The Sydney Film Festival has announced the Audience Awards, the list of the audience’s top five voted features and documentaries. Winner for best narrative feature went to Sequin in a Blue Room directed by Samuel Van Grinsven and winner for best documentary went to Martha: A Picture Story directed by Selina Miles. Coming in at second…
A new Australian short film is aiming to hit the festival scene at home and overseas. Pseudomonas is an independent Australian horror short which narrates from the uninhabitable corners of trauma. Pseudomonas Inspired by true events, the realisation of this film has been made possible by a dedicated Sydney-based team including writer and director Rhys William Nicolson, producers…
The MIFF Premiere Fund delivers seven world and Australian premieres to the 68th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), including Paul Ireland’s gritty reimagining of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure staring Hugo Weaving and Maziar Lahooti’s highly anticipated directorial debut, Below. The Premiere Fund, which provides minority co-financing to new Australian quality theatrical (narrative and documentary) feature films that then premiere at MIFF, has invested in more than…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Acclaimed Sydney-based production company Blackfella Films has been awarded the 2019 Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award at the Closing Night of the 66th Sydney Film Festival. The award was presented to Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins and…
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival will play host to one of the most memorable figures of Woodstock ‘69 in the lead-up to the iconic festival’s fiftieth anniversary. Lighting designer and M.C. Chip Monck is perhaps best known for his role in one of the most successful documentaries of all time – Woodstock, where he made…
From 19th – 30th July 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival will profile an eclectic, diverse and wide ranging collection of documentaries from both Australia and abroad. The final selection is an uncompromising, award-winning and challenging slate of documentaries from the world’s very best film festivals. Here’s your complete list of Australian films screening at this…
Revelation Film Festival has announced a late addition to its 2019 program – Ian Darling’s documentary The Final Quarter about footballer Adam Goodes. The announcement comes a few days after The Final Quarter received a standing ovation at its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival. Adam Goodes was a champion AFL footballer and Indigenous leader.…
The makers of Goodboy are calling on the public to help support their new film financially. Written by and starring Heath Ledger Scholarship 2018 Finalist Nicholas Denton and directed by Bonnie Moir (Exit Films and the newest addition to L.A’s RESET CONTENT), Goodboy is a film that tackles the difficulties faced by children attempting to support their ill…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by Matthew Eeles AFL is the greatest game on Earth. And whether you love it or loath it, you’re about to learn a lot more about it. As well as being an incredibly…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Revelation Perth International Film Festival has announced its 2019 program which includes over 40 Australian features, documentaries and shorts. Curated once again by Jack Sargeant, the Revelation Perth International Film Festival sees a diverse selection of films drawn from across the…
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