Only two Australian feature films are booked to hit cinemas this month and they’re absolute beauties. First off is David Michôd’s followup to his critically acclaimed Animal Kingdom. The Rover’s trailer has been viewed over 1,200,000 times on YouTube – no doubt by Robert Pattinson fan-girls but this is sure to be a rare Australian box-office success. The next cab off the…
Sydney Film Festival and Vivid Ideas present an exclusive event bringing together director David Michôd, producer Liz Watts and actors Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson, to explore the process behind creating dystopic, desert-noir thriller The Rover and engage in an audience Q&A, moderated by film critic Margaret Pomeranz. A Cannes Official Selection, The Rover delivers…
Cinema Nova will be holding a Galore preview screening followed by a Q&A with director Rhys Graham and actors Toby Wallace, Lily Sullivan and Aliki Matangi held on Wednesday June 18 at 6.30pm. Directed by Rhys Graham (The Turning), Ashleigh Cummings (Puberty Blues), Lily Sullivan (Mental, Rake),Toby Wallace (Return to Nim’s Island) and Aliki Matangi…
A third trailer has been released for John V. Soto’s Perth shot film The Reckoning. Let us know your thoughts. Written and directed by John V. Soto and staring Luke Hemsworth, Viva Bianca, Hanna Mangan Lawrence and Johnathan LaPaglia, The Reckoning is the story of a detective who is trying to track down two teenage runaways whose video…
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…
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…
Lost Art’s latest feature had its world premiere 24th November 2013 at the Nova Cinema for Melbournes best cult film festival, Monsterfest. Soon to be playing at festivals around the world. Stay tuned as more details come to hand… Synopsis: Warren is a lonely ice-cream van driver. Selling ice-cream in Melbourne’s roughest neighbourhood isn’t an…
Transmission have released a first look at Nicole Kidman and Joseph Fiennes in a scene from the highly anticipated Strangerland. Looks intense. Hopefully we will be seeing more soon. FIRST LOOK: Nicole Kidman and co-star Joseph Fiennes in Kim Farrant's upcoming STRANGERLAND http://t.co/EZ1mItwTiG— (@transmission) May 13, 2014
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