree! Planet Ark co-CEO Rebecca Gilling said that the call-to-action comes with new research showing that eight out of ten Australians agree that planting trees is an…
Prickly Jam Screened at Comic-Con
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Prickly Jam, a film made in collaboration with students at Media Design School, Auckland has received the accolade of being screened at the world-famous Comic-Con International: San Diego on Saturday. Associate Dean at Media Design School, Steve Dorner said to see the capstone project made in the students’ final year of their Bachelor of Art…
Rocket Hunter: Rise of the Nazi ‘Komet’
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Director Christopher Forbes Starring Robert Bob Young, Barry W. Jerald Jr., Catherine Jerald Rated M Score 0/6 In one of the most dangerous missions of the war, an American B-17 pilot volunteers to fly a surrendered Messerschmidt 109 on a daring flight through the heart of Germany to try to prevent the people of London…
$4.4 Million To Local Film Festivals & Events Over Three Years
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Screen Australia have announced triennial support for 18 key screen industry festivals and events from across the country, sharing $1.48 million per year from 2022-2025. Screen Australia’s CEO, Graeme Mason explained that funding has been allocated to major film festivals in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, as well as those dedicated to serving…
Netflix Adaptation Of Boy Swallows Universe To Be Filmed in Brisbane in August
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The adaptation of Trent Dalton’s international best-selling novel Boy Swallows Universe will film in Brisbane from August this year. The highly anticipated eight-part series will be produced by Sydney-based Brouhaha Entertainment and screen on Netflix. Boy Swallows Universe follows working-class Brisbane teenager Eli Bell in a whirlwind story about drug addiction, ex-cons, poverty, violence and the discovery…
Netflix Announces Copenhagen Cowboy
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Netflix have announced Copenhagen Cowboy, a poetic thrill-inducing neon-noir series from the creator of the Pusher trilogy, Drive and The Neon Demon, Nicolas Winding Refn. Copenhagen Cowboy was filmed in Denmark and is composed of six episodes. Production has wrapped and the series is set to launch globally on Netflix later this year. The series…
New Sports Infrastructure for Canberra
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Canberrans will soon have access to additional tennis facilities in the Gungahlin region, with the ACT Government to start the construction of the Gungahlin Tennis facility. ACT Minister for Sport and Recreation, Yvette Berry said that located in Amaroo, the facility is part of the ACT Government’s plan to support the growing Gungahlin region –…
Production Underway on Turn Up the Volume
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Filming has commenced in Melbourne on ABC ME’s latest live action offering Turn Up The Volume with major production investment from Screen Australia. Produced by Matchbox Pictures and Film Camp, the 10-part series will follow a group of young female and gender diverse teenagers who start a band at a music camp held in Melbourne’s…
Music Executive Beverly Paige Acquires Derek Khan’s Life Story Rights
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The rights to the extravagant and controversial life story of the late legendary stylist Derek Khan, the creator of hip-hop’s “ghetto fabulous” fashion movement, have been acquired by his friend, veteran music executive Beverly Paige. Currently, Paige and her team are exploring television, film and publishing deals on the visionary stylist to the who’s who…
Production Underway on “Sacrate”
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Production is now underway in Los Angeles on “Sacrate,” a horror feature film starring Philippe A. Haddad (American Sicario) alongside Danny Trejo (“Desperado,” “Heat,” “From Dusk Till Dawn”).The filmmakers, co-directors Humberto Rosa & Brian Frank Visciglia; describe the film, ” At the stroke of midnight, past sins come back to haunt a group of friends,…