Go Karts will boast both celebrated actors such as Frances O’Connor, Richard Roxburgh and Dan Wyllie, as well as incredible new talent, in the uplifting family film The See Pictures-produced film begins production this week in Western Australia’s South West, with newcomer William Lodder as the film’s lead. Rounding out the cast will be two…
Written, directed & produced by Mark Day and Heather Joan Day Starring Tanya Alers, Emily Renna, Stefan Miranda, Sean Miranda, Erina Yamada, Nick Jaquinot and Ellen Grimshaw Production Company Vivienne Productions Digital Platform YouTube Everything’s Going To Be Fine is an intimate story about two young Melbournians struggling to communicate that they’re not doing okay.…
Sony Pictures Releasing have released the first images of Ladies in Black, the new comedy drama from Academy Award® nominated director Bruce Beresford. Set in the summer of 1959, when the impact of European migration and the rise of women’s liberation is about to change Australia forever, a shy schoolgirl (Lisa) takes a summer job…
A Cut Above When Cinema Australia caught up with Jill Bilcock the Australian film editing legend was in the middle of cutting Mystify: Michael Hutchence, Richard Lowenstein’s documentary about troubled INXS frontman Michael Hutchence. “Right now I’m looking at the scrawlings of Michael,” Bilcock told Cinema Australia. “I’m reading all his lyrics, and things he wrote…
The Noosa International Film Festival has opened entries for its 2018 short film competition. The festival is calling for filmmakers from Australia and overseas to submit and welcomes films of any genre. “One of the things I love about the Noosa International Film Festival are the stories that are shared from all over the world,”…
The first photo has been revealed for new Australian horror film Awoken which recently wrapped principal photography. The bloody new image shows Benson Jack Anthony looking suitably creepy as Blake, who suffers from Fatal Familial Insomnia – with Sara West as his sister Karla in the background. Awoken is a suspense-driven mystery/horror, the film is centred…
A new trailer has hit the web for Brothers’ Nest ahead of its Australian cinema release. Following successful screenings at SXSW in America, Clayton Jacobson’s new black comedy will hit Australian cinemas on June 21, a month out from it’s original May release. Brothers’ Nest is a new tragic-comedy that reunites Shane and Clayton Jacobson…
With a very relaxed approach to filmmaking, Siobhan Jackson and Mischa Baka – Jack Baka collectively – have created a very sedated, very unique Australian film. “We were lucky enough to have actors who were prepared to go to that weird and unknown place with us.” Interview by Matthew Eeles I want to learn more…
Written, Directed and Produced by Mark Day and Heather Joan Day Starring Tanya Alers, Emily Renna, Stefan Miranda, Sean Miranda, Erina Yamada, Nick Jaquinot and Ellen Grimshaw Everything’s Going To Be Fine is a web series following a handful of young Melbournians trying to deal with their lives and anxieties today. It’s about best friends, brothers, housemate…
This year’s Gold Coast Film Festival boasts an impressive lineup of new Australian films. Opening this year’s festival is Mairi Cameron’s The Second, written by My Mistress scribe Stephen Elliot. It’s a tight psychological thriller starring Australian acting veterans Racheal Blake, Susie Porter, Vince Colosimo and Martin Sacks. Hot off the heels of its successful…
Australia’s answer to The Buena Vista Social Club, The Song Keepers tells the inspiring story of an Aboriginal women’s choir and their first tour of Germany. In the churches of remote Central Australia, a 140-year musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages, German sacred hymns and baroque music is being preserved by four generations of women…
Article by Davo Hardy In the four years since its release, my 26-minute film about two young men sharing an apartment has been the gift that keeps on giving. What makes it stand out? The bloke subletting the apartment is a nudist. Complex is a comedic celebration of non-sexual social nudity (with a sex scene…
