“We were on an incredibly tight deadline, our location for the film’s opening scene was almost wrecked by a freak thunder/hail storm and Daniel Hill broke one of his ribs.” Growing Out: Written by Andrew Walsh Matt and Dan have been close friends since they were 5 years old: they attended the same school, played…
After the recent success of the pitch trailer for Long Shadows, including the successful crowd-funding campaign exceeding it’s target of 20k, and three US film festival awards, producers Linda Millar, Ashley Pardey, Jessica Magro and Darrell Plumridge are excited to commence pre-production of the feature film with shooting scheduled to commence soon. Directed by Darwin…
The Melbourne International Film Festival revealed a sneak peak of its 2015 program today and it’s got the Cinema Australia team very excited. Some highlights of the program include Grant Scicluna’s Downriver, Neil Armfield’s highly anticipated Holding the Man, and short film The Nice House, following 2015 Australian of the Year and domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty. The…
“The theme stayed the same, it was a shift in tone that was needed.” Written exclusively for Cinema Australia by Josef Ber: I started writing the script for Jack’s Promise a few years ago. I wanted to explore a character who was struggling with his past choices and wasn’t in the greatest of places in…
“It was a surreal, occasionally out-of-body experience.” Written by Matt Holcomb exclusively for Cinema Australia: I have made only a handful of short films – far less than I would have liked to have made at this point. I don’t consider myself to be a natural short-form storyteller; it’s just not something that comes easily to…
“Anyone familiar with the attention span of a seven-year-old will understand this was no easy task.” Written by Alister Grierson exclusively for Cinema Australia: Imagination Game began, like many ideas, as a conversation on a bus. My wife, Skye, had stumbled across a cult of conspiracy theorists online who had bought into the idea that…
There are quite a few secrets surrounding the plot of Red Billabong. Going by the recently released teaser poster we know it’s a creature feature of sorts – those beaming red eyes in the sky give that away. But what is it stalking two brothers as they search for their missing friend in the Australian Outback?…
One of Australia’s longest-standing and publicly owned short film festivals, the St Kilda Film Festival, has today revealed its exciting ten-day program. Proudly presented and produced by the City of Port Phillip, the 2015 St Kilda Film Festival will showcase 100 of Australia’s top short films, music videos, archival screenings, youth programs, an extensive filmmaker development…
Acclaimed Australian short film Tango Underpants will screen as part of April’s Australian Revelations before Phillip Noyce’s Newsfront. Here, director Miranda Edmonds gives Cinema Australia readers a fascinating insight into her film. Written by Miranda Edmonds: Tango Underpants has its genesis in travel. The wonderful John Collee (writer of Happy Feet, Master and Commander, Creation) was…
Christopher Sun’s sick and twisted imagination and incredible passion for his craft is what makes him a favourite in the Cinema Australia office and we couldn’t be more excited for his upcoming film, BOAR. We grabbed five minutes with the busy director to discuss his upcoming creature feature. Interview by Matthew Eeles People are obviously going…
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