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The film industry in Western Australia encompasses a wide range of productions and a wide range of filmmakers. Funding can be sourced from ScreenWest, [1] Screen Australia, [2] FTI, [3] television broadcasters and private investors. Filmmakers and productions can be recognised at the West Australian Screen Awards.
- Last Train to Freo
- Bran Nue Dae
- Looking For Grace
- Japanese Story
- Red Dog
- Hounds of Love
- Breath
- Final Thoughts
Director(s): Jeremy Sims Writer(s): Based on the 2001 play The Return by Reg Cribb Cast: Steve Le Marquand, Tom Budge, Gigi Edgley, Glenn Hazeldine, Gillian Jones, Lisa Hensley, Reg Cribb IMDb Rating: 6.5/10 Runtime: 1h 29m Genre:Drama Australian director Jeremy Sims adapted Reg Cribb’s play for his 2006 drama film Last Train to Freo. In the film, ...
Director(s): Rachel Perkins Writer(s): Rachel Perkins, Reg Cribb Cast: Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo, Missy Higgins, Geoffrey Rush, Deborah Mailman IMDb Rating: 6.2/10 Runtime: 1h 25m Genre:Comedy-drama The Australian musical comedy-drama film Bran Nue Dae (2009) is directed by Rachel Perkins and is adapted from Jimmy Chi’s theatrical...
Director(s): Sue Brooks Writer(s): Sue Brooks Cast: Odessa Young, Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh, Myles Pollard IMDb Rating: 5.2/10 Runtime: 1h 40m Genre:Comedy-drama Sue Brooks helmed the Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh, and Odessa Young drama Looking for Grace, released in Australia in 2015. Grace (Young), a teenager from Perth, Western Austra...
Director(s): Sue Brooks Writer(s): Alison Tilson Cast: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima IMDb Rating: 6.8/10 Runtime: 1h 50m Genre:Romantic-drama Toni Collette and Gotaro Tsunashima star in Japanese Story, an Australian romantic drama picture released in 2003 and directed by Sue Brooks. The film follows Sandy (Collette), a geologist from Perth, West...
Director(s): Kriv Stenders Writer(s): Daniel Taplitz Cast: Koko, Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, John Batchelor, Noah Taylor IMDb Rating: 7.3/10 Runtime: 1h 32m Genre:Comedy-drama The fascinating life of a dog that spent the 1970s wandering the vast Western Australian desert is the subject of Red Dog, Kriv Stenders’ compelling comedy-drama from 2011. E...
Director(s): Ben Young Writer(s): Ben Young Cast: Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry, Susie Porter IMDb Rating: 6.5/10 Runtime: 1h 48m Genre:Thriller Australian filmmaker Ben Young helmed the psychological thriller Hounds of Love in 2016. The film takes place in 1980s Perth, Western Australia, and is inspired by the true story of a man an...
Director(s): Simon Baker Writer(s): Based on Breathe by Tim Winton Cast: Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, Samson Coulter IMDb Rating: 6.7/10 Runtime: 1h 55m Genre:Drama Filmmaker Andy Serkis helmed Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy in the biographical drama Breathe, released in 2017. The movie is based on the life of Robin Cavendish, a British man in h...
These are only a few of the many excellent films that have been shot in Perth and Western Australia. Perth has had its fair share of cinematic magic, from indie darlings to Hollywood blockbusters. and certainly will continue to do so in the future. Tell us if there are any of your favorites that we missed.
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Oct 16, 2023 · Actor Nicolas Cage arrived in Perth today with wife Riko Shibata and daughter August Francesca. Credit: Michael Wilson / The West Australian “Nicolas Cage is the perfect actor for this iconic ...
Craig Silvey’s best-selling novel RUNT is being made into a feature film in Western Australia with an incredible all-star Australian cast including Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber, Deborah Mailman, Matt Day and Jack Thompson. Leading the picture are two new stars: nine-year-old Lily La Torre who plays the story’s hero Annie Shearer, and rescue ...
Feb 27, 2017 · During a walking tour of Perth's cinema history, he said the earliest known film screening was at an outdoor cinema on November 21, 1896, and records showed it was a film of the Melbourne Cup run ...
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Jun 3, 2021 · T here was an injection of star power into the Western Australian election this year when the state’s showbiz royalty – Tim Minchin, Ben Elton and Kate Walsh (of Grey’s Anatomy) – stood ...
Aug 1, 2023 · This sunny, mostly car-free isle just off the coast of Perth welcomes 800,000 visitors annually, who come to see the world’s so-called happiest animal — the quokka.
