Regarded of one of the pioneers in a genre later dubbed “power pop,” Van Duren’s lost career is a parable of the trials and tribulations of the music industry – an industry that leaves countless broken dreamers behind in its wake. Waiting: The Van Duren Story is a love letter to the artist that should…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Writer and director Davo Hardy has just wrapped his fourth feature film in as many years, following on from the success of A Silent Agreement, which has paved the way for inclusive filmmaking about disabilities in independent Australian cinema. A Silent Agreement brought Auslan (Australian sign language) to the big screen for…
CinefestOZ Film Festival (28 August – 1 September) is accepting submissions for the 2019 festival. Official selection categories for Australian films and Australian co-productions are Film Prize, General submissions for narrative and documentary feature length films, Short films and VR. CinefestOZ film festival will be held in the iconic Margaret River tourism region and throughout Western Australia’s South West. It…
The first trailer has dropped for Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding. In what feels like a giant commercial for the NT, Top End Wedding tells the story of successful Sydney lawyer Lauren (Miranda Tapsell) and her fiancé Ned (Gwilym Lee). Engaged and in love, they have just ten days to pull off their dream Top End Wedding. First…
Action has been called on new Australian feature film I Met a Girl. Brenton Thwaites stars as an impulsive, young musician struggling with schizophrenia who falls for a mysterious woman (Lily Sullivan) who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on an epic, cross-country journey across Australia to find…
2019 is set to be a huge year for Australian cinema with so many great films set for release. Here’s nine films sitting high on our must-see list for the year. It should be noted that our list from last year featured a bunch of films that weren’t released including The Nightingale, Little Monsters and…
Gold Coast Film Festival has for the first time opened submissions for feature film scripts from Queensland-based writers, with a $5,000 award thanks to The Heaton Group. As the city’s flagship film event, the Gold Coast Film Festival promotes the Gold Coast as a major Australian filmmaking destination, helps develop the filmmakers and crew working…
Cinema Australia Original Content: As a boy growing up in the Goldfields of Western Australia, Trevor Jamieson dreamed of playing Fingerbone Bill and following in the footsteps of his idol, David Gulpilil. Jamieson got the chance not once, but twice, portraying Mike ‘Storm Boy’ Kingley’s mentor in both the Barking Gecko stage play and director Shawn…
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor Iain Fulton Starring John Regan, Chris Turner, Venessa Bristow, Justin Herreman, Ric Carlsson, Dugald Graydon, Asabi E Goodman, Nigel Riley, Johnny Norris, Jesse Aquiningo, Graham K Furness, Daniel James, Jason Muller and Timothy Quinlan A small mining camp in Dakota Territory 1899 named Blackwater is a peaceful and prosperous community. Held…
Four Western Australian filmmaking friends will soon compete for the top award at the prestigious Flickerfest Short Film Festival in Bondi. Their award-winning films Judas Collar and Calling have been recognised by local and international film festivals in the past year and now the two all-female writer/director/producer teams will be going head-to-head for Australia’s biggest short film…
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