by David Morgan-Brown A breezy and not-too-dramatic road movie was not an unwelcome entry in the Australian New Wave near the end of the ‘70s, particularly given the number of searing and serious socio-political films that had been previously released in the decade such as Wake in Fright, The Last Wave, The Chant of Jimmie…
Written and Directed by Wayne Tunks Produced by Nicholas Price and Wayne Tunks Cinematography by Nicholas Price Editing by Paul Anthony Nelson Sound Design by Peter “PJ” Johnson Composing by Tony Ling Starring Tristan Clark, Prudence Holloway, Jasper Lee Lindsey, Robert Miniter, Jacinta Moses, Bronte Parkin, Nick Sinclair, Anton Smilek, Wayne Tunks and David Woodland…
Written, produced and directed by Taya Calder-Mason Starring: Matthew Clarke, Taya Calder-Mason, Paul Antony Rogers, Brenton Price and Caleb Havebond Fight Like a Woman follows young local boxer, Lanie Ray (Taya Calder-Mason) as she prepares to fight against popular male rival, Ricky Louis (Matthew Clarke). Article by Taya Calder-Mason The concept for Fight Like a…
Directed by Nic Barker Starring Honor Wolff, Isabelle Ford, Alex Cooper and Kaarin Fairfax. The Greta Fragments is a story about finding yourself, then having to do it all over again. Article by Nic Barker I’ve always been interested in the sort of filmmaking that allows for a lot of spontaneity and freedom on the day.…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Director Heath Davis has been a busy man having directed three Australian feature films over the last few years – Broke, Book Week and the upcoming Locusts. Written and produced by Angus Watts, Locusts is a modern western action-suspense feature filmed at Broken Hill and set for release late next year. Here,…
“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…
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