As a little girl, Michelle Payne dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing’s toughest two-mile race. The youngest of 10 children, Michelle is raised by single father Paddy. She leaves school at 15 to become a jockey and after early failures she finds her feet, but a family tragedy, followed by her…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by Matthew Eeles As a young couple struggle with the demands of life with a new baby, they plow forward on production for their latest self-funded independent feature film. Maybe Tomorrow is directed by Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones. 1. This is Michael Jones and Caitlin Farrugia’s fourth feature film Filmmaking runs through…
War Mothers: Unbreakable, the second short documentary in the War Mothers project by Australian filmmakers Stefan Bugryn and Steven Zelko, has been accepted into the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. War Mothers: Unbreakable follows 18 year old Yana Zinkewych who, when war came to her country Ukraine in 2014, created a local chapter…
Following the recent announcement of a limited Australian release, a new trailer has been revealed for Me & My Left Brain. What happens when you are in love with someone, you don’t know how they feel about you, you have a job interview in the morning… and you cannot sleep? Written, directed by and starring…
Following a short, sharp teaser a few months back, the first feature length trailer has dropped for Locusts. Directed by Heath Davis (Book Week) from a screenplay by first time feature film writer Angus Watts, Locusts follows tech entrepreneur Ryan (Ben Geurens) who reluctantly returns to his remote hometown for his father’s funeral when old family tensions…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by Matthew Eeles Perth has been transformed into Gotham City and a local cast of up-and-coming actors have donned the masks of Arkham Asylum’s most infamous inmates including Bane, the Riddler and the Joker in the gritty new fan film, Batgirl Returns. “The film’s a bit of a who’s who of…
Written and Directed by Russell Wyatt Roberts Starring Stewart Mulligan and Paul Davey Article written by Russell Wyatt Roberts Long before the film’s festival success, the humble beginnings of All Through The Night began as a passion project of mine, with a desire to create a character piece, set entirely inside a car and attempt to employ…
Written and Directed by Israel Cannan Produced by Tom Hudson, Pete Fletcher and Israel Cannan Over 4,400 people have summited Mount Everest, less than 55 have rowed the North Atlantic Ocean. Fish Out of Water follows the extraordinary journey of two ordinary men attempting to cross over 3000 miles of North Atlantic Ocean, from New York to…
Thanks to Umbrella Entertainment we are giving our readers the chance to win an in-season double pass to Back of the Net, a film about friendship, teamwork, romance and most importantly being yourself, in Cinemas April 18. After hopping on a bus to Harold Soccer Academy instead of Harold Academy Australian Semester at Sea, science fanatic, Cory…
The touching story of an Australian performer whose alter-ego is a talking robot will have its world premiere at the prestigious Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival next month. Happy Android is a new 25-minute documentary from award-winning Brisbane filmmaker Jaina Kalifa. It focuses on Melbourne street performer Paul Cooper, who has entertained audiences around the world for…
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