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The US Premiere of Trophy Boys by Emmanuelle Mattana and celebrated its official opening night at McC Theater. Read reviews for the production, directed by 2024 Tony Award-winner and 2025 Tony Award-nominee Danya Taymor. In a culture set on punishing and criticizing men for just existing, the Trophy Boys prepare for the final debate of their undefeated high school careers. Going up against their sister school, they get a debate topic so weighted there’s no way they could possibly win—or could they? What begins as a riotously funny satire turns into a sharp exploration of power and privilege, from high school to the highest circles of political influence. Following multiple sold-out runs in Australia, playwright Emmanuelle Mattana’s Trophy Boys makes its American premiere in a...

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the cast of Trophy Boys preparing for their Off-Broadway run at McC Theater, beginning performances June 5. This new video shows an inside look at their photoshoot with Benjamin Rivera Photography, along with video by the Numad Group. Following multiple sold-out runs in Australia, playwright Emmanuelle Mattana’s Trophy Boys makes its American premiere in a thrilling new production featuring Mattana as part of the cast. Directed by 2024 Tony Award® winner Danya Taymor, Trophy Boys is a provocative comedy about the singular pursuit of victory and the cost of reaching it. "It is really easy to fall in love with these characters," Taymor said. "I think every single collaborator has a...

Exclusive: UK sales outfit Rapt Films International has acquired worldwide rights outside of Australia, New Zealand and China for Sophie Somerville’s Australian comedy Fwends, ahead of Cannes.

Fwends had its world premiere in the Forum section at the Berlinale in February this year, where it won the Caligari Film Award honoring an innovative film in the section.

Emmanuelle Mattana and Melissa Gan play two friends reuniting in Melbourne for a weekend together as they try to navigate the ups and downs of life.

It is Australian filmmaker Somerville’s debut feature, after short filmsLinda 4 EvaandPeeps playedat Sydney Film Festival.

Peter Skinner’s Lost Boy was crowned Best Short Film at the St Kilda Film Festival on Saturday, winning a cash prize of $10,000.

The film, which was produced by Susannah Wolff and David Shyegun, stars Michael Sheasby as a volatile bartender who shows up to work with a fresh black eye and is subsequently challenged by his boss to drop his macho persona.

Skinner previously earned an Australian Director’s Guild (Adg) Award nomination for the project.

Other winners included Jaina Kalifa and Amelia Paxman’s Lost Contact, which was awarded Best Documentary, and Gabriel Morrison’s Joy, for which Morrison received Best Director and Best Screenplay, which she shared with co-writer Serena Siow.

Fresh from its win at March’s SXSW, Jon Bell’s The Moogai won the award for Best Achievement in Indigenous Filmmaking.

Of the acting categories, Ben Mortley won Best Actor for Antony Webb’s Carmentis,...

The third season of ‘Mustangs Fc’ is underway in Melbourne (Photo: Sarah Enticknap).

The third season of Matchbox Pictures’ children’s series Mustangs Fc is currently shooting in Melbourne for the ABC and new co-commissioning partner Nitv.

Season three, supported by Film Victoria, sees all-girl soccer team The Mustangs enter a harsh new league in which they’re forced to merge with their nemesis, The Wildcats.

Mustangs Fc is produced by Amanda Higgs and Rachel Davis, who have promoted women on set each season; more than 60 per cent of the cast and crew for the third series are female.

The scripts were penned by Kirsty Fisher, Magda Wozniak, Rae Earl, Alix Beane, Shanti Gudgeon and Marisa Nathar, and director Beck Cole joins this season alongside the returning directors Ana Kokkinos, Roger Hodgman and Corrie Chen. Further, Amie Batalibasi, who completed a Film Victoria Key Talent Placement on Mustangs Fc season two,...