Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. When Mark Hartley’s video connected during our recent Zoom interview, the first thing I noticed was his enviable collection of Australian movie posters which lined the wall behind him. Posters for films including Wake in Fright, Alvin Purple, Picnic at Hanging…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. “I’d make a good mayor.” We’ve all thought it at least once in our lives. But Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s John ‘General Hercules’ Katahanas was determined to make it happen in 2019 when he ran for mayor against John Bowler – a popular and established…
PRESS RELEASE Championing the growth of diverse Australian stories on film is the focus of the 2022 CinefestOZ Industry Program, which will kick off on Wednesday 24 August with an Inclusion in Action workshop before the main program on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 August in Western Australia’s South West. Headline speakers include Adam Piron…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. I found it hard to sleep after watching The Stranger. Anyone who watches the film will find there’s a lot to unpack. The whole experience kept my mind ticking over that night, and for days afterwards. The Stranger is a grim, gut-wrenching…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In part two of Cinema Australia’s We Are Still Here interview series, we chat with Tracey Rigby – a passionate filmmakers who’s short film, Rebel Art, is one of eight contributions to the new anthology film. Tracey Rigney is a Wotjobaluk and…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Beck Cole’s name may not be as synonymous with indigenous Australian filmmaking as Thornton, Perkins, Blair, Sen or Purcell, but the Warumungu and Luritja woman’s filmography is equally extensive and just as impressive as some of those aforementioned names. Cole’s television…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by Matthew Eeles Among the films in consideration for this year’s AACTA Award for Best Short Film, and one you should be seeking out as it hits the Australian film festival circuit, is Victim – a harrowing short film about the extreme…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Finalists in the CinefestOZ Short Film Competition were announced today ahead of the Short Film Awards, which will be held as part of Australia’s largest destination film festival from 23-28 August in Western Australia’s beautiful South West. Recognising exceptional storytelling and…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The innovative Australian film Sorella’s Story has been selected to World Premiere In Competition at the Venice Immersive (Formerly Venice VR Expanded) strand of the prestigious Venice International Film Festival in August, one of a select number of projects from around…
CinefestOZ – Australia’s largest destination film festival – has announced the release of its 2022 program featuring an epic 270 film screenings and events as well as the appointment of award-winning actor, writer, producer and director Richard Roxburgh as Chair of the Jury that will award the prestigious $100,000 Film Prize. Celebrating its 15th year, the…
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