CinefestOZ Film Festival (28 August – 1 September) is accepting submissions for the 2019 festival. Official selection categories for Australian films and Australian co-productions are Film Prize, General submissions for narrative and documentary feature length films, Short films and VR. CinefestOZ film festival will be held in the iconic Margaret River tourism region and throughout Western Australia’s South West. It…
The first trailer has dropped for Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding. In what feels like a giant commercial for the NT, Top End Wedding tells the story of successful Sydney lawyer Lauren (Miranda Tapsell) and her fiancé Ned (Gwilym Lee). Engaged and in love, they have just ten days to pull off their dream Top End Wedding. First…
Australian schlock horror maestro David Black is at it again with production commencing on his new gorefest, Badass Bunyip. Directed by Gerardo Chierchia, Badass Bunyip follows a couple of “nongs” who inadvertently awaken the devastating wrath of an ancient bunyip when they desecrate a sacred Aboriginal site at Christmas time. Tritia DeViSha stars in the…
Directed by Nicholas Wrathall Written by Nicholas Wrathall and Stephanie King Produced by Nicholas Wrathall and Stephanie King, Albert Wiggan and Mark Jones Australia’s vast and unspoiled Kimberley region is under threat, with mining, pastoralism and irrigated agriculture driving an unprecedented land grab. Undermined – Tales from the Kimberley investigates the politics of an area now branded “the…
A brand new trailer has dropped for Ben Hackworth’s Celeste along with the announcement that the film will be released in cinemas on 25 April. Celeste is the second feature from director Hackworth and stars Radha Mitchell (The Romanoffs), Nadine Garner (The Blake Mysteries), Thomas Cocquerel (In Like Flynn) and Odessa Young (A Million Little Pieces). The…
A thrilling new trailer has arrived for Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai ahead of its March 14 release in Australia Hotel Mumbai is based on the true story of the devastating terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in 2008. The terrifying assault brings together the guests and staff of the luxurious hotel including wealthy new parents…
Action has been called on new Australian feature film I Met a Girl. Brenton Thwaites stars as an impulsive, young musician struggling with schizophrenia who falls for a mysterious woman (Lily Sullivan) who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on an epic, cross-country journey across Australia to find…
2019 is set to be a huge year for Australian cinema with so many great films set for release. Here’s nine films sitting high on our must-see list for the year. It should be noted that our list from last year featured a bunch of films that weren’t released including The Nightingale, Little Monsters and…
Written and Directed by Richard Jamze Produced by Payton Harkonen Starring Blake Le Burniy, Kat Tait and Charlotte Stent Before its cancelation, the dangerous ‘Amber Pill’ was created to help users see their loved ones again. If you had the last pills made, would you take them? When their only daughter suddenly dies, a grieving mother…
Gold Coast Film Festival has for the first time opened submissions for feature film scripts from Queensland-based writers, with a $5,000 award thanks to The Heaton Group. As the city’s flagship film event, the Gold Coast Film Festival promotes the Gold Coast as a major Australian filmmaking destination, helps develop the filmmakers and crew working…
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