The Adelaide Film Festival will host the premier of Charlie’s Country on October 12. The new Australian film marks the third collaboration between three time AACTA award winner, Rolf de Heer and the always active, David Gulpilil. Like de Heer and Gulpilil’s previous film Ten Canoes, Charlie’s Country is shot in Arnhem Land and parts of…
Three Australian films have been nominated for their original screenplays at this years AWGIE Awards. Morgan O’Neill has been nominated for surfer flick Drift, Kim Mordaunt for critically acclaimed The Rocket and Joel Edgerton for the highly anticipated Falony. Our money is on Joel Edgerton for Falony directed by Cloud Street’s Matthew Saville and staring…
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) recently announce the first nominees for the 3rd AACTA Awards, revealing 4 nominees for the category of Best Short Animation. Check out the eclectic bunch of trailers for each nominated short here. Let us know which film you think will win by leaving a comment below. A Cautionary Tail. Pauline…
There’s a lot to admire about an elderly woman knocking back a middy. That’s the defining image of Joyce Jacob’s character, Esme Watson, on A Country Practice. Born in 1922 in Surrey, England, Jacobs played minor rolls in Number 96 and The Young Doctors before landing the roll of Watson in Channel 7’s long-running, much…
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