A trailer has dropped for Nathan Bender’s short action thriller, Night of the Ronin, ahead of the film’s festival run which is set to begin over the next few months. After a double cross gone wrong, the unprofessional hitman and his boss’s girl are on the run. After surviving a horrific beat down they retreat…
Before Dawn, the epic World War I feature film produced and filmed in Western Australia, has launched on Netflix, following a remarkable international run in cinemas and on streaming platforms. The film has received widespread critical acclaim, with European critics awarding it 4.5 and 5 stars, and has earned prestigious nominations and awards across the…
Far from your average mother-daughter flick, Audrey is a twisted, razorsharp comedy both gloriously absurd and strangely relatable. Following its acclaimed US debut at Austin’s prestigious SXSW festival, where it impressed audiences with its acerbic humour and high-stakes deception, the feature is set for a nationwide release on November 7. With New Zealand’s funniest export…
Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story is not just a tennis story. It’s the story of Jelena Dokic’s survival, of her overcoming extraordinary odds, and of her ultimate triumph in the face of poverty, bullying and extreme brutality. It’s about how she survived as a refugee, twice. How she survived on the tennis court as she ascended…
From Ros Horin, the director of acclaimed documentaries The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe and Rosemary’s Way, comes Welcome to Yiddishland, a place with no borders where progressive artists create provocative new works in an ancient endangered language that speaks to our times. Welcome to Yiddishland will screen at the Jewish International Film Festival in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Canberra,…
Maslow Entertainment today launched the trailer for the highly anticipated Australian film The Correspondent, starring Richard Roxburgh. Based on the incredible true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste’s arrest and imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, the film will be released in Australian cinemas on 26th December 2024. The Correspondent is a gripping biographical thriller about the relentless defence…
The trailer for the surf documentary You Should Have Been Here Yesterday was launched today, ahead of the film’s release in Australian cinemas on November 21, 2024. Umbrella Entertainment is also delighted to announce that the film’s writer and director Jolyon Hoff will take part in an extensive Q&A tour ahead of the cinema release. Following sold-out screenings…
Madman Entertainment and Arenamedia have launched the teaser trailer for Magic Beach, the big screen adaptation of Alison Lester’s beloved children’s book, directed by Robert Connolly (The Dry, Paper Planes). Magic Beach is an exciting mix of live action and animation, and perfect family viewing for the Australian summer. Alison Lester’s Magic Beach is an ongoing bestseller, continuously in print for 35 years,…
Sharmill Films, in partnership with Bonsai Films, has today announced the release date for Mozart’s Sister, playing in cinemas across Australia on October 31, 2024. Fresh from sold-out sessions at its Sydney Film Festival World Premiere and directed by Madeleine Hetherton-Miau (The Surgery Ship), this fascinating documentary is a ‘musical mystery’ story that explores the lost talent…
Cinema Australia Podcast #87 | Sarah Legg The pieces are in place. The game is set. Only one will emerge victorious. Anyone for tea? A visionary debut from then 19-year-old writer-director-actor Sarah Legg and starring last year’s Australian Idol sensation Angelina Curtis, Cherubhead is one of the more offbeat and ambitious micro-budget films ever made in this country, and…
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