It’s been 22 years since Steven Vidler directed Blackrock, a teenage drama about the rape and murder of a young schoolgirl starring Heath Ledger in his first feature film role. Since them the AFTRS and VCA graduate who also holds a research PhD in screenwriting from Macquarie University, has had a long and successful acting career starring…
Thanks to Transmission Films, we’ve got a bunch of double passes to give away to The Nightingale. Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services…
The Nightingale Written and Directed by Jennifer Kent Produced by Kristina Ceyton, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Jennifer Kent Starring Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood and Ewen Leslie “You should feel uncomfortable. That’s the point.” by Matthew Eeles Let’s cut to the chase. Are you prepared to sit through that…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Tim Burstall Written by Tim Burstall and Russell Braddon Starring George Mallaby, John Waters, Ken Goodlet, Delvene Delaney, Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell and Belinda Giblin Written by Gavin Bond Pioneering English born…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Shooting has commenced in Brisbane this week on the Young Adult feature film Swimming for Gold, starring U.S. actor Peyton List (Jessie, Bunk’d) in the lead role. List plays Claire Carpenter, a 17-year-old elite swimmer who is…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Two Australian filmmakers have joined forces to premiere their new films together with all proceeds being donated to Beyond Blue. Taya Calder-Mason’s short thriller Harrows Forest will screen prior to Jace Pickard’s new…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT WILL DONATE 10% OF WA OPENING WEEKEND BOX OFFICE TO THE INDIGENOUS PLAYERS ALLIANCE Following a sell-out Perth premiere on Monday 12 August, at Luna Cinemas Leederville – which saw over 450 people attend a fundraiser screening for…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Nekrotronic will celebrate its Australian premiere when it opens the SciFi Film Festival in September. The comic book-style horror/comedy is co-written and directed by Kiah Roache-Turner and co-written and produced by Tristan Roache-Turner and is the brothers’ highly-anticipated followup…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Chapter 5 Studios has released the first official reveal of the title character from their new horror film, The Faceless Man. The Faceless Man follows Emily (Sophie Thurling) who is struggling to adjust back to everyday life…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Prima Lux Films are proud to announce an exclusive partnership with the newly founded, Melbourne-based production company La Rosa Productions for their new thriller film Rage. “We are very fortunate to have met Adam La Rosa from…
CinefestOZ Film Festival has revealed the full line up of jury members who will vote on the prestigious $100,000 Film Prize, which recognises the best Australian feature film. Marta Dusseldorp, Glenn Gainor, Alex Dimitriades and Ben Young will join Jury Chair Rachel Ward at the 2019 festival to decide on which of the five films…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. I’ve never been as moved by an Australian documentary as I was by The Australian Dream. It moved me because of the subject obviously, but I was also moved by it because I’m…
