Downriver may have already met its crowd-funding target with punters having pledged just over $40,000, but the film was given a deserving boost recently by Film Victoria. Grant Scicluna’s mystery drama will share in just over a million dollars funding support through Film Victoria’s Assigned Production Investment program. Other feature films to share in the funding will be Lynn-Maree Milburn’s…
Well, we picked it folks! Robert Connolly’s stunning new kid’s film, Paper Planes, was awarded the inaugural CinéfestOZ $100,000 Film Prize. Legendary Australian director, Bruce Beresford announced the winner to an enthusiastic crowd. Connolly was presented with Australia’s richest film prize on Saturday night as part of CinéfestOZ’s Gala Night celebrations in Busselton, in the south west of Western…
Perth peeps only – sorry, we tried. Luna Palace Cinemas is proud to present a Live in Cinema Talking Pictures Q&A screening session with special guests Australian actor/screenwriter Joel Edgerton and leading director Matthew Saville who will present and talk about their acclaimed stylish psychological thriller Felony, on Monday 25 August at Luna Leederville following the 6.30pm session. The evening…
Magic Miles Written by Audrey Lam: The starting point of Magic Miles was that I felt like there was a bunch of art and music – together with small everyday but somehow ecstatic stuff – going on around me, that seemed quite wonderfully joined in a tenuous but breathtaking way, by their shared thrill and…
Shooting wraps today on new Australian feature film TEENAGE KICKS. After five weeks of principal photography in Sydney’s inner-west, south-eastern and northern suburbs the cast and crew have formed a strong bond and are incredibly proud of their achievements on the independently funded film. On the experience of principal photography, writer/director Craig Boreham says, “The TEENAGE KICKS set has been such a great hub of collaboration…
CinéfestOZ will soar to new heights with the Western Australian premiere of Paper Planes,produced by Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles and Liz Kearney. The highly-anticipated family film will screen as part of MIFF@CinéfestOZ: a presentation of the Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF Premiere Fund at CinéfestOZ. Paper Planes is a family film that tells the story of a…
“The idea of what’s happening in the film and the impression of what’s happening in the film, I’ve experienced.” Interview by Matthew Eeles: You’re an award-winning filmmaker whose had a lot of success directing short films as well as music videos for some of Australia’s favourite musicians. Did you feel like you were under a…
The Little Death Directed by: Josh Lawson Starring: Josh Lawson, Bojana Novakovic, Damon Herriman, Kate Mulvany, Kate Box, Patrick Brammall, Alan Dukes, Lisa McCune, Erin James, TJ Power, Kim Gygnell, Lachy Hulme A comedy about sex, love, relationships and taboo, The Little Death is a laugh-out-loud funny, honest and ultimately moving look at the secret sex lives of…
Following the sellout Australian Premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, the inventive time travel comedy The Infinite Manis confirmed for a theatrical release in cinemas across Australia September 18 through Infinite Releasing. The international and local accolades keep coming for the film and its writer/director Hugh Sullivan, who just this weekend won the Best First Feature award…
Lead Me Astray is the story of a 23-year old veterinary student, Alexis Willard (Jace Pickard), who, one night, inadvertently kills a gang member whilst defending his girlfriend, Lacey (Alannah Robertson) from an assault. This leads to a domino effect revealing his mysterious and violent past, culminating in a deadly game of cat and mouse…
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