Gold Coast Film Festival 2024 full program is now available and the line-up showcases twelve days and nights of film featuring world, Australian and Queensland premieres, exclusive preview screenings and filmmaking talent with an impressive line-up of exciting films, outdoor cinema, red carpet screenings, industry panels, filmmaker Q&As, and special events. The Red Carpet will…
Sparke Films is set to roll cameras on their latest film Primitive War. Written and directed by Luke Sparke (Occupation Rainfall, Bring Him To Me), the film is based on the cult-followed book by Ethan Pettus where a squad of soldiers in 1968 discover that dinosaurs have been let loose in the jungles of the…
CinefestOZ Albany has revealed its 2024 Film Program, which will showcase Australian stories and talent as part of the four day festival held from Thursday 18 – Sunday 21 April in the historic coastal city of Albany, in Western Australia’s beautiful Great Southern region. Presenting eleven features and ten short films from Australia, France, and Macedonia…
Production wraps today in Sydney, Australia on The Correspondent, a feature film about Peter Greste, the award-winning foreign correspondent who, along with two of his colleagues, was arrested in Cairo in 2013 while working for Al Jazeera and charged with terrorism offences. The Correspondent is directed by Kriv Stenders (Danger Close: The Battle of Long…
Scott Corfield, a seasoned figure in the Australian film and entertainment industry, has made his directorial debut with the very funny comedy, The Nut Farm. Graduating from Queensland University of Technology’s film school in 1999, Corfield has worked as both producer and director across various fields including advertising and film. His credits include notable projects…
Cinema Australia recently caught up with Adelaide-based filmmaker Madeleine Blackwell who talked us through the making of her new film, Damage. Damage follows Ali (Ali Al Jenabi) who is not a citizen. He drives a taxi using another man’s license and relies on the GPS to negotiate his way around a city he doesn’t know.…
The early life of Bon Scott is set to hit cinema screens in a project currently underway in Western Australia. Before the iconic thunderous riffs of AC/DC echoed across the globe, a young Bon Scott roamed the streets of Fremantle, Western Australia in 1963. His path from a cherished yet troubled youth to a prodigious…
Nine filmmakers walked away with a total of ten awards at the WA Made Film Festival, which wrapped proceedings over the weekend after ten days and a total of seventy film screenings. William Sebastian Turner’s Esperance to Fremantle was the big winner taking out the coveted Best of the Fest award, as decided upon by the…
What’s it about? Without revealing too much of the film’s magic, here’s what we can tell you about Teach Me How to Cry: Unable to tap into his emotions on stage, a middle-aged struggling actor is given one last chance to prove himself, and in turn, takes a class with an acting coach who promises…
In the AFL-obsessed heartland of Regional Victoria, emerging filmmaker Mitch Nivalis has donned their footy boots and mouthguard, proudly hip and shouldering their way into the forward line of the battle for gender equity. Mitch’s newest film, Equal the Contest, explores the unexpected journey of a filmmaker who joins local footy club the Falcons, sparking…
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