Two new Australian horror films are set to enjoy world premieres next weekend. Sam Curtain’s The Slaughterhouse Killer and Josh Reed’s We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders will screen back-to-back on Saturday, 26 September during A Night of Horror International Film Festival – an annual horror film feast in Sydney. The Slaughterhouse Killer follows a young parolee, with girlfriend in tow,…
Directed by Nicholas Cleary and Andrew Shanks Produced by Jodie Kirkbride Written by Andrew Shanks, Nicholas Cleary and Daniel Vink Starring Eduard Geyl, Lisa Fanto, Shabana Azeez and Walter Buckley “At its heart it’s a small and sweet love story, but that didn’t stop us from pitching it as Notting Hill with guns!” When an International…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Welcome to the first ever Get to Know – a new feature where we put a series of simple questions to an up-and-coming screen industry talent. Recently released online, Riley Sugars’ latest short film Rabbits…
Sweet As, the debut feature film from writer/director Jub Clerc, has received major production funding from Screen Australia, with filming to take place in Western Australia. Inspired by Clerc’s own experiences growing up in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia, Sweet As is co-written by Steve Rodgers, with Arenamedia’s Liz Kearney (Paper Planes)…
What’s it about: Set in late 1960’s Australia, Henry and his father George stand in the field, hunting. They are two different kinds of men and George’s overpowering nature dominates Henry’s life. George envisages success for Henry, unrelentingly pushing him to achieve. Yet when Henry does fulfil his father’s vision, his efforts are simply not…
This screening has now been cancelled. Thanks to Luna Palace Cinemas in Perth, we’ve got five double passes to a special screening of Measure for Measure up for grabs. Please note, this screening will take place on Saturday, October 3 from 10.30am at Luna Leederville. An unlikely love ignites between a modern Muslim girl and…
Australian filmmaker Clare McCann has announced the launch of her new film festival, Sydney Women’s International Film Festival with the inaugural event set to launch on November 27 at United Cinemas Opera Quays. Festival director McCann conceived SWIFF to help address the gender imbalance in the film industry, and partnered with Marketing Director, Suzie Watt, to…
A US trailer for Seth Larney’s new Australian sci-fi 2067 dropped today. The year 2067: Earth is on the verge of collapse. After years of doing too little to reverse climate change, plant life is extinct and there is a dramatic reduction in available oxygen. With no cure in sight, humanity builds a quantum time machine…
Melbourne-based, multi-award winning physical comedy troupe The Travelling Sisters have released their new micro web series, Meet the Mullets. Meet the Mullets is a mockumentary about a passionate theatre troupe of blokes and their Mums, forced to stop work through a global pandemic. In this twisted character comedy, The Travelling Sisters don various mullets to…
R&R Films has announced that new Australian comedy Never Too Late will hit Australian cinemas on October 29 on approximately 150 screens nationally. Filmed on location in Adelaide, Never Too Late was directed by Mark Lamprell (My Mother Frank, A Few Less Men), was written by screenwriter and crime novelist Luke Preston and produced by Antony I…
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