Press Release: CinefestOZ Film Festival has named the four finalists in the running for the top prize in its inaugural Short Film Competition. For the first time in the festival’s 13-year history, CinefestOZ will champion the country’s best short filmmakers by awarding cash prizes in six categories, including Best Short Film. The finalists in the…
After a successful run on the Australian and international film festival circuit, the award-winning horror-comedy short film, Granny, will launch on Film Shortage on Friday, August 7. Following a crazed grandma who goes on a murderous rampage when her son tries to place her in a nursing home, Granny is a loving nod…
Festival hit Sequin in a Blue Room will screen at Dendy cinemas in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane this month. After a chance encounter at an anonymous sex party, a sixteen year old boy (Conor Leach) hunts through the world of a hook-up app to track down the mystery man. Favouring the instant gratification of anonymous,…
KEWL Studios has launched an exciting new streaming initiative called KEWL Originals. Following the success of its debut documentary Now Sound: Melbourne’s Listening, and Kathleen Lee’s new six-part web series Sex and Death, the Melbourne-based film production company will release a short film, feature film or series via its YouTube channel each week. Some of the…
Outback finally has an Australian release date. Mike Green’s gruelling survival thriller will release on DVD early September via Madman pictures following an Australian premiere in October last year at Monster Fest. “The whole Outback team is pumped for our Australian release,” Green told Cinema Australia. “A theatrical release has been challenging given the current…
WA-based filmmaker Roderick MacKay’s directorial debut The Furnace will have its world premiere at the 77th Venice Film Festival. The film has been selected to screen in the prestigious Orizzionti Competition. The Furnace, set in the 1890s gold rush of Western Australia, is an unlikely hero’s tale, navigating greed and the search for identity in a…
Good news for Aussie motor sport fans: Stan has announced that the new documentary feature film Brabham will be available exclusively on Stan from Friday 7 August. A brilliant new account of a racing dynasty and the price of immortality, Brabham reveals both the making of an icon and a son’s quest to overcome conflict and fulfil…
by MATTHEW EELES Back in March, Andrew Peirce of The Curb proclaimed that WA was the home of Australian cinema thanks to film festivals like CinefestOZ, Revelation Perth International Film Festival and WA Made Film Festival. While his comments attracted some ire from Eastern States film identities, Peirce’s statement is nothing short of accurate. In WA…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In August last year I committed the ultimate interviewer sin; I took something I read on IMDb as gospel. During an interview with Australian actor Marta Dusseldorp, I asked about her role in children’s television…
by MATTHEW EELES Australian feature film Ruby’s Choice will recommence shooting in Sydney in late July after cast and crew were forced to abandon the production in March due to Covid-19. Ruby’s Choice is directed by Australian actor, writer and producer Michael Budd who starred in The Cold Light of Day alongside Henry Cavill and…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES Australian horror maestro Chris Sun has revealed he’s working on a new feature film. The Charlie’s Farm and Boar director posted a prosthetics image to his Facebook page yesterday announcing, “I’VE BEEN KEEPING A SECRET!!” The…
by MATTHEW EELES Every cloud has a silver lining, as they say. While there’s no doubt the effects of Covid-19 around the world will have a major impact on this year’s CinefestOZ, we are beginning to see some green shoots. While international and interstate guests won’t be walking the CinefestOZ 2020 red carpet, the festival…
Melbourne International Film Festival has just announced the world premiere of Paper Champions at this year’s virtual festival. Directed by Jo-Anne Brechin (Zelos), Paper Champions is a NZ/AUS comedy co-pro. Paper Champions stemmed from a short film called Rey written by Luke Saliba. This feature version is written by Saliba and James Pratt. In Polynesian cultures,…
by MATTHEW EELES As most of you will already know, as well as being the editor of Cinema Australia I’m also the festival director of the WA Made Film Festival – Western Australia’s newest film festival which aims to showcase WA screen talent. For our 2021 festival we’re launching a brand new filmmaking competition for…
SHELTER, a new curated global streaming platform for architecture, design, lifestyle and outdoor living content launches on July 31, bringing together quality films, television series and the exclusive Shelter Originals: Inspired Architecture series. The innovative new platform has partnered with global magazines Design Anthology and Green Magazine among others, to host and present premium video content from these distinctive…
