Last call for CinefestOZ 2019 film submissions

The deadline is approaching for submissions for the 2019 CinefestOZ Film Festival. Filmmakers have until Monday June 3 to submit their films for official selection at CinefestOZ Film Festival (28 August – 1 September). Official selection categories for Australian films and Australian co-productions are Film Prize ($100,000 award), General submissions for narrative and documentary feature length films, Short…

Review: Standing Up For Sunny

Cinema Australia Original Content: Standing Up For Sunny Written and Directed by Steven Vidler Starring RJ Mitte, Philippa Northeast, Italia Hunt and Sam Reid Produced by Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin and Drew Bailey “Tender, clever and very, very funny.” by Matthew Eeles It’s hard to believe Standing Up For Sunny is director Steven Vidler’s first…

The Nightingale trailer is here!

Following a successful film festival run, Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale finally has a trailer ahead ion its August release. The trailer and poster has been released by US distributor IFC Film. There’s no word yet if the Australian poster and trailer from Transmission Films will be the same. Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish…

Cinema Australia Podcast Episode #35 | Stevie Cruz-Martin

Welcome to another episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Stevie Cruz-Martin to discuss the beginnings of her career, her creative relationship with writer, actor and producer Daniel Monks and of course, Pulse. Pulse is the story of a gay disabled teenage boy who is devastated when he is neglected…

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival program has launched

From 19th – 30th July 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival will profile an eclectic, diverse and wide ranging collection of documentaries from both Australia and abroad. The final selection is an uncompromising, award-winning and challenging slate of documentaries from the world’s very best film festivals. Nearly half of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival’s total schedule…

Trailer of the Day: Bilched

Directed by Jeremy Cumpston Written by Hal Cumpston Starring Hal Cumpston, Frederick Du Rietz, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Holly White, Malcolm Kennard, Alan Dukes, Rhys Muldoon and Jeremy Sims A wild ride through the last days of year 12 with our anti-hero Hal alongside his slacker/jock mates. Amongst the hilarious universal teenage stupidity and chaos of the…