“It was almost as if no one cared about the films, what they meant, what they were about.” Written by Aaron Kamp The journey of making Hidden Light began back in 2013, while I was on my way to Los Angeles for the world premiere of my debut short film, Never Too Late. With plenty…
“It is one of the most mysterious and moody films to ever emerge from Australia, and its status seems to have been unfairly overshadowed by Weir’s preceding film.” Written by David Morgan-Brown With the wet weather entering Australia again, now seems like a suitable time to give this forgotten classic of Australian cinema a rewatch…
Written and Directed by Clare Sladden Starring Benjamin Law, Caitlin Hill, James Mason, Amy Ingram, Nick Simpson-Deeks and Ngoc Phan Digital Platform YouTube Freudian Slip is a comedy web series that uses Freud’s theory of the split self to bring to life internals dilemmas around love, sex and pooping. “While there were more than a few negative…
by Matthew Eeles Alex & Eve scribe Alex Lykos has given Cinema Australia readers a first look at his directing debut, a new Australian comedy called Me & My Left Brain. Currently in post-production, Me & My Left Brain stars Mal Kennard as Left Brain (Catching Milat), Rachel Beck as Vivien (Hey Dad!), Chantelle Barry as Helen…
by Matthew Eeles While Hollywood struggles to get their own big screen adaptation of Batgirl off the ground, two Perth filmmakers have launched a Kickstarter campaign to start shooting their own fan film focusing on the adventures of the Darknight Damsel. Written and directed by Chloe Brown (Red Dog True Blue, The Naked Wanderer) and…
Produced by Rosie Braye, Joshua Longhurst, Tim Spencer Directed by Sarah Bishop Written by Zoe Norton Lodge and Tim Spencer Starring Sarah Bishop, Rupert Raineri, Alex Lee, Remy Brand and Tim Spencer Digital Platform YouTube An overachieving people-pleaser reluctantly takes on the role of hopeless fairy godmother when his newly out-and-proud cousin from rural NSW arrives on his doorstep looking for somewhere to belong. Article by Tim…
Director Nic Barker has spent the last four year’s putting together his first feature film, Short Distance, a drama about the breakdown and build up of three interconnecting relationships set in inner city Melbourne. Here, Barker fills us in on the making of his new film which will be released for free on June 1…
Four Australian films have beaten over 1,500 international entries to take honours in the 2018 SCINEMA International Science Film Festival. The Kingdom, the untold story of how fungi shaped our world; Grassroots, a story of Aussie battlers fighting climate change; iRony, an adaptation of an award-winning poem and ABC’s Catalyst: The Secret to Making Better…
Produced by Jessica Pearce Directed by Sarah Hickey Written by Jessica Pearce, Sarah Hickey, Alexandra Hines and Chloe Martin Starring Alexandra Hines, Chloe Martin, Joshua Hine, Liam Seymour, Luke Goodall, Marc Gallagher, Matt Trubiani, Tegan Crowley Production Company Monster and Bear Digital Platform YouTube What’s it about? Dee-Brief is a 9-part dramedy series (and three x thirty minute episode series for broadcast)…
Last year Cinema Australia was invited to visit the set of Luke Sparke’s new Aussie Sci-Fi, Occupation. While we were there we caught up with a handful of cast to discuss their roles in the new film. In part one of our series, we speak with actor Zachary Garred. Zachary’s previous credits include General Hospital, Home…
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