Principal photography commenced this week on feature film, Snatchers, created, shot, and produced entirely within the vibrant community of Canberra. Led by a diverse team of predominantly local cast and crew, Snatchers represents a beacon of creativity and talent in the region. In a dystopian Australia, perpetually broke best friends, Mac (Craig Alexander) and Fettes…
Screen Australia, Prime Video, Goalpost Pictures, ZDF Studios, Screen Territory and South Australian Film Corporation have announced that new romantic comedy series, Top End Bub, will be going into production in May 2024. Top End Bub sees Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires, The Artful Dodger) and Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Great) return to…
The 71st Sydney Film Festival today announced a sneak peek of 17 new films and events to be featured in this year’s 5-16 June 2024 Festival. The announcement is in advance of the full program launch on Wednesday 8 May. “This first look at the 2024 program delves into the profound and the peculiar, from remarkable true stories to works of fiction…
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…
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