Ahead of the 26th Annual WA Screen Awards on Tuesday, 14 July, Cinema Australia will be taking a look at three films nominated in the category of Best Short Film – The Fan, Tango Underpants and Barrow. You can find our feature on the categories forth nomination, Factory 293, here. BARROW: Article written by Peter Gurbiel (Writer/Producer) and Wade K.…
Our readers were quick to let us know how much they enjoyed our recent feature, David Gulpilil: A look back. Gulpilil’s impressive body of work was profiled through a collection of trailers from his films and still remains one of this sites highest read articles. You can check it out here. With the release of Rolf…
As reported earlier on this website Kriv Stenders’ Kill Me Three Times was to screen as part of the Melbourne International Film Festivals Centrepiece Galla. Tony Ayre’s Cut Snake will now be screen in it’s place while the premiere of Kill Me Three Times will screen as part of MIFF’s Premiere Showcase, a regional travelling…
CinefestOZ is delighted to welcome Bruce Beresford to the 2014 film festival as Jury Chair for Australia’s richest film prize, the CinéfestOZ Film Prize. The CinéfestOZ Film Prize encourages excellence in Australian filmmaking by providing a $100,000 award to an Australian feature film or feature-length documentary. Bruce Beresford’s role as Chair is to head the five-person…
Thursday 3rd July HERITAGE COLLECTION KIDS OPAL THEATRE Kids films daily at 10am, 12noon & 2pm SARAH RILEY THEATRE Waltzing Matilda Centre 12noon The Shiralee (1981) mini series 180 mins 4pm The Eye of the Rider (Duncan Menge) Motorcycle Adventure Documentary WALTZING MATILDA CENTRE 5-7pm ABC “Conversations” recorded live with Richard Fidler ROYAL OPEN AIR THEATRE 7pm…
When Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz was seven years old, her Polish mother, Helen, abandoned her in an Adelaide orphanage. Sophia never forgot this maternal act of betrayal. Now in middle age, as Sophia examines her troubled relationship with Helen, she discovers the story behind Helen’s miraculous wartime escape from a Siberian gulag, her subsequent survival…
Rev is very much a work in progress. Since 1990, the event has developed from a range of alternative and independent screen culture activities and experiments to what is regarded as one of Australia’s most unique annual screen activities. Taking place in cinemas, bars and clubs around the country this strange brew embraced live music,…
Once again, the City of Vincent, in association with FTI is commissioning a short series of films . The project aims to represent the City of Vincent, its residents and their stories, as well as provide emerging filmmakers with an opportunity to showcase their film making abilities. The successful applicants will receive $4000 cash and up to…
The first images of Gorge Miller’s Mad Max reboot have been revealed via Entertainment Weekly’s website. The disaster riddled production of Mad Max: Fury Road stars Tom Hardy as Max, Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult. The film opens in 2015. Fingers crossed. You can see more photos on Entertainment Weekly’s website here.
When director Chris Sun wrote exclusively for Cinema Australia about his new film Charlie’s Farm our servers almost blew their tops as it quickly became one of our most read articles. Readers in Queensland will be keen to know the following message was recently posted on the film’s Facebook page. Charlie’s Farm is proud to…
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