WIN A DOUBLE PASS TO A SPECIAL SON OF A GUN ‘TALKING PICTURES’ SESSION WITH DIRECTOR JULIUS AVERY AND BRENTON THWAITES – 6.30PM SUNDAY 12TH OCTOBER AT LUNA LEEDERVILLE. Julius Avery returns home for a special Son of Gun ‘Talking Pictures’ session with actor Brenton Thwaites at Luna Leederville, Sunday 12 October at 6.30pm Son…
Calling all Australian filmmakers who are queer or have made a queer film. The 2015 My Queer Career competition is now open for entries! My Queer Career is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for queer short filmmakers and is only open to locally produced work. The major prize includes $3,000 cash. Other prizes include…
Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner made an incredible debuted this morning on 7’s Sunrise program. Starring Russell Crowe (Romper Stomper) and Olga Kurylenko, The Water Diviner is an epic adventure set four years after the devastating battle of Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. Australian farmer Connor (Crowe) travels to Istanbul to discover the fate of his…
Inspired by true events, The Mule tells the story of a naive man who is detained by federal police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. Alone and afraid, ‘the Mule’ makes a desperate choice; to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence… literally. By doing so he becomes a ‘human time bomb’; dragging cops, criminals…
Red Billabong director Luke Sparke has been kind enough to share these exclusive behind the scenes photos with Cinema Australia readers. Luke told Cinema Australia, “We’re halfway through the shoot – it’s a really ambitious project given what we have to shoot in the time available and being privately financed – but we’re on time and…
Cinema Australia readers have been given an exclusive first-look at Heath Davis’ new film Broke starring Steve Le Marquand, Claire Van Der Boom and Brendan Cowell. You can get your first look at the film below. An ageing rail worker, Cec, finds his former footy hero turned washed up gambling addict, Ben “BK” Kelly passed out one evening and decides to take…
Pinnacle Films will release Mack Lindon’s debut feature film Rise, based upon his own real life story, in cinemas across Australia on November 6, 2014. With exceptional performances by newcomer Nathan Wilson, Martin Sacks and Marty Rhone, Rise follows the story of a young nurse, Will McIntyre (Wilson), who loses his freedom after a one night stand leads…
Somewhere in a forest in Sydney the first of many screams were heard as production on new independent horror film “Rags” began filming only a few months ago. The project sees director Benjamin Morton and actress Jenna Bridge re-team after their award winning short film P.O.V’s success last year. The film follows a group of…
TOUR TO PROMOTE THE UNIQUE ELEVATED DIGITAL RELEASE OF ANGUS SAMPSON & LEIGH WHANNELL’S AUSTRALIAN FEATURE; ‘THE MULE’ Entertainment One and The Mule filmmakers are thrilled to announce the Australian feature film The Mule will launch to Australian audiences on iTunes and other digital platforms on November 21, ensuring that the film can be seen immediately on any device, at any…
Mark ‘Chopper’ Read wins Best Supporting Actor at Melbourne Underground FIlm Festival – for his role in Start.Options.Exit. The late Mark ‘Choper’ Read, who passed October last year has taken out best supporting actor for his role as a volatile army disposal store clerk in the subversive independent Melbourne dark comedy Start.Options.Exit. According to Read’s…
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