Jessie Scott is a practising video artist, writer, programmer and producer who works across the spectrum of screen culture in Melbourne. A founding member of audiovisual art collective Tape Projects, Jessie’s latest film, Rainbow Video, is set to screen at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival this weekend. Inspired by Tom Roston’s oral history I Lost…
When Cinema Australia caught up with Myles Pollard this week, the busy WA-based actor was rehearsing for Theatre 180’s Sydney II: Lost and Found, a live theatre performance supported by footage projected onto a cinema screen. The performance explores the sinking of HMAS Sydney II. “It is quite a unique little concept to have a…
Writer, director and producer Hassibullah Kushkaki joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss the story behind the making of his independently produced, action thriller gem, Rampage Electra, which was shot throughout many Perth locations including the historic Fremantle Prison where a majority of the film was shot. Rampage Electra follows an…
Brenda Matthews’ first memories were of growing up in a loving white foster family, before she was suddenly taken away and returned to her Aboriginal family. Decades later, she feels disconnected from both halves of her life. But the traumas of her past do not lie quietly buried. So, she goes searching for the foster…
Directed by Amin Palangi, Tennessine is a psychological drama following Arash (Osamah Sami Shayda, Ali’s Wedding), who against his family’s wishes, arrives in Australia to reunite with the love of his life, the elusive Nazanin (Faezeh Alavi). While the couple is about to spend a romantic weekend in a cabin in the woods, the arrival…
Sydney-based filmmaker Ulysses Oliver has three feature films screening at this year’s Sydney Film Festival – Birdeater and Tennessine which he co-produced, and Love Road, a tense drama that marks the independent filmmaker’s feature film debut as director. To have one film officially selected for the Sydney Film Festival is a massive achievement in itself.…
In this interview, The Fort co-directors Carly Anne Kenneally and Jess Kenneally, who also wrote and stars in the film, share their insights into the making of their new film. Having launched its film festival run in 2021 at CinefestOZ, The Fort faced a setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this unexpected twist extended…
Alena Lodkina’s Petrol will stick to you like glue. If you dive deep enough into the film’s underlying themes and subtext, it will take weeks to shake. In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, Alena joins host Matthew Eeles to take a very deep dive into the making of Petrol which follows Eva (Nathalie…
Writer, director, co-producer, director of photography, editor and composer Ivan Sen and actor Simon Baker join the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss their masterful new film, Limbo. In Limbo, Simon Baker plays Travis, a jaded detective who arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder…
Perth filmmaker Scott Quayle joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss his new documentary, The Grey Line – a powerful, eye-opening WA-shot film which tells the story of Helen Dwyer, also known as Ellen Collard. Taken from her parents during a time when Aboriginal children were removed from their families through…
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