Alex Dimitriades and Ben Young join the CinefestOZ Film Prize jury

CinefestOZ Film Festival has revealed the full line up of jury members who will vote on the prestigious $100,000 Film Prize, which recognises the best Australian feature film. Marta Dusseldorp, Glenn Gainor, Alex Dimitriades and Ben Young will join Jury Chair Rachel Ward at the 2019 festival to decide on which of the five films…

Q&A screenings of The Nightingale announced

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Filmmaker Jennifer Kent will be appearing at special Q&A preview screenings of her upcoming film The Nightingale in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart this August, ahead of its national release later this month. A powerful and beautifully crafted…

Angel of Mine set to stalk Australian cinemas this September

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  R&R Films will release Angel of Mine on September 5, 2019 following the film’s upcoming world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August. Directed by Kim Farrant (Strangerland) and written by Luke Davies (Lion) and…

Immersive world premiere announced for Whale Super Highway at CinefestOZ

Hot on the heels of their debut immersive documentary, Ningaloo – Australia’s Other Great Reef, which premiered at the WA Maritime Museum to a sold out five week run earlier this year, Prospero Productions has announced its highly anticipated underwater film, Whale Super Highway, is set to make its world premiere at CinéfestOZ in Busselton…

Straight out of the unknown comes Attack of the Cat People!

Black Cat Films has released a new trailer for the 1940s noir-inspired horror film, Attack of the Cat People – a tribute film to all black and white horror classic films like Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein and The Mummy. Attack of the Cat People follows a group of scientists played by Jessica Ham,…

Special Q&A screenings of Watch the Sunset announced

We’ve been banging on about Watch the Sunset for years and if you still haven’t seen it, here’s your chance with a bunch of one-off Q&A screenings announced ahead of the films release on Stan on August 31. Watch the Sunset follows Danny Biaro, a man desperately trying to escape the outlaw bikie gang he pledged…

CinefestOZ announces stellar Industry Program for 2019 festival 

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Panels on innovation, demand distribution and the future of storytelling, along with headline speakers including Sony Pictures’ Glenn Gainor (pictured) and award-winning director Rachel Ward, are among the highlights of the CinefestOZ Film Festival’s 2019 Industry Program.…

Michael Caton joins the Capricorn Film Festival as Festival Patron

Capricorn Film Festival has announced that screen and television legend, Michael Caton will join the team as Festival Parton. After five years of operating Central Queensland’s premiere film arts event, founder Luke Graham said he is very proud to have the Australian icon as their Festival Patron for the Capricorn Film Festival moving forward. “We…