The Musical Mind… A Portrait In Process is a vivid glimpse into the private worlds and elite musical processes of four superstar musicians, brought together through their connection with the Academy Award-nominated movie Shine and its director Scott Hicks. We meet international rock star Daniel Johns, one of Australia’s greatest musical talents. Accessing his subconscious, he…
Following the success of A Sunburnt Christmas, Christmas on the Farm and Christmas Ransom, the Stan Original Film Jones Family Christmas continues Stan’s tradition as the home of Australian Original Christmas features. With Ella Scott Lynch, Max McKenna, Neil Melville and Nicholas Denton joining Heather Mitchell, the warm-hearted Stan Original Film Jones Family Christmas will…
Follow the meteoric rise of Australia’s first drill rap stars, defiant in the face of police’s efforts to stop them from performing. Directed by Gabriel Gasparinatos, Onefour: Against All Odds follows a group of Sydney-based, Pacific Islanders who start recording drill raps to avoid a life of crime. Two years into their meteoric rise, a police…
Bonsai Films has today released the first trailer for the highly-anticipated Christmess. Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Heath Davis (Book Week, Broke), the equally dark and hilarious take on the humble Christmas film stars the always-impressive Steve Le Marquand (The Moodys, Rake) as washed-up actor, Chris Flint. Fresh out of rehab, Chris takes a…
Award-winning filmmaker Nick Barkla’s timely and moving documentary The Healing, will embark on a national screening and Q&A tour across Australia, during October and November. The Healing explores a unique life-saving equine welfare program that brings traumatised ex-racehorses and traumatised military veterans and first responders together, to heal each other. The screenings will be followed by…
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party, the feature documentary chronicling the thrilling, debauched and frequently hilarious adventures of the legendary Melbourne post-punk band will release into select Australian cinemas this October and November. The film is directed by Ian White and features new interviews with Nick Cave and bandmates Mick Harvey, Rowland S Howard and Phill…
Alastair Newton Brown’s gripping debut Here Be Dragons will premiere on October 18 at Sydney’s Cremorne Orpheum with a very special Q&A event moderated by former Q&A host and media icon Tony Jones. A taut, exhilarating drama, Here Be Dragons begins with the conclusion of The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as…
A new trailer has dropped for Alex Lykos’ Disconnect Me ahead of special Q&A screenings this months and a wide release in October. Directed by independent filmmaker Lykos (Alex & Eve, Me & My Left Brain), Disconnect Me examines the ever-pervasive role of technology in our lives. The film centres around Alex who disconnects from…
A new trailer has dropped for tThe highly anticipated thriller The Royal Hotel, directed by Kitty Green (The Assistant, Casting JonBenet), co-written by Green and Oscar Redding (Van Diemen’s Land) and starring Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Hugo Weaving and Toby Wallace. Searching for adventure and strapped for cash, US backpackers Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv…
The teaser trailer for the wild, over-the-top Australian adventure extravaganza The Emu War has today been released. Not to be confused with Levon J Polinelli’s Emu War: A Subtle Examination of the Sheer Caucasity of Colonialism, The Emu War is created by the prolific Australian comedy outfit, Hot Dad Productions This web series-turned-feature film is…
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