Director Luke Griffiths has announced a one-time-only screening of his Perth shot short The Scarlett Sapphire. The action/thriller will be showing at Cinema Paradiso in Northbridge on the 11th of June, from 7:00pm to 8:30. When Scarlett’s son is kidnapped by an enigmatic organisation she is forced down a bloody path of murder and mayhem in a…
“Anyone familiar with the attention span of a seven-year-old will understand this was no easy task.” Written by Alister Grierson exclusively for Cinema Australia: Imagination Game began, like many ideas, as a conversation on a bus. My wife, Skye, had stumbled across a cult of conspiracy theorists online who had bought into the idea that…
Submissions for the 2015 Made In Melbourne Film Festival are now open! MIM highlights Melbourne filmmakers and showcases the best short films, independent features, and high school films from Melbourne and Victoria. Now in their seventh straight year, MIM continues to innovate and grow and celebrate local creativity and 2015 will be no exception. This year…
MONSTER FEST PRESENTS: FRIDAY FRIGHT NIGHT will showcase a depraved cavalcade of the latest, greatest and rarest cult and horror cinema from Australia and around the globe. There will be world premieres, local premieres, re-runs of classic gems as well as rarities that may never have been seen on the big screen in Australia before. Where possible, the screenings…
After sell-out screenings in Sydney and Melbourne, an Audience Choice Award and a US Premiere at the prestigious Atlanta Film Festival, jj splice presents a special screening of Drown featuring an intimate, in-depth Q & A with director, cinematographer and producer Dean Francis in his own studio. Visit jj splice films in the heart of Surry…
Melbourne-made award winning indie Pretty Good Friends has been selected to screen as part of Classic and Cameo Cinemas Australian Film Focus series, with special Q&A screenings scheduled for 7 and 9 May. Tickets are available via Classic Cinemas and Cameo Cinemas websites. Pretty Good Friends has been dubbed Australia’s first mumblecore film, the unique…
Footscray’s Bluestone Church Arts Space will be screening a bunch of Aussie cult classics, including The Castle and Strictly Ballroom, every Sunday during May. The best thing is… they’re all free. Scroll down for a complete list of films and screening details. For more information about the screenings click here. Venue: Bluestone Church Arts Space –…
One of Australia’s longest-standing and publicly owned short film festivals, the St Kilda Film Festival, has today revealed its exciting ten-day program. Proudly presented and produced by the City of Port Phillip, the 2015 St Kilda Film Festival will showcase 100 of Australia’s top short films, music videos, archival screenings, youth programs, an extensive filmmaker development…
Australian Revelations is a celebration of Australian film through a year-round, ongoing series of screenings and the celebrated Australian film Wake In Fright will headline the next event on Monday 25 May. Wake In Fright tells the nightmarish story of a schoolteacher’s descent into personal demoralisation at the hands of drunken, deranged derelicts while stranded in a small town in…
Acclaimed Australian short film Tango Underpants will screen as part of April’s Australian Revelations before Phillip Noyce’s Newsfront. Here, director Miranda Edmonds gives Cinema Australia readers a fascinating insight into her film. Written by Miranda Edmonds: Tango Underpants has its genesis in travel. The wonderful John Collee (writer of Happy Feet, Master and Commander, Creation) was…
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