“Like with a few Australian films before it and quite a few more after it, 27A has the conviction to portray the roughness and the hopelessness of its scenario – this is a key identifiable aspect of this country’s films of this era.” Written by David Morgan-Brown The sounds of mental asylum chit-chat is heard over…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Creative Directors: Perri Cummings and Jennifer Monk Writing Coach and Script Editor: Perri Cummings Producer: Jennifer Monk Acting Coach: Shanon Kulupach Cinematographer: Laura Jane Turner Episodes by: Jennifer Monk, Shanon Kulupach, Hannah Davies, Kelley Kerr Young, Lisa Dallinger, Lee McClenaghan, Eva Torrkola, Emma Jo McKay and Constance Washington. Last Breath is…
Post-production has began on a pilot episode for new paranormal comedy Cursed. Written, directed and co-created by Connor Fairclough (Head Above Water) and produced by Tristan Barr (Watch the Sunset), filming of Cursed took place in Queensland last month. Cursed is a horror-comedy series that will parody the clichés and techniques typically found in the horror…
Written and Directed by Jamie Murray Produced by Marie-Stella McKinney Starring Googoorewon Knox, Judd English and Anthony Thomas Two brothers hunt for foxes on a remote farm in rural Australia. They’ve been out there for weeks however and still haven’t seen a single fox. When they receive a surprise invitation to dinner with the enigmatic farm owner, the question of…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Jordon Prince-Wright’s The Decadent and Depraved is a hardcore, rough as guts western shot throughout country Western Australia. After a brilliantly shot, bloody and violent opening scene sets up the story, The Decadent and Depraved follows Leon (Ben Mortley), a wanted man being delivered to Her Majesty’s army to be hanged for his…
A behind-the-scenes web series for the Australian psychological thriller Reaching Distance launches online today ahead of the film’s world premiere at CinefestOZ. The series documents the Sydney-based production of the film which utilised several old-Hollywood practical effects including a massive 25-metre rear-projection setup that created the illusion of a moving bus. The web series will…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Commentary written by Jason Raftopoulos This is the small but vital scene of Jim betting on the horse that for him will be his salvation, so the scene required the internal anxiety of the character to reflect its external action. It’s the one scene in the film where his behaviour and…
