Director Ivan Hexter writes exclusively for Cinema Australia about his documentary, Tunnel Vision which is screening at this year’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Article Written by DP Ivan Hexter Documentaries are usually created by filmmakers who fully embrace their subjects. They are driven by a passion to tell a story about someone or something that…
An intriguing new trailer has dropped for The Butterfly Tree, a beautifully looking film from director Priscilla Cameron starring Melissa George, Ewen Leslie and Ed Oxenbould. When 13-year-old Fin meets Evelyn, a florist with a penchant for 1940s fashion and a radiant appetite for life, he is drawn into her spellbinding world of plants and…
“We all know about the civil rights movement and the gay rights movement and the disability rights movement should really sit alongside them in our minds and our history books”. Director Sarah Barton Defiant Lives, the powerful new feature documentary by Australian director Sarah Barton releases nationally on July 17 with a series of…
I Miss The War Written and Directed by Andrew Walsh Produced by Andrew Walsh, Ivan Malekin and Sarah Golding Starring Hannah Gott, Sarah Golding, Laura Vine, James Barr, Kyle Webb I Miss The War is a comedy/drama about three very different sisters Annie, Charlotte and Stella who reunite on the anniversary of their late mothers death. It’s been nine years now since the…
Greg McLean’s survival thriller, Jungle, will have it’s world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August. Jungle tells the extraordinary true story of Yossi Ghinsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), who spent three weeks lost in the Amazon in his early 20s. The film also stars Lily Sullivan and Alex Russell. “From the moment I first read the story…
Australian rockumentary, Decent into the Maelstrom: The Radio Birman Story is set to hit select cinemas from July 20 following screenings at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival. Sydney, Australia. 1974. A group of outsiders band together with a mission. In a world of satin jumpsuits and screaming teens on Countdown, they form the high…
The Go-Betweens: Right Here Directed by Kriv Stenders Written by Kriv Stenders Produced by Joe Weatherstone, Kriv Stenders The intensely passionate, creative and fraught set of relationships that formed one of the most loved bands in Australian rock history is explored in this classy documentary. Director Kriv Stenders uncovers the people who made The Go-Betweens. Conceived in Brisbane…
