Embedded screenings announced

Stephen Sewell’s Embedded with have a series of screenings across Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin during March. The series of screenings will launch with a special Q&A screening with Embedded writer and director, Stephen Sewell and film critic, Eddie Cockrell in Sydney. Embedded is an erotic political thriller detailing a war correspondent that meets…

Jasper Jones Q&A screenings announced

Adapted from Craig Silvey’s bestselling Australian novel and featuring a stellar cast including Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Levi Miller, Angourie Rice, Dan Wyllie and Aaron McGrath, Jasper Jones is the story of Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14 living in a small town in Western Australia. This is your chance to experience the iconic Australian…

Trailer of the Day: Butterfly in a Bell Jar – Here’s where you can see it!

Butterfly in a Bell Jar Written, Directed and Produced by Matthew Berto Starring Sotiris Tzelios, Adam La Rosa, Katharine Innes, Stephen Kotsanlee, Amy Bodossian, Roger Crook and Jordannah Galea River is a young girl kidnapped at the tender age of 12 and is locked away for the next 15 years in the shed of her neighbours house. Tormented mentally, physically and sexually, every…

Limited release announced for David Parker’s The Menkoff Method

A very limited release has been announced for new Australian feature, The Menkoff Method, opening Thursday 1 December. Directed by David Parker (Malcom), this quirky love story stars Noah Taylor, Catherine McClements and newcomers Lachlan Woods and Jessica Clarke. The film will open with a special event screening and Q&A in Sydney with David Parker and an opening…

Trailer of the Day: Innuendo (NSFW)

Innuendo Directed, Written and Produced by Saara Lamberg Starring Saara Lamberg, Brendan Bacon and Andy Hazel Where you can see it Innuendo is screening during this year’s Made in Melbourne Film Festival. Details here. The Finnish Tuuli grew up in an oppressively religious and abusive family and in the shadow of her angelic twin sister. She embarks on a journey to…

Full program announced for the Made in Melbourne Film Festival

The Made in Melbourne Film Festival will open this year’s festival with Matthew Holmes’ bushranger epic, The Legend of Ben Hall. Launching on December 6, the exciting festival will showcase an additional four feature films including Crime & Punishment, The Trivialist, Lazybones and Innuendo. Made In Melbourne Film Festival promises a diverse lineup, full of Melbourne flavour and covers an…

Trailer of the Day: Ella – Screening details here

Ella Havelka made history in 2013 by becoming the first Indigenous dancer at the 50-year-old Australian Ballet. In this engaging, MIFF Premiere Fund-supported film, Ella – a descendant of the Wiradjuri people – charts her inspiring journey from growing up in modest circumstances as the only child of a single mother in rural Australia to…