Controversial Australian film Chasing Asylum will hit local screens from 5 May at the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival in Melbourne. This marks the beginning of a premiere season visiting each capital city. From Academy Award® winning Eva Orner (Producer, Taxi To The Dark Side; Director, The Network), Chasing Asylum reveals the personal impact of sending…
Newsfront Directed by: Phillip Noyce Written by: David Elfick, Bob Ellis, Philippe Mora and Philip Noyce Produced by: Richard Brennan and David Elfick Starring: Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughs, Gerard Kennedy, Chris Haywood, John Ewart, Angela Punch McGregor, Bryan Brown, Bruce Spence and Steve Bisley. Written by David Morgan-Brown: Apparently one of Harrison Ford’s favourite films, this…
“I left the screening irrevocably changed. I got outside and asked my friend why nobody had made a film like it in Melbourne, where characters just talk and act like normal people. So a few years later I decided to do just that.” Play It Safe, the debut feature film from award-winning Melbourne filmmaker Chris Pahlow, is set to…
Jag Pannu Productions, in association with VCR Media, have officially signed with sales agent, NewGold Entertainment, to represent their feature film Broken Contract for worldwide distribution. Broken Contract is a story about Max, a down on his luck strip club owner, who has his life and livelihood threatened by local gangsters, so he turns to his wife’s connections…
Australia’s newest film fest, the Noosa International Film Festival, is now open for short film submissions. Submissions are being accepted exclusively via FilmFreeway.com with official selections being screened publicly at various cinema venues. Submission guidelines are available at http://www.niff.com.au. NIFF is staging three short film competitions with an early bird deadline of 3 May, regular deadline 7…
Monster Fest has announced that submissions are now open for Features, Short Films and Expanded Cinema Projects, with an Early Bird Deadline of April 29, a Regular Deadline of June 3 and a final, Extended Deadline of August 12, 2016. Australia’s premier festival of cult, horror and the fantastic, Monster Fest returns for its sixth edition November 24-27, 2016 at the Lido…
Written by Joanne Kmaid We ended the year on a high and welcomed the New Year with bountiful smiles. This time, we took a unique approach and welcomed musicians into our world of film. What better way to connect creative people than to place them in one room. It proved to be an awesome evening…
Australian action/creature feature Red Billabong has officially joined forces with Pinnacle Films to distribute the film theatrically and on home release throughout Australia and New Zealand. Pinnacle Films are distributors for previous Australian films such as Predestination, Healing and Return to Nim’s Island, and more recently Dinosaur Island and the John Jarratt thriller Stalkher. Thus Red Billabong…
The highly anticipated Australian premiere of the locally made psychological horro/thriller Observance has been announced. Presented by FilmInk the premiere will include a Q&A with director Joseph Sims-Dennett and co-writer and producer, Josh Zammit at Ritz Cinema in Randwick on Sunday 3rd April, 7pm. Tickets are just $20. In the grip of grief following the death of his young son,…
Sophie Townsend’s Pretty Good Friends is now available to rent or download from Vimeo On Demand. The film tells the story of Jules (Jenni Townsend), who moves home to Melbourne with the hopes of re-inventing herself in time for her 25th birthday. She moves in with her childhood friend, Sam (Rain Fuller), and Sam’s long-term boyfriend Alex…
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