Ahead of its world premiere at the Sydney Opera House on Monday the 12th of June, Madman Entertainment have released the official trailer for Sherpa director Jennifer Peedom’s Mountain. Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to…
New Australian documentary, Voyage of the Southern Sun, is about to take off on a series of Australian Q&A screenings. Adventurer of the Year, Michael Smith discovered the delights and perils of true adventure in a solo circumnavigation in his tiny amphibious flying boat, Southern Sun, that retraced historical Qantas, Imperial and Pan Am airmail routes,…
A brand new trailer has dropped for Kriv Stenders’ Australia Day ahead of its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival. The trailer shows an edgier side to Stenders, who’s best known for his family friendly Red Dog film’s, and marks the third collaboration between Stenders and Bryan Brown who starred in Kill Me Three…
War Mothers Directed by Stefan Bugryn Produced by Steven Zelko, Stefan Bugryn, Eddie Diamandi War Mothers is the story of three women: Galina, Svetlana, and Yulia. They live in the town of Zaporizhia along the eastern warzone of Ukraine. All three women are mothers, all three have felt the impacts of the war firsthand, and all three…
The Pink House Directed by Sascha Ettinger Epstein Written by Claire Haywood, Sascha Ettinger Epstein Produced by Claire Haywood The story of Kalgoorlie’s last original gold rush brothel, servicing the miners since 1904, through the eyes of the whimsical Madam Carmel, 70, and its longest-serving lady of the night, BJ. Although prostitution is technically illegal in WA, the…
Harry Quinlan, best known as Gordon in Can’t Win. Do Try., has put together a seven part Australian webseries called Plum Loco. If you’re a fan of the format, or comedy in general, you’re going to want to check this one out. lum Loco has great writing, great themes, it’s very well acted and brilliantly put together. “The…
Defiant Lives Directed by Sarah Barton Written by Sarah Barton Produced by Sarah Barton, Liz Burke The history of the disability rights movement, featuring a litany of impressive activists determined to create a world where everyone, regardless of impairment, is valued and can participate fully. The story of the rise and triumph of the disability rights movement, featuring…
Message Man Written and Directed by Corey Pearson Produced by Corey Pearson and Mark Nelson Starring Paul O’Brien, Verdi Solomin, Aji Sontosa and Agni Pratistha Kuswardono Message Man is the story a retired hitman Ryan who lives a life of solitude on his boat skirting around the islands of Indoensia. When Ryan’s boat breaks, he is…
Raw and Cooked Media have dropped a revealing new trailer for Hotel Coolgardie ahead of its Australian theatrical release next month. Following a packed out screening at last years’ Sydney Film Festival, Hotel Coolgardie garnered national headlines for its depiction of the disturbing experience of two Finnish backpackers who found themselves the latest batch of “fresh…
Pulse Directed by Stevie Cruz-Martin Written by Daniel Monks Produced by Daniel Monks, Stevie Cruz-Martin, Gemma Hall Starring Daniel Monks, Caroline Brazier, Scott Lee Pulse is the ambitious debut of the talented Daniel Monks, who writes and stars in this body swap drama blending sci-fi with sexual teen angst and identity crisis. Olly is a gay teen with disability who…
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