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Jason Stringer (@jasonstringer) is a filmmaker, FTI alumni and father of two children. He has recently re-cut his graduation film HER PARTY to make it festival ready. The short handles the difficult subject matter with quiet dignity and the performance by actress Penelope Andrews is truly striking. Jason is one of those rare-in-the-movies actors’ directors, [...]

This exhillerating post mixed with this topper at The Worst of Perth, lead to an IMBD search for feature films shot in WA. Surprisingly, there are some. So in tribute we will be starting a regular feature here, calling attention to all the wonderful films shot in Perth that you would need a VHS player [...]

While community TV fights it out with government to try and secure digital broadcasts, Brains? chased up some people with experience working with Perth’s CTV to see what interested creators can expect if K-Rudd comes through with the goods. Gavin is a maker, and one of the hosts of the Flicktease program, a movie news [...]

There seem to be at least a couple of features in the works in Perth at the mo’. If you’ve seen the Brains? theme then you can guess why I AM BISH gives me an election. Check out the promo vid then follow the link, and go be zombies. Creator Dave Bishop answered the request [...]

The State Library holds an archive of WA’s motion picture heritage with films like BASHFUL MR BROWN, which was made in 1907 and was the first narrative motion picture made in WA. Brains? would love to see the public domain materials put online, to enable easy reuse, and we are stumbling after that goal. Meanwhile, [...]