Written by Neil Triffett (director): I’ve been fascinated by Emos for a while. There’s something admirable about people who accept life is full of misery while the rest of us are pretending we are happy and emotionally stable. To place an Emo – a sarcastic, despondent Emo youth – inside a light-hearted musical comedy creates instant…
“Initially this was conceived as an art piece of purely stop-motion scans which proved problematic in terms of storytelling and narrative flow.” Written by Shahane Bekarian (director): The Blind Passenger is not your usual short film. It’s kinda fucked up. It’s a concept film taken from the point of view of a blind man, about…
What is South By Scooter? South by Scooter follows Max, as he desperately attempts to become the first person to ride a scooter to the South Pole. Unfortunately he lacks the necessary expertise, funds, or boat to get to Antarctica, so he sets about assembling his expedition from whatever bits and pieces he can find around his house.…
Hello movie fans, my name is Christopher Lee Sun and I am a horror writer and director from the Sunshine Coast, QLD Australia. I have been asked to tell you a story about Charlie’s Farm so I thought why not; I have never written a story about making Charlie’s from start to finish so this…
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…
Legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil has won best actor for his acclaimed performance in Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country. The film is screening in Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard part of the festival and received a standing ovation during its premier a couple of days ago. We’ve compiled a collection of trailers to films…
The Burning Kiss, described as a ‘hallucinogenic summer noir cocktail spiked with surrealism and suspense’, is an exciting new West Australian feature film nearing the end of post-production. Set to make its festival debut later in the year, the film centres on the unexpected arrival of a stranger, who implicates a father and his daughter…
Cinema Australia have been given exclusive access to these behind the scenes photos of Tim Blackburn’s Burns Point to share with our readers. Written by Blackburn’s father Chris and currently being filmed in Ballina, Queensland Burns Point follows Jeremy, a young man whose sister has been brutally murdered. Jeremy expects the law to deliver justice, but the killer’s father…
Closing Perth Monster Fest 2014 is Perth director, Sam Barrett’s Sororal. If you can’t make the screening or the Q&A following the film with producer David Karsten as well as other cast & crew members, you can find everything you need to know about the film below. Happy reading. What does Sororal mean? That’s a secret!…
Ahead of Raven’s Cabin world premier at Perth Monster Fest next week, director Loren Johnson tells Cinema Australia how he went about making his horror film. Raven’s Cabin came about because my wife, Alice, and I, as well as a few other film-makers and actors, decided to be proactive and create an opportunity to work…
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