Genna Chanelle Hayes’ debut feature film Akoni will re-commence production in Sydney this week, and the film has added award-winning actor Mark Coles Smith and emerging young talent Marlikka Perdrisat to its cast. Coles Smith recently won a Helpmann Award for his work on the Belvoir play A Drover’s Wife. Marlikka Perdrisat is an indigenous…
Enzo Tedeschi’s Event Zero will hit a number of Australian cinemas from August 31. The Australian action thriller stars Ash Ricardo and Zoe Carides will screen across New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. When a terrorist attack hits the Sydney subway releasing a highly contagious virus into the population, Detective Leyla…
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the nominees for Best Feature Length Documentary as well as the feature films in competition for this year’s AACTA Awards. Reinforcing a strong year for Australian documentary and following changes to the nominations process to introduce a Documentary Branch, AACTA has announced five nominees…
by Matthew Eeles Post-production has wrapped on Tracy and Cinema Australia has been given a handful of images from the film to share with readers. Directed by Derek Erskine, the new Australian psychological thriller explores a drug and alcohol fuelled psychotic rampage by a married couple, Tracy (Cassanda Leopold) and Daz (Derek Erskine) living in…
Australia’s Funniest Shorts has announced its 2017 comedy sketch and short film program which will screen as part of CinefestOZ on Saturday, 26 August. Selected from over 100 entries from across Australia, the 15 short films will be eligible for the prizes including a $500 cash prize for Funniest Sketch and $500 cash prize for…
by Matthew Eeles Ahead of the film’s availability on Netflix later in the year, audiences will be treated to the world premiere of Cargo at the Adelaide Film Festival in October. The highly-anticipated Australian zombie film is directed by Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling and based on the filmmakers’ Tropfest winning short film of the…
Indigenous filmmakers aged 18-35 can now apply for RAW, a new initiative that will develop skills through the production of a TV pilot that will be pitched to Australia’s ABC. The initiative is backed by industry celebrated Leah Purcell and Wayne Blair as Mentors and Executive Producers. RAW comprises two phases. In the first phase up to three…
Principle photography will begin this month of Elfenshot Films’ new short film, The Trebek Technique. Writen and directed by Damian Harris (Diffraction, Narrators), The Trebek Technique is a 16-minute study into how using a perceived weakness to one’s advantage can bring its own set of new challenges. Brydi Frances, a graduate from the 16th Street…
Australian film fans who will be making the journey to WA’s beautiful south west this August are in for a real treat! CinefestOZ has revealed its full festival program, available online now. The festival brings film premieres, documentaries, French features, Indigenous and family film events, Side Bar short film sets and more to the South West from August…
Warwick Thornton’s latest feature Sweet Country has been selected in Official Competition at the Venice Film Festival in September and will have its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October, it has been announced. Inspired by real events and starring Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Ewen Leslie, Thomas M. Wright, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Anni Finsterer, Matt Day and…
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