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…
Two People Directed by Robert Livings Written by Robert Livings, Liberty Hills, Nick Pages-Oliver Produced by Robert Livings Starring Liberty Hills, Nick Pages-Oliver Two strangers meet and hang out one night in the quiet city of Perth, Western Australia. Two People will premiere in Perth on Monday, 26 June at Cinema Paradiso in Northbridge at 6.30pm. Tickets are $15…
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…
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