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Katherine Tulich Goran Stolevski’s “Of An Age” won Australia’s richest film prize of A$100,000 ($65,000) at CinefestOz at a gala closing night over the weekend in Busselton, Western Australia. The Macedonian born, Melbourne based writer and director Stolevski also presented his much-lauded first feature “We Are Not Alone” at the festival. The CinefestOZ film prize is dedicated to new Australian-made films and consisted of four finalists.The others also included Gracie Otto’s comedy “Seriously Red,”, the world premiere of Matt Nable’s intense drama “Transfusion,” starring Sam Worthington and audience favorite, “Sweet As,” the first-time feature by local indigenous director Jub Clerc.

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have announced a tour in their home country of Australia for this October in support of new album ‘Endless Rooms’.The tour will begin October 13 in Torquay before continuing along to Fremantle, replacing a show that was planned for March of this year but postponed due to border restrictions at the time.From there, the tour will head to Margaret River, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney. Melbourne’s Floodlights are on support duties along with Maple Glider (singer-songwriter Tori Zietsch) on all dates except for Fremantle and Margaret River.See tour dates and venues below.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCinefestOZ, West Australia’s prestigious mini-festival, has confirmed that it will go ahead with live audiences at the end of August. It will be the first in the country to do so since the easing of restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak.The festival will run August 25-30 with at least 40 live events and screenings, in the Margaret River area, along with a selection of online screenings.