A brand new trailer has dropped for Subject 36. The intriguing new Perth-shot film follows a woman who studies strangers obsessively, until one of her subject changes everything. Subject 36 is written, produced and directed by Alexander Lorian and stars Kassandra Anne Smith and Matthew Nicholas Phillips in lead roles. The trailer’s cinematography certainly got our attention…
Tru Dot Films have announced that principal photography on the feature film, Living Space will commence next week. Created by writer & director Steven Spiel, the “horrifically horrifying psychological horror” is set to commence filming in Geelong, Victoria through to mid-December 2016. Living Space will be filmed entirely on location in the state of Victoria, creating jobs for approximately 80 cast, crew…
In the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, Matthew Eeles chats with sisters Sophie and Dominique Mathisen about their new Australian film Drama. It’s over a year since Anna split with John and life in London seems only to be getting harder. She isn’t landing auditions and the pressure from family to make it…
Australia has consistently produced genre films of an extraordinarily high quality – Wolf Creek, Road Games, Mad Max and more recently Boys in the Trees. Nestled right there in the middle is Joel Anderson’s excellent and spooky tale Lake Mungo which is set to screen as part of Revelation Perth International Film Festival’s Australian Revelations Sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming…
by Matthew Eeles New images have been revealed for Scott Mannion’s intriguing new film, The Defector. Acting as a concept short for a feature film currently in development, The Defector is set in the days preceding the mysterious disappearance of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, as paranoia engulfs the conservative government. Whilst Holt struggles to suppress Red hysteria from within;…
A full list of nominations have been announced for the 6th AACTA Awards. It’s no surprise Mel Gibson’s brutal and brilliant war epic, Hacksaw Ridge, leads the charge with a whopping 13 nominations followed closely by Simon Stone’s The Daughter (10), Rosemary Myers’ Girl Asleep (7), and arguably the best Australian films of the year,…
Directed by award winning filmmaker, Steven McGregor, Servant or Slave is told through the heartbreaking experiences of five women whose experiences mirror those of many thousands of Aboriginal girls, stolen from their parents, placed in institutions, and trained to serve white households. Rita Wright, Violet West, and the three Wenberg sisters: Adelaide, Valerie (Linow) and Rita, share in…
by Matthew Eeles Crushed is getting a digital release in Australia, New Zealand and North America on 1st November 2016. Megan Riakos’ Australian mystery thriller will be available across multiple platforms including iTunes and Google Play. “It’s been a long journey from the first draft to our digital release, so a massive thank you is in order to…
An Academy Award-winning director, a brother and sister with competing films and the reigning Port Shorts People’s Choice champ are among the 2016 Port Shorts Film Festival Finalist Filmmakers to be showcased under the stars in tropical Port Douglas later this month. Hollywood director Patrick Osborne’s enriching ode to family bonds Pearl is among the…
by Matthew Eeles A second trailer dropped this morning for The Legend of Ben Hall. Arguably one of the most anticipated local films of the year, Matthew Holmes’ Australian epic follows legendary bushranger Ben Hall as he and his gang attempt to escape NSW before the law catches up with them. Director Holmes is thrilled the second trailer has finally…
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