In anticipation of tonights premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, a new, very short clip has been released for Christopher Houghton’s Touch. The second, more lengthy clip is an hilarious scene from Josh Lawson’s The Little Death. https://twitter.com/Kate_Mulvany/statuses/474695905325490176
Only two Australian feature films are booked to hit cinemas this month and they’re absolute beauties. First off is David Michôd’s followup to his critically acclaimed Animal Kingdom. The Rover’s trailer has been viewed over 1,200,000 times on YouTube – no doubt by Robert Pattinson fan-girls but this is sure to be a rare Australian box-office success. The next cab off the…
Sydney Film Festival and Vivid Ideas present an exclusive event bringing together director David Michôd, producer Liz Watts and actors Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson, to explore the process behind creating dystopic, desert-noir thriller The Rover and engage in an audience Q&A, moderated by film critic Margaret Pomeranz. A Cannes Official Selection, The Rover delivers…
Cinema Nova will be holding a Galore preview screening followed by a Q&A with director Rhys Graham and actors Toby Wallace, Lily Sullivan and Aliki Matangi held on Wednesday June 18 at 6.30pm. Directed by Rhys Graham (The Turning), Ashleigh Cummings (Puberty Blues), Lily Sullivan (Mental, Rake),Toby Wallace (Return to Nim’s Island) and Aliki Matangi…
48 Hour Tasploitation Challenge Last year, a collection of filmmakers furiously wrote, produced, edited and delivered short horror films within a truly insane 48-hour period. A month later, these films were screened as part of the 2013 Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival in front of the filmmakers and a collection of peers and various…
A third trailer has been released for John V. Soto’s Perth shot film The Reckoning. Let us know your thoughts. Written and directed by John V. Soto and staring Luke Hemsworth, Viva Bianca, Hanna Mangan Lawrence and Johnathan LaPaglia, The Reckoning is the story of a detective who is trying to track down two teenage runaways whose video…
This time last week we were pleased to announce The Dead Speak Back will screen during this years Revelation Perth International Film Festival. Tonight we’re even more pleased to announce the second Australian feature to screen will be Samantha Rebillet’s The Last Goodbye. Rebillet told Cinema Australia, “I’ve never been to Perth before so I’m very excited about…
Born in Scotland, Kaiya moved to Australia at the age of 8 and at the age of 10, decided herself that she wanted to become and actor. Having worked on TV series The Saddle Club and Neighbours, she was constantly surrounded by enthusiastic filmmakers. She made multiple short films for fun but with help from…
Legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil has won best actor for his acclaimed performance in Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country. The film is screening in Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard part of the festival and received a standing ovation during its premier a couple of days ago. We’ve compiled a collection of trailers to films…
Rolf de Heer’s Charlies Country received an extended standing ovation at its Cannes Un Certain Regard screening on Thursday 22nd May. The screening was attended by director/writer/producer Rolf de Heer, producer/actor Peter Djigirr, producer Nils Erik Nielsen, executive producers Domenico Procacci and Sue Murray, and cinematographer Ian Jones ACS. Rave reviews followed soon after with Hollywood Reporter’s critique…
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