We reckon Al Dukes gives the best performance of the year in Book Week, a new black comedy from Broke director, Heath Davis. A great example of Dukes’ fine acting work can be found in this new clip which sees his character, Nick (aka Mr. Cutler, aka Mr. C), attempting to bribe a cop who…
In a world first collaboration between three Asian movie powerhouses (China, South Korea and Australia) comes an adaptation of Lao She’s Chinese classic, Rickshaw Boy. It is comprised of 3 self-contained short film segments directed by a group of filmmakers from across two continents and three languages in a world first co-production of its kind.…
Principal photography commences this week on Gregor Jordan’s (Two Hands, Buffalo Soldiers) Dirt Music, adapted from Tim Winton’s award winning and Man Booker shortlisted novel by Jack Thorne (The Aeronauts, Wonder). Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominee Kelly Macdonald (Puzzle, No Country for Old Men, Boardwalk Empire) and Garrett Hedlund (Mudbound, Tron: Legacy) have been…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Director Stephen McCallum has launched his feature film career with 1%, a violent and ferocious family drama set inside the world of a brutal bikie gang. Boasting an impressive lineup of Australian acting talent including Ryan Corr, Aaron Pedersen, Abbey Lee and Simone Kessell, 1% was written by Matt Nable who…
The SciFi Film Festival has announced the establishment of The Chris Murray Award, an honour designed to recognise an industry figure of singular vision whose determination and achievements provide inspiration to those who follow. The inaugural recipient will be actress Sarah Houbolt, star of Luke Sullivan’s Reflections in the Dust, which will have its Australian…
Written and Directed by Luke Jacobson Produced by Luke Jacobson and Harriet Wallace-Mead Starring Matt Marasco and Tess Dobré Sugar Cube is an Australian rom-com feature film about coffee, cocktails and rejection. As James, the local barista, is sure his feelings will be rejected by his best friend Sarah, he struggles to see his gender prejudices and the damage…
The Guardian critic Luke Buckmaster described it as “A weird, dazzling, kinetic, dizzyingly ambitious, sensationally mish-mashed beast of an Australian film,” and one thing is certain – everyone who sees the controversial sample-based film, TERROR NULLIUS will have something to say about it! Developed over a decade by Soda Jerk, Australian born video artist siblings…
Thanks to Umbrella Entertainment we have a bunch of in-season double passes to give away to new Aussie adventure film, In Like Flynn. In 1930, in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, whilst serving as a guide for a Hollywood producer, a young Errol Flynn discovers a map on a dead prospector that he believes…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Writer and director Nadine Roseboom has announced she will follow up her acclaimed short film The Game with a new Australian Gothic, God of Flowers. God of Flowers is set in the early 1800s and follows Dirk and Roos, a Dutch couple who have recently settled in Australia and become haunted by…
Sam Neill and Michael Caton lead the flock as brothers in a unique reimagining of award winning Icelandic film Rams (Hrútar). Produced by dynamic production company WBMC, filming commenced this week in Western Australia’s Great Southern region. An English-language adaptation of the successful Icelandic film Hrútar, winner of the 2015 Un Certain Regard Award at…
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