Teenage Kicks and Constance on the Edge set for Travelling Film Festival in Woollongong

Sydney Film Festival’s Travelling Film Festival is bringing the producers and directors of new critically acclaimed Australian films Teenage Kicks and Constance on the Edge to Wollongong, hot on the heels of their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival. Director Craig Boreham and producer Annmaree Bell of Teenage Kicks and Constance on the Edge director Belinda Mason and producer Marguerite Grey will accompany their films to Wollongong on Saturday 20 August and Sunday…

Australian release announced for Rosemary Myers’ Girl Asleep

Umbrella Entertainment has announced the Australian release of the internationally lauded, coming-of-age comic drama Girl Asleep on Thursday 8 September, with a series of advance Q&A events featuring key cast members taking place across the country. Based on the acclaimed production by Adelaide’s Windmill Theatre, Girl Asleep is a journey into the absurd, scary and beautiful…

Motorkite Dreaming takes off! Here’s where you can catch the new Aussie adventure film

The ultimate Aussie adventure is about to take flight. Motorkite Dreaming is a new feature film that follows two amateur daredevils who take a 4000km journey across Outback Australia in second-hand microlights – essentially hang-gliders with lawn mower engines. Along the way, they pass through 20 Aboriginal language nations, learning from these remote communities about the…

EXCLUSIVE! Focus on Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: The Coffee Man

The Coffee Man It’s 4.30 am in Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia. The sun is hours from rising, but Sasa Sestic is awake and in hot pursuit of the one thing that will make his day. Driven by his obsession, Sasa hunts for his own Holy Grail: the perfect cup of coffee The Coffee Man follows Sasa from Ethiopia, the birthplace…

Is This The Real World opens in select cinemas today – Here’s where you can see it

Is This The Read World Directed by Martin Mckenna Written by Martin McKenna and Ben Michael Produced by Deborah Barlow, Martin McKenna and Alison Telford Starring Sean Keenan, Greg Stone, Susie Porter, Charlotte Best, Julia Blake and Matt Colwell In the real world you can’t just do what you want. In the real world you have to compromise. Mark Blazey does not…

Rare screening of Don’s Party at Australian Revelations

Classic Australian film Don’s Party will have a rare pre-election outing at Australian Revelations on Tuesday, 28 June. The winner of six AFI Awards, including Best Director, Best Actress and Best Screenplay, Don’s Party is set on election night 1969 as a group of friends come together for cheese and wine in what turns out to be an unintended night of truth…

Rhys Nicholson announced as host of WA Screen Awards

FTI have announce that Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson is the official host of the 28th Annual West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs). The quick-witted comedian from Sydney expressed his excitement for coming to Perth to host the highly anticipated event, “Oh I can’t wait for the awards. Who doesn’t love awards? Losers I guess… I’m just so glad Joel Creasey was booked so…

Trailer of the Day: The Death and Life of Otto Bloom

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom Written and Directed by Cris Jones Produced by Mish Armstrong, Alicia Brown, Melanie Coombs, Shaun Miller and Jonathan Page Starring Xavier Samuel, Rachel Ward, Matilda Brown, Rose Riley and Terry Camilleri Synopsis The chronicle of the life and loves of Otto Bloom, a man who experiences time in reverse – passing…

Filmmakers! CinefestOZ Film Festival entries only open for another two weeks

CinefestOZ is still accepting entries for Australia’s Greatest Film Prize for the 2016 Festival for a limited time only. Finalist films will screen at the festival from 24 August to 28 August 2016, located in the picturesque South West region of Western Australia. The Finalist films are screened to a panel of esteemed judges and sold-out crowds throughout…

World premiere announced for Abe Forsythe’s Down Under at Sydney Film Festival

Sydney Film Festival today announced filmmaker Abe Forsythe’s second feature film, Down Under, will have its World Premiere when it screens within the ‘Special Presentation’ section of the 2016 festival program. A black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, Down Under is the story of two carloads of hotheads from both sides of the…

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