The 8th Byron Bay International Film Festival is set to showcase an abundance of Australian filmmaking talent when it launches tomorrow. The festival runs until Sunday 9th March, 2014 and will be screening over 50 Australian short films, music videos, documentaries and animations as well as international ones. Below is a a complete list of…
Tim Winton’s The Turning is released on DVD and Blu-Ray today. Discover an extraordinary filmmaking collaboration in TIM WINTON’S THE TURNING. Eighteen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in…
Those who missed Robert Connolly’s adaptation of Tim Winton’s The Turning at the cinema are in for a treat this Sunday night… and you don’t even have to leave you home. ABC1 will be screening the omnibus on Sunday, 23rd February at 9.40. Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter…
With an official release date of June 12, this brand new trailer for These Final Hours is hot of the press. Check it out! A young man makes his way to the party to end all parties on the last day on Earth but ends up saving the life of a little girl searching for…
52 Tuesdays STARRING Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbert-Jane, Mario Spate DIRECTED BY Sophie Hyde WRITTEN BY Matthew Cormack CINEMATOGRAPHY Bryan Mason RELEASE DATE 1 May, 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY This film is making some noise. Four nominations at the Sundance Film Festival including a win for director Sophie Hyde and two nominations at the Berlin International Film Festival including the Crystal Bear for best…
Next Tuesday we’ll be chatting with Wolf Creek 2 director, Greg Mclean and Cinema Australia is giving you the chance to submit a question you’d like us to ask on your behalf. You can submit your question below. Also, if there’s anyone out there without a TV or doesn’t watch TV, here’s the latest TV…
JOHN DOE: VIGILANTE STARRING Jamie Bamber, Lachy Hulme and Bryce Hardy DIRECTED BY Kelly Dolen WRITTEN BY Stephen M. Coates CINEMATOGRAPHY David Parker RELEASE DATE May 1, 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY We’re not sure what to make of either of the 2 trailers for Kelly Dolen’s new film, or the publicity behind it. The filmmakers seem keen to let us know that…
Four Australian films have been selected to screen at the 2014 South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas. Writer/directors Michael and Peter Spierig’s Predestination, directors Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony’s The Mule, and writer/director Hugh Sullivan’s The Infinite Man will have their world premiere screenings. Kitty Green’s feature documentary Ukraine Is…
I woke up this morning to distant screams and a slight rumble beneath me. It could only mean one thing. The Rover trailer has just dropped, and it features a lot of Robert Pattinson. For us Aussie cinephiles it means a lot of Guy Pearce in all his brilliant glory and some fine direction from…
Tomorrow night will decide whether or not Baz Lurhmann will have to add an extension to his house as the second round of AACTA awards are announced. After the American produced The Great Gatsby took home every feature film award at Tuesday’s first announcement – or the ones considered too boring for television – Cinema Australia is hoping…
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