by MATTHEW EELES Every cloud has a silver lining, as they say. While there’s no doubt the effects of Covid-19 around the world will have a major impact on this year’s CinefestOZ, we are beginning to see some green shoots. While international and interstate guests won’t be walking the CinefestOZ 2020 red carpet, the festival…
Melbourne International Film Festival has just announced the world premiere of Paper Champions at this year’s virtual festival. Directed by Jo-Anne Brechin (Zelos), Paper Champions is a NZ/AUS comedy co-pro. Paper Champions stemmed from a short film called Rey written by Luke Saliba. This feature version is written by Saliba and James Pratt. In Polynesian cultures,…
by MATTHEW EELES As most of you will already know, as well as being the editor of Cinema Australia I’m also the festival director of the WA Made Film Festival – Western Australia’s newest film festival which aims to showcase WA screen talent. For our 2021 festival we’re launching a brand new filmmaking competition for…
SHELTER, a new curated global streaming platform for architecture, design, lifestyle and outdoor living content launches on July 31, bringing together quality films, television series and the exclusive Shelter Originals: Inspired Architecture series. The innovative new platform has partnered with global magazines Design Anthology and Green Magazine among others, to host and present premium video content from these distinctive…
From the producers of The Sapphires and The Invisible Man, I Am Woman was directed by Unjoo Moon and shot by Oscar®-winning cinematographer Dion Beebe. The Stan Original Film stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald and Evan Peters, and will premiere on 28 August, only on Stan. Stan, the unrivalled home of Australian original productions, today announced…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Wintergarden Pictures today unveils the official trailer for Season One of the hilarious new queer- and sex-positive digital series, Ding Dong I’m Gay, ahead of the July 22 series launch, when the first two episodes will be released for free.…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. CinefestOZ has named AACTA award-winning actress Emma Booth as a Patron of the festival. The West Australian-born actress, best known for the award-winning Australian thriller Hounds of Love and TV series Glitch and The Gloaming, has been attending the…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Strangers to the World Directed by Grant Fraser Review by Travis Johnson The big problem that Strangers to the World faces is that it’s coming to us after the release of A Hidden Life last year. Both cover the…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Batman and Me Director Michael Wayne Review by Travis Johnson If you spend any time in nerdy circles you get exposed to plenty of obsessive collectors. I know guys who have sunk unholy amounts of money into Lego, or NECA…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Wongar Directed by Andrijana Stojkovic Review by Travis Johnson This observational documentary is a look into the life of the titular Serbian-Australian writer. Born Sreten Božić in what was then Yugoslavia, the man now known as B. Wongar fled his…
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