MDFF Exclusive: Looby

Cinema Australia Original Content: Article author: Sean Murphy, Producer “Tell him I said get fucked.” The response came as a surprise – why was this person so worked up when asked about Looby?  To me, Australian painter Keith Looby was a gentle old man; a softly-spoken family friend whiling away his days in a backyard…

Retro Review: Money Movers

Cinema Australia Original Content: Directed by Bruce Beresford Written by Bruce Beresford and Devon Minchin Starring Terence Donovan, Tony Bonner, Ed Devereaux, Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell, Candy Raymond, Jeanie Drynan and Bryan Brown. An armoured car company is the target of repeated heists. Company leadership is enforcing new measures in order to tighten security. The biggest…

Michael Caton joins the Capricorn Film Festival as Festival Patron

Capricorn Film Festival has announced that screen and television legend, Michael Caton will join the team as Festival Parton. After five years of operating Central Queensland’s premiere film arts event, founder Luke Graham said he is very proud to have the Australian icon as their Festival Patron for the Capricorn Film Festival moving forward. “We…

A disturbing new trailer has arrived for Kim Farrant’s Angel of Mine

Kim Farrant’s Strangerland followup looks seriously disturbing. Noomi Rapace, Luke Evans, Yvonne Strahovski and Richard Roxburgh star in the Melbourne-shot-and-set second feature from Strangerland’s Kim Farrant, as scripted by Oscar-nominated Lion screenwriter Luke Davies. Seven years after the death of her daughter, Lizzie locks eyes on a sight she thought she’d never see again: a girl,…

Things get bloody in the first Rage trailer

A teaser trailer has dropped for director John Balazs new dramatic thriller, Rage. After a violent home invasion leaves mild-mannered husband Noah (Matt Theo) in a coma and his wife Madeline (Hayley Beveridge) deeply traumatised, Noah awakens to find out that one of the attackers is still on the loose. As Noah and the nearly-despondent Madeline try to move on…

Sunday Shorts: Tech, Support

Written and Directed by Nic Barker Co-written by and starring Jordan Barr and Darcy Kent Amanda is just trying to get the internet working, but hits a roadblock in the form of a sexist IT support worker on the phone. Article by Nic Barker Tech, Support is a semi-improvised comedic satire about the micro-aggressions that…

Trailer of the Day: It All Started With a Stale Sandwich

It All Started With a Stale Sandwich is a savvy celebration of the inspirational artworks created for Kaldor Public Art Projects over 50 years, with artists including Christo, Abramovic, Jeff Koons, and Gilbert & George. 50 years ago, Sydneysiders were shocked and the art world astonished by Christo’s wrapping of the Little Bay coastline. Suddenly, one…

MDFF Exclusive! Director Christopher Basile on Kartika: 9 Ways of Seeing

Kartika: 9 Ways of Seeing is a 55-minute documentary film portraying the legendary Indonesian artist Kartika through the lens of Melbourne director Christopher Basile. Still actively painting and sculpting, Kartika is the 84-year-old daughter of Indonesia’s most celebrated modern painter Affandi (1904-1990). Although Kartika’s artistic talent was evident at an early age, she was born in…

The new Kairos trailer packs a punch

A new trailer has dropped for Kairos ahead of the film’s screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival. One of the breakout stars of Down Under (MIFF 2016) and Little Monsters (MIFF 2019), Chris Bunton packs a formidable punch in this trailblazing Australian drama – a rare local film that places both a performer and a…