CinefestOZ has revealed the five Australian films that will be in the running for the 2019 $100,000 Film Prize. GO! MIFF@CinefestOZ film H is for Happiness, Hearts and Bones, Judy & Punch andMIFF@CinefestOZ drama Measure for Measure have all been selected to compete for Australia’s biggest film prize, which recognises the best Australian feature film or…
Rachel Ward has been announced as Film Prize Jury Chair for this year’s CinefestOZ, Australia’s premier destination film festival. The respected director and writer will head the jury that votes on the CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize, which recognises the best Australian feature film in competition at the festival. CinefestOZ Chair Helen Shervington said Ward was…
After seven years at the helm of production company Mad Kids, Lauren Elliott is set to launch Galactic Baby, a new Western Australian production company. Galactic Baby will specialise in development, production and audience strategy for scripted film and television and will also provide marketing, public relations and production services. Galactic Baby’s development slate includes…
LGBT streaming platform Dekkoo.com has announced its newest release, Davo Hardy’s romantic coming-of-age drama A Silent Agreement, with this racy screen-grab of the two leads in one of the more intimate scenes of the movie. Since its release in 2017, A Silent Agreement has fascinated and pulled at the heartstrings of Australian independent cinema lovers,…
Gizmodo Australia has dropped the first trailer for Kiah Roache-Turner’s Nekrotronic and it’s absolutely batshit crazy. As you’d expect from the makers of Wyrmwood, Nekrotronic is described as a brain-meltingly insane sci-fi extravaganza where demonic possession is possible through your smartphone and the Nekromancers – a group of demon hunters hellbent on restoring order. “This was such a…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by Matthew Eeles Davo Hardy is one of the hardest working independent filmmakers in Australia. Since 2015 Hardy has written, edited, directed and produced an impressive four feature films including family drama The Lives We Lead, supernatural horror Hunting for Shadows and A Silent Agreement – the first Australian feature film…
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Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The Naked Wanderer will make its world premiere at a star-studded red-carpet event at this year’s CinefestOZ. In a major coup for the festival, the WA-made film about a man who treks the WA coastline – mostly…
Cinema Australia Original Content: “Life is not simple for me, so why would I make simple films?” Written by Matthew Eeles Independent filmmaker Saara Lamberg has dropped a new teaser trailer for Westermarck Effect, a followup to her Cinema Australia Audience Award-winning feature film, Innuendo. As the title suggests, Westermarck Effect is not your average Australian film.…
Hot Mess, the debut feature from Sydney writer and director Lucy Coleman, is gearing up for its festival run at Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July. A labour of love, the micro budget film tells the story of Loz, a 25 year-old aspiring playwright who thinks she’s finally found the answer to all her…
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