When critically acclaimed filmmaker Rachel Ward gets behind the camera, you know you’re going to get a quality film. Going by the first trailer for Ward’s new film, Palm Beach, it looks like she’s delivered just that. Palm Beach is a drama/comedy about a group of lifelong friends reuniting to celebrate a special birthday, with Sydney’s iconic…
Thomas M. Wright’s critically acclaimed Acute Misfortune is set to embark on a national Q&A tour with guests including Wright, Erik Jensen, Robert Connolly and various cast members. Erik Jensen was an ambitious 19 year-old journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald when Archibald Prize-Winning painter, Adam Cullen, with a career retrospective at the Art Gallery…
As a little girl, Michelle Payne dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing’s toughest two-mile race. The youngest of 10 children, Michelle is raised by single father Paddy. She leaves school at 15 to become a jockey and after early failures she finds her feet, but a family tragedy, followed by her…
Following the recent announcement of a limited Australian release, a new trailer has been revealed for Me & My Left Brain. What happens when you are in love with someone, you don’t know how they feel about you, you have a job interview in the morning… and you cannot sleep? Written, directed by and starring…
Following a short, sharp teaser a few months back, the first feature length trailer has dropped for Locusts. Directed by Heath Davis (Book Week) from a screenplay by first time feature film writer Angus Watts, Locusts follows tech entrepreneur Ryan (Ben Geurens) who reluctantly returns to his remote hometown for his father’s funeral when old family tensions…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by Matthew Eeles Perth has been transformed into Gotham City and a local cast of up-and-coming actors have donned the masks of Arkham Asylum’s most infamous inmates including Bane, the Riddler and the Joker in the gritty new fan film, Batgirl Returns. “The film’s a bit of a who’s who of…
Written and Directed by Israel Cannan Produced by Tom Hudson, Pete Fletcher and Israel Cannan Over 4,400 people have summited Mount Everest, less than 55 have rowed the North Atlantic Ocean. Fish Out of Water follows the extraordinary journey of two ordinary men attempting to cross over 3000 miles of North Atlantic Ocean, from New York to…
The touching story of an Australian performer whose alter-ego is a talking robot will have its world premiere at the prestigious Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival next month. Happy Android is a new 25-minute documentary from award-winning Brisbane filmmaker Jaina Kalifa. It focuses on Melbourne street performer Paul Cooper, who has entertained audiences around the world for…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by MATTHEW EELES Cinema Australia readers have been given an exclusive first look at the first trailer for Maybe Tomorrow. Directed by prolific indie duo Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones, Maybe Tomorrow is a followup to the duo’s previous films Lazybones and So Long and follows a young couple who are struggling…
Written and Directed by Clare McCann Produced by Cherry Productions Starring Clare McCann, Ryan Bown, Tim Ross and Cristian Borello From humble beginnings the award winning screenplay of Benefited garnered much attention helping to bring together a wonderfully talented cast and crew. Everyone involved has worked tirelessly to bring this story to life to help…
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