An astral traveller and a detective risk everything to save a child from the clutches of a rogue demon in Dean Butler’s Terror by Night, which is now available to stream below via Alter. The film concludes the Evenfall trilogy, which began with Evenfall and continued with A Shadow in the Darkness. Shadow proved a…
Yurlu | Country was announced as the winner of the 2025 Walkey Documentary Award at the Walkley Awards ceremony in Sydney last night. Yurlu | Country is a feature documentary from six-time Walkley Award winning Australian director Yaara Bou Melhem, co-created with Banjima Elder Maitland Parker, which immerses us in Maitland’s final year as he strives to…
Australian cinematographer Benjamin Bryan has been awarded the prestigious Golden Frog, the top honour at EnergaCamerimage Festival in Poland, for his work on Kasimir Burgess’ breathtaking feature documentary, Iron Winter. Selected from a competitive field of six feature documentaries at the closing ceremony on November 23rd, Jury president Nancy Schreiber ASC awarded the prize, saying…
AACTA, Sanctuary Pictures, Umbrella Entertainment and the Wake in Fright Trust today announced The Harvest, written and directed by emerging filmmaker Darcy Conlan, as the 2025 recipient of the Wake in Fright Development Initiative. Conlan will receive $30,000 in funding and dedicated development support to take the project toward production. The Wake in Fright Development…
Deadhouse Films today announced production will commence in early 2026 on its dark Gen-Z thriller, Crashout. Written and directed by Nick Annas, Crashout will be produced by Helen Tuck and Enzo Tedeschi, with Umbrella Entertainment handling theatrical distribution across Australia and New Zealand. Blending psychological horror with sharp, distinctively Australian humour, Crashout explores the modern…
Back in 2000, the world was different… there were these things called video stores; streaming was something you did to celebrate; Donald Trump was just a b-grade celebrity; if you said the word Kardashians, the biggest response would have been from Star Trek fans; and the movie-obsessed influence of new icons Kevin Smith and Quentin…
Exploring the raw heart of Andamooka: A Journey with Mara Jean Quinn Mara Jean Quinn’s Andamooka is set to release via VoD from December 3. Written, directed and produced by Quinn, Andamooka has enjoyed an enviable festival run both at home and abroad, including SXSW Sydney, CinefestOZ, Brisbane and Darwin, as well as the London…
Interview: Alena Lodkina Cinema Australia Podcast #96 | Alena Lodkina The journey from script to screen is underway for new romantic comedy Twice Over, starring Mia Wasikowska and Charlie Heaton, as production starts in Perth. Set entirely in the port city of Fremantle, Twice Over is now filming across Perth and has been supported by…
Kurt Martin’s The Room Below has wrapped production, revealing first look images and key art of the film’s stars Alyssa Sutherland (Evil Dead Rise, Vikings), Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors, Match Point, Mission: Impossible III) and Gilbert Bradman (Transfusion, The Twelve). International sales company Blacktop International, led by JD Beaufils, is handling worldwide…
Director Kenny Foo and co-producer Bryan Fisher have begun production of their first feature film, Butterfly Dreams – a bold, independently produced Australian cosmic horror that explores the uneasy intersection between technology, perception, surveillance and reality. Following the critical success of their collaborations on COLDER, Corridor, and Slash, they are looking to challenge the found…
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