Behind the scenes documentary, The Making of Galup VR Experience, a virtual reality film about a massacre at Lake Monger by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger with an oral history from Doolann-Leisha Eatts will premiering on SBS on 30th May for Reconciliation Week. This National Reconciliation Week, The Making of Galup VR Experience invites SBS…
A solitary figure at an empty bar, CIA clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr John Flemington, is planning to visit his girlfriend in Mexico when he is pressured by mysterious underground operatives to join them on a secret mission. Here, Bonding director, writer, producer and star, Luke Rex Psy.D. writes exclusively for Cinema Australia about the…
by Matthew Eeles Melbourne filmmaker John Balazs has called action on his new mind-bending psychological horror, Freelance, a follow-up to the director’s 2021 bloody and brutal revenge thriller, Rage. Written by New York-based screenwriter Mike Gerbino and based on his short film of the same name, Freelance follows Katie, a down-on-her-luck video editor who takes…
Here at Cinema Australia, we often cite Davo Hardy as being one of the busiest independent filmmakers around. His latest streak of productivity continues to uphold that assessment, as he presently has a short film, his sixth feature and a small TV cameo on the go, all at once. Earlier this year, Davo dropped the surprise short doco,…
AACTA-nominated writer/director Ryan Cauchi and Matt Ferro (The Matrix, Happy Feet) have joined forces to create scripted Maltese-Australian horror drama series Greystanes, with 15 x 1- minute episodes to be released exclusively on TikTok. A recipient of Screen Australia, NZ On Air and TikTok’s Every Voice initiative, the series is currently in production, for release…
The momentous 70th Sydney Film Festival program was officially launched today by Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley, with a bumper line-up featuring the Australian premieres of new films including Warwick Thornton’s latest masterpiece The New Boy, starring Cate Blanchett; Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City; Celine Song’s highly anticipated Past Lives; films direct from the Cannes…
The filmmakers from Storyland, in conjunction with BirdLife Australia and distributor Antidote Films, will hold the world premiere of award-winning director Randall Wood’s Flyways – The Untold Story of Migratory Shorebirds on May 6 at the Majestic Cinema in Wynnum, Queensland. Flyways follows teams of scientists and amateur bird enthusiasts across the world as they…
Adding to its impressive slate of upcoming films, Sydney-based distributor Screen Inc. has picked up the Australian and New Zealand rights to Alastair Newton Brown’s gripping debut, Here Be Dragons. “We’re so excited about acquiring the Australian and New Zealand distribution rights to Here Be Dragons,” says Screen Inc. managing director Dov Kornits, fresh off…
Canadian actor Merritt Patterson (The Royals) and Joshua Sasse (Love Is In The Air, Monarch) come together in the new feature romance, One Perfect Match, now shooting at locations across Brisbane. This latest feature film from Jaggi Entertainment is written by Ansley Gordon and directed by Jo-Anne Brechin (When Love Springs, Zelos) and further cements Queensland’s…
With their new documentary, The Giants, filmmakers Laurence Billiet and Rachael Antony have created an affectionate portrait of one of Australia’s most recognisable identities – former leader of The Greens Party, staunch environmental activist, folk hero and gay icon, Bob Brown. A follow up to their television hit, Freeman, Laurence and Rachael inject The Giants…
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