Filmmakers have until 6 June 2014 to enter the inaugural CinéfestOZ Film Prize. The CinéfestOZ Film Prize is a $100,000 award open to Australian feature films that meet eligibility criteria.CinéfestOZ, Western Australia’s film festival dedicated to Australian and French film (20 – 24 August 2014) launched the $100,000 film prize in December 2013, after securing…
Born in Scotland, Kaiya moved to Australia at the age of 8 and at the age of 10, decided herself that she wanted to become and actor. Having worked on TV series The Saddle Club and Neighbours, she was constantly surrounded by enthusiastic filmmakers. She made multiple short films for fun but with help from…
Legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil has won best actor for his acclaimed performance in Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country. The film is screening in Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard part of the festival and received a standing ovation during its premier a couple of days ago. We’ve compiled a collection of trailers to films…
Rolf de Heer’s Charlies Country received an extended standing ovation at its Cannes Un Certain Regard screening on Thursday 22nd May. The screening was attended by director/writer/producer Rolf de Heer, producer/actor Peter Djigirr, producer Nils Erik Nielsen, executive producers Domenico Procacci and Sue Murray, and cinematographer Ian Jones ACS. Rave reviews followed soon after with Hollywood Reporter’s critique…
Melbourne International Film Festival is thrilled to announce that the MIFF Premiere Fund supported film, Kill Me Three Times, directed by Kriv Stenders, will screen as part of this year’s Centrepiece Gala event. Following the mammoth success of Red Dog (MIFF 2011), Stenders’ new film pivots around a charismatic hit-man (Shaun of the Dead’s Simon Pegg), who acts…
A new trailer for Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country was released yesterday via The Sydney Morning Herald. The new trailer has a few new clips but still has the same incredibly slow pace of the first trailer released last year. Charlie’s Country will be released mid July this year. You can watch the trailer here.
It’s official! Cinema Australia is thrilled to let readers know the first Australian film announced to screen during the Revelation Perth International Film Festival is Jason Sweeney’s The Dead Speak Back. Nominated for Best Feature at the South Australian Screen Awards recently, The Dead Speak Back will feature alongside other locally produced films – announced here soon…
Ahead of it’s screening at the Sydney Film Festival, Triptych Pictures has released a new website and teaser trailer for their new mystery film, Touch starring Cinema Australia favourite Matt Day. You can check out the website here. Love Knows No Boundaries Touch is a mystery about Dawn, a woman on the run with her young…
Welcome to the 6th edition of Cinema Australia’s Sunday Shorts feature. This weekend our profile focuses on Tropfest finalist Off The Meter staring Neighbours’ Alan Fletcher. You can watch the short below. “Since I was also directing, I had no one saying I needed to cut it down to size, and I kept telling myself…
Toronto based scribe Calum Marsh has written an interesting article for Playboy about Australia’s current crop of quality horror films. Mostly in response to Wolf Creek 2’s release in the States, the article is well worth the read. In the mid-1970s, Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett wrote a screenplay called Star Beast, a horror film about the crew…
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