Cameras are set to roll on John Fraser’s feature film debut, Choir Girl. Shot in various locations around Melbourne the black and white arthouse feature film will star Peter Flaherty (The Legend of Ben Hall) as the film’s main character Eugene, Krista Vendy (Fat Pizza), Kim Valentine (Neighbours), Andy McPhee (Animal Kingdom) and Roger Ward (Mad Max). Written…
Cinema Australia readers have been treated to a fresh clip from EMO The Musical. The short scene introduces us to the film’s worryingly depressed teacher, Mrs Doyle, as she tries to peddle alternative therapies to her students. In the film, Mrs Doyle is played by Bridie Carter who’s best known for her role as Tess Silverman McLeod in McLeod’s…
This year’s Gold Coast Film Festival boasts an incredible lineup of new Australian films including Ben Young’s highly anticipated Perth-shot thriller, Hounds of Love. You can find the complete list of Australian films screening at this year’s festival below. The 15th annual Gold Coast Film Festival will screen 32 feature films from 13 countries,…
Luke Sullivan’s You’re Not Thinking Straight is now available for your viewing pleasure via iTunes. You’re Not Thinking Straight follows Zack (George Ronsin), a nineteen-year-old whose life hasn’t been to kind to him. He’s been made homeless after his disturbed mother boots him to curb in a rather senseless effort to make him a man. It’s on the streets…
JJ DeCeglie’s Can’t Win. Do Try. is a hilarious Perth-set comedy shot during a scorching West Australian summer. Bunked up in a rented Cottesloe abode, the cast and crew – many who have never worked on a feature film – formed a tight bond and created lifetime memories which they share below. “We spent much time getting…
Jasper Jones author Craig Silvey and the film’s director Rachel Perkins were in Perth recently to launch a series of Q&A screenings around the country. Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles caught up with the pair to speak all things Jasper Jones. “The kids were all different in their own right, but in terms of how they…
Drumroll please! The inaugural Big Pineapple film competition is here. Designed to help overcome gender disparity in the Australian film industry, The Big Pineapple will support female-led emerging filmmakers to produce feature length films. With a workforce of just 16% female directors, 23% female screenwriters, 34% female producers and shockingly 7% female cinematographers*, The Big Pineapple will be an active step…
What If It Works? Written and Directed by Romi Trower Produced by Tristram Miall Starring Luke Ford, Anna Samson, Brooke Satchwell, Wade Briggs, Kaarin Fairfax, Art Simone, Djon Alexander and Eliza D’Souza Adrian (Luke Ford), an irrepressibly chirpy tech nerd, suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Grace (Anna Samson), a beautiful street artist, suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder (aka Multiple Personality Disorder). As…
A new poster has dropped for John V. Soto’s upcoming Australian Sci Fi drama, The Gateway. Soto’s followup to his 2014 Perth-shot drama The Reckoning follows a particle physicist who is still grieving over the loss of her husband in a car crash. She uses a revolutionary machine to bring him back, with dire consequences for…
Revelation Perth International Film Festival in association with Cinema Australia proudly present a celebration of Australian film – past present and future – through a program of monthly screenings. Chasing Asylum exposes the real impact of Australia’s offshore detention policies and explores how ‘The Lucky Country’ became a country where leaders choose detention over compassion and governments deprive the…
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