A Moogai is a fictional spirit or monster in the Bundjalung language, but for Bundjalung/Wiradjuri nations writer-director Jon Bell, the Moogai is grounded in a shocking reality.
The Moogai will release wide in cinemas in Australia on Halloween, October 31, 2024.
SXSW selections 'Audrey' and 'The Moogai' will battle it out against feature animation 'Memoir of a Snail' and the WA-filmed 'Runt' for this year's $100,000 CinefestOZ film prize.
Jon Bell's horror debut 'The Moogai' has won the Sydney Film Festival Audience Award for Best Australian Narrative Feature, with Van Alpert's 'Skategoat' taking out the prize for Best Australian Documentary.
Australia is among the most represented countries outside of the US in the initial line-up for this year's SXSW Film and TV Festival, with Natalie Bailey’s 'Audrey', Jon Bell's 'The Moogai', and Jack Clark and Jim Weir's 'Birdeater' among the films selected.
Writer and director Jon Bell's debut feature 'The Moogai' and Sally Aitken documentary 'Every Little Thing' make up the Australian contingent bound for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Screen Territory has announced the recipients of its first round of 2022/23 funding, with $93,000 to be distributed across story development, audience development, and career development.
New seasons of 'Total Control' and children's titles 'Rock Island Mysteries' and 'Strange Chores', as well as feature film projects from Northern Pictures, Made Up Stories and Causeway Films are among the nine projects that will share in $12 million of production funding from Screen Australia.