RELATED ARTICLES: Interview with Bentley Dean AAACTA today announced acclaimed filmmaking collaborators Martin Butler and Bentley Dean as this year’s recipients of the Byron Kennedy Award. The Byron Kennedy Award will be presented to the two-man film crew at the 7th AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel on Wednesday 6 December at The Star Event Centre…
Indigo Lake will have it’s Melbourne premiere next month following sold out sessions in Sydney, Canberra and Cannes. Martin Simpson’s noir thriller stars Miranda O’Hare, Marin Mimica and Andrew Cutcliffe. Celebrated artist Jack Zeffa is hired by nightclub owner Bill Kazak to paint a portrait of his beautiful but troubled wife Ruby. As Jack paints her, he…
Fresh from its win at the Busan International Film Festival comes bold new Australian film, Pulse, which will rock your world when it comes to changing the way disability is portrayed on screen. Pulse is the ambitious debut of the talented Daniel Monks, who writes and stars in this body swap drama blending sci-fi with…
The Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF) has announce its 2018 festival program. Taking place from 22 to 25 February at venues across Melbourne’s CBD including ACMI Federation Square, Hoyts Melbourne Central and RMIT University, MWFF celebrates and supports the work of women screen practitioners across all disciplines in the industry, including directors, writers, producers,…
Never Forget will have its NSW premiere this month which will include a Q&A with director Jon Bling. Starring Ann Truong, Tam Dinh, Van Nguyen and Ivan Bradara, Never Forget follows a young nurse who must travel back to her homeland to attend her father’s funeral. Her family sends a suitor to escort her back…
Jolyon Hoff’s new Australian documentary The Staging Post will have a limited national release from Thursday. The Staging Post follows Muzafar and Khadim, two Afghan Hazara refugees, stuck in Indonesia after Australia ‘stopped the boats’. Facing many years in limbo they built a community, started a school, changed UN refugee policy and inspired a refugee…
The Neon Spectrum Written and Directed by Lee Galea Produced by Lee Galea and Joanne Scully Starring Stephanie Gonelli, Pat Moonie, Joshua Orpin, Trevor Hanna, Dylan Lloyd, Will Weatheritt, Rebecca Rayen LeBeau and Nicole Eveleigh After a lonely English girl learns of a hidden letter from her estranged father, she journeys to Australia in search…
Andrew Blair has amassed an enviable collection of Australian film posters from around the world. Impressed, Cinema Australia invited Andrew to share a few of his favourites. Andrew’s full collection of Australian movie posters can be found at his website, http://www.filmposter.com.au. Written by Andrew Blair When I was growing up, I had no idea that…
Principal photography has commenced on Steven Vidler’s (Blackrock) romantic comedy Standing up for Sunny with support from Headgear Films, Spectrum Films, Create NSW and VA Digital Hire. The four-week shoot will take place in Sydney, starring an exciting young cast lead by RJ Mitte (Breaking Bad), Philippa Northeast (Home & Away) and Sam Reid (Prime…
by Matthew Eeles A new film chronicling the rich history of the Ashton Circus and its founder, James Henry Ashton, is in the works. Ashton’s – set in the early 1800’s – will follow the great success of the Ashton Circus family amidst the hardship of the Gold Mining era. Founded by James Henry Ashton in the…
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