The AFTRS Library Presents 50th Anniversary Screening program is a celebration of feature films that have been made by AFTRS Alumni. In the last 50 years, the school has produced many talented filmmakers that have been at the forefront of cinema culture, producing work that has moved, challenged and thrilled audiences around the world. AFTRS…
We Are Still Here, the First Nations anthology film that opened the 2022 Sydney Film Festival and premiered internationally at the Toronto International Film Festival, will have a one-off Q&A screening with lead actor, Clarence Ryan, on Wednesday February 22 at Luna Leederville Cinemas. We Are Still Here is a unique film that interweaves eight…
When the organisers of the Stellar Short Film Festival say they’re bringing audiences 12 of Australia’s best short films to its upcoming March 4 event, they’re not joking. In fact, this year’s incredible line-up of short films is so good, it even includes An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe…
The Mercury Cinema in Adelaide will host a free screening of The Boat With No Name, a comedy drama made in North East Arnhem Land. Set amidst the raw beauty of North East Arnhem Land, a small community has lost its school teacher due to government cutbacks. With the chance inheritance of a boat they…
‘It’s Great Short films, It’s On Tour, It’s The Vibe ’ Celebrating 32 years in 2023 Flickerfest remains Australia’s leading Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA Recognised short film festival, ensuring that we continue to present A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world with films hand-picked from the festival’s record 3,200 entries! Flickerfest, Australia’s largest…
Saara Lamberg’s Westermarck Effect will celebrate a special Q&A screening at LIDO Cinemas in Melbourne next month. Never one to shy away from controversy, Lamberg’s new film is said to “take on the taboo of genetic of sexual attraction”. Here’s the synopsis: Sally (Lamberg) gave her son, Sam (Jayden Denke), up for adoption twenty years…
What started as an experimental YouTube video in 2014 has developed into the first Maltese immigrant story to ever hit the big screen. Maltese-Australian film director Julian Galea has teamed up with his brother, actor and magician James Galea, for the raucous road trip comedy, Brothers From Malta, which will have its Australian premiere with…
RELATED: Vulnerability, tragedy and a pandemic: The making of A Pencil to the Jugular Australian New Wave screenings supported by Cinespace Inc. will showcase two feature-length films by Matthew Victor Pastor at the Thornbury Picture House over the coming weeks – In Heaven They Sing Karaoke will screen on November 15 and A Pencil to the Jugular will screen…
Renowned Australian composer Ross Edwards will join celebrated director Bruce Beresford on stage at the NFSA for a Q&A following a screening of Beresford’s 1997 film Paradise Road on Sunday, October 30 at 2pm. This powerful and moving cinematic testament to the power of music, following a group of foreign women – including an educated British…
Madman Entertainment has announced that zero-waste innovator Joost Bakker will participate in a series of special Q&A events around Australia ahead of the theatrical release of Greenhouse By Joost in November. Joost Bakker will be joined after screenings of the film for an on-stage discussion with a variety of special guests including Damon Gameau, Sarah Wilson, Jack Thompson,…
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