It’s been a week already since we launched our new feature, Sunday Shorts to overwhelming support from new and regular readers of Cinema Australia. In Sunday Shorts #2 we take a look at writer/director Roderick MacKay’s epic Western Australian short FACTORY293. In a remote part of Stalin’s war-torn Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic, Grigor, Manager of munitions…
Hot of the news David Michôd’s The Rover will be screening as part of the Cannes Film Festival, the Australian director’s followup to his incredibly successful Animal Kingdom has been given a new poster and a new trailer. The Rover boasts a impressive ensemble of Australian acting talent including Guy Pearce, David Field, Anthony Hayes and Nash Edgerton. A…
Ever wanted to catch iconic Australian actor Hugo Weaving in the flesh. Well here’s your chance to see him in person along with actor Don Hany and director Craig Monahan as they discus their new film Healing at Dendy Cinemas Opera Quays. When: 6:30pm Thursday, April 24 at Dendy Cinemas Opera Quays Tickets: Club Dendy Members…
Perth-born novelist JJ DeCeglie makes his feature film debut with JUGULAR, and what a debut it is! Tense, claustrophic and genuinely harrowing, JUGULAR follows one man’s nightmarish decent into the recesses of his own mind. Recesses from which there are no escape. Jack is straight off the plane. He has few friends and no money. In desperation, he…
May 2014 is set to be a massive month with five highly anticipated Australian films set to hit cinemas. 52 Tuesdays 16-year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons. Filmed over the course of a year, once a week,…
Welcome to Cinema Australia’s brand new weekly feature, Sunday Shorts. Every Sunday we will feature a different short film from debutant directors to more established filmmakers. Most of the content will be provided to Cinema Australia direct from the filmmakers. What better way to get to know about a short film than from the mouths of…
Perth’s first 2014 feature production: Jag Pannu Productions, in association with VCR Media, today announced their latest co-production, Broken Contract, would commence filming in Perth 28 April 2014. Broken Contract is a story about Max (Chris Morris), a down-on-his-luck club owner struggling to make ends meet. When a local gang threatens both his livelihood and his family,…
Screen Australia has announced over $550,000 in funding for 16 feature film projects, backing a number of debut and second-time writers, directors and producers – including many making the transition into features for the first time after creating for other platforms. Eleven new projects have been added to Screen Australia’s development slate, while five projects…
How To Time Travel will hold its premiere at The Astor Theatre in Melbourne on Tuesday 22nd April with all profits donated to beyondblue. Writer and Director Samuel Sheffield took time out of his busy schedule leading up to the premiere to let Cinema Australia readers know a little more about his film. How To…
Cinema Nova will present an exclusive Q&A screening with Canopy director Aaron Wilson, producer Katrina Fleming and editor Cindy Clarkson following a screening of their new film. The Q&A session will be held on Wednesday, 23 April at 6.30pm. Wartime, 1942. Singapore. An Australian fighter pilot (Khan Chittenden), shot down in combat, awakens suspended in…
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