Pre-production has began on Silent Man. The neo-noir science fiction thriller follows the journey of an escaped asylum seeker turned vigilante on a mission to find his daughter after she disappears from an immigration detention centre. Shooting is scheduled to commence in mid December with a projected release date during May next year. Written and directed…
The trials and tribulations of life in an Aussie share-house that just happens to be a prison tent in Sydney Cove, 1788. A brand new comedy series that rewrites Australia’s convict beginnings with a wry, deadpan comic voice will be available exclusively online from November 24th. Bruce tells the story of Bruce Williamson (Offspring’s Richard Davies)…
Dead Calm Directed by Phillip Noyce Written by Terry Hayes Produced by Terry Hayes, George Miller and Doug Mitchell Starring Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rob Mulinar, Joshua Tilden and George Shevtsov A suspense thriller about a husband and wife, recovering from a personal tragedy, who encounter a stranger while cruising their boat in…
A record number of events, attendance and box office growth all contributed to CinefestOZ celebrating its ninth anniversary with its most successful festival to date. CinefestOZ’s box office grew by 15 per cent compared to 2015 and the festival attracted more than 25,500 attendees, 12 per cent more than last year. The 2016 festival hosted…
“Everyone wanted to interview Stephen Peacocke,” director Kane Guglielmi told me during an early morning Skype chat, just three days before his new film’s premiere. I was surprised considering Peacocke has only one scene in the film. “Now that he’s done a few studio films there’s a lot more buzz around him, rather than just being…
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;…
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