The 2019 Australia Independent Film Festival is now open for submissions. Following an amazing 2018 season, the Australia Independent Film Festival promises 2019 to be bigger and better. They accept screenplays, all format films and look forward to once again bringing the very best of Australian and International Independent film to the silver screen. From…
This was the toughest Top 5 list to compile since we launched Cinema Australia in 2013, that’s how good Australia cinema has been in 2018. Picking the number one film – also the Cinema Australia 2018 Best Film Award winner – was an even tougher challenge, but after much thought we’ve finally decided on a winner.…
FLiCKERFEST 2019 28th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Festival: 11th– 20th January 2019, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia Tour: January – May 2019, 50 venues Australia-wide Patrons: Baz Luhrmann, Gillian Armstrong, Wayne Blair, Nash Edgerton The 28th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival is thrilled to announce the full list of short films officially selected into the Academy® Accredited…
Written and Directed by Matthew Jenkin Produced by Stefanie Foerster and Matthew Jenkin Starring Richard Davies, Kate Worsley, Jack Spooner, Lewis Defina, Roy Billing, JR Laveta, George Kemp, Luke Joslin, Tasha Sanders, Richard Parker and Razzle the dog. I had worked with Richard (Rick) on the short form series Let’s Talk About (with Matilda Brown) and at the wrap party we talked about what was next. I…
Women account for just 15% of directors, 22% of writers and 34% of producers in the Australian film industry, according to a 2017 report by Screen Australia. Returning for its third year, Melbourne Women in Film Festival will help to redress the imbalance and invite more women to the table, celebrating and supporting the work…
New web series creator calls bullshit on herself Written and Directed by Loani Arman Produced by Melissa Crabtree Starring Bernie Van Tiel, Chloe De Los Santos, Thomas Larkin and Christen O’leary Article written by Loani Arman My ambition as writer & director of The Mother Load was always to put cultural diversity and women at the forefront of the…
Actor Eric Bana (Munich, Romulus, My Father, Chopper) has been cast as the lead role of Aaron Falk in the feature film adaptation of Jane Harper’s bestselling and award-winning novel The Dry, producers Made Up Stories announced today. Robert Connolly (Balibo, Paper Planes, Deep State) is set to direct from a script written by Connolly…
Internationally acclaimed English actress Miranda Richardson will join Sam Neill and Michael Caton in a unique reimagining of award-winning Icelandic film Rams (Hrútar), currently shooting in Mt Barker in Western Australia’s Great Southern region. With two Oscar nominations, multiple Olivier, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations and awards, and a career spanning nearly four decades on stage…
Storm Ashwood’s The School will be released in select cinemas from December 6. You can read our full review of the film here. A doctor, wife and grieving mother. Amy (Megan Drury) is falling. It has been two years and she still cannot manage to leave her comatose son, David’s side. Amy falls further into her own selfish…
ABC in association with Screen Australia and Create NSW are pleased to announce filming is underway on the new season of Jungle Entertainment’s Squinters, the acclaimed, hit comedy series that celebrates the comically mundane ritual of the daily work commute. Created by Trent O’Donnell (No Activity, The Moodys) and Adam Zwar (Wilfred, Lowdown), Squinters Season…
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