Entries now open for BOFA Devil Short Film Competition

It’s time for film makers to get creative and submit their entry for the 2014 BOFA Devil Short Film Competition. Festival Director Owen Tilbury sees the annual short film competition as an important element of the BOFA Film Festival. “Many of today’s professional film makers got their start making short films, and we hope this…

Trailer drops for Stephen Lance’s My Mistress

Just after being announced as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival a teaser trailer has dropped for Stephen Lance’s intriguing My Mistress. “What starts as a beautiful and strangely innocent affair between a vulnerable teenage romantic and a French S&M mistress soon becomes more dangerous.” You can find out more about the film at http://www.mymistressmovie.com

Focus on WA Screen Awards #2: James Pentecost’s Twisted Minds (Exclusive)

Twisted Minds: Article written by James Pentecost (director) Development ‘Twisted Minds’ had a long genesis behind it before my involvement in the project. Executive Producer Jag Pannu had come up with the basic plot outline several years before and had engaged a local screenwriter, Teigan Isobel, to draft up the screenplay based on his story ideas.…

Registrations now open for Melbourne 48 Hour Film Project

Always wanted to make your own films? The 48 Hour Film Project is a fantastic opportunity for new, budding and established film-makers to gain experience,connections, recognition and possibly prizes! The 48HPF is a wild, sleepless, marvelous, illuminating, manic, inspiring, savage and (mostly) enjoyable weekend of artistic experiment; in which you and your chosen dream team make a film. On Friday September…

Focus on WA Screen Awards #1: Peter Gurbiel & Wade K. Savage discuss Barrow (Exclusive)

Ahead of the 26th Annual WA Screen Awards on Tuesday, 14 July, Cinema Australia will be taking a look at three films nominated in the category of Best Short Film – The Fan, Tango Underpants and Barrow. You can find our feature on the categories forth nomination, Factory 293, here. BARROW: Article written by Peter Gurbiel (Writer/Producer) and Wade K.…

Rolf de Heer: A look back

Our readers were quick to let us know how much they enjoyed our recent feature, David Gulpilil: A look back. Gulpilil’s impressive body of work was profiled through a collection of trailers from his films and still remains one of this sites highest read articles. You can check it out here. With the release of Rolf…

Legendary Australian director to head CinéfestOZ Film Prize Jury

CinefestOZ is delighted to welcome Bruce Beresford to the 2014 film festival as Jury Chair for Australia’s richest film prize, the CinéfestOZ Film Prize. The CinéfestOZ Film Prize encourages excellence in Australian filmmaking by providing a $100,000 award to an Australian feature film or feature-length documentary. Bruce Beresford’s role as Chair is to head the five-person…

Last days of Vision Splendid offers Australian film treats

Thursday 3rd July HERITAGE COLLECTION KIDS OPAL THEATRE  Kids films daily at 10am, 12noon & 2pm SARAH RILEY THEATRE Waltzing Matilda Centre 12noon The Shiralee (1981) mini series 180 mins 4pm The Eye of the Rider (Duncan Menge) Motorcycle Adventure Documentary WALTZING MATILDA CENTRE 5-7pm ABC “Conversations” recorded live with Richard Fidler ROYAL OPEN AIR THEATRE 7pm…

Interview: Steve Bisley

“I’ve done a lot of research for this role which is always a big part of my work really. You could get monkeys to learn lines.” You’re in Melbourne at the moment. Keeping warm? Yeah, winter in Melbourne. I’m rehearsing a play and it’s been a full on week. How’s everything going with Glengarry Glen…