Four films will vie for the CinefestOZ Film Prize 2018 CinefestOZ has announced 1%, Jirga, Ladies in Black and The Merger as the four Film Prize Finalists for this year’s CinefestOZ Film Prize. 2018 marks the fifth year in which the significant sum of $100,000 is awarded to the producer of an Australian feature film, and the…
Mad Kids has today released the official trailer for brand new Western Australian web series, The Big Spaghetti, ahead of its world premiere at Revelation Perth International Film Festival at Luna Leederville next Wednesday 11 July 2018. The Big Spaghetti is a beautiful, surreal, gender-bending and genre-bending, 5-part web series written by Adriane Daff, Zoe…
Screenwest and Screen Australia have announced Australian feature film H is for Happiness will be shot in and around Albany in Western Australia’s Great Southern region later this year. The Cyan Films’ production which tells the heart-warming story of family and friendship received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with WA Regional Film…
Australian filmmaker Alice Foulcher addresses the gender imbalance within the Australian feature film industry. Her stats prove the industry is still in need of a massive wakeup call. Cinema Australia invites all readers and the Australian filmmaking community to have their say on the matter by leaving comments in the comments section below, or by…
A young girl has been raped and murdered in a small Sydney suburb. Her body lies by a river and no one seems to care, especially not the nihilistic adolescents who occupy the community. Husband and wife filmmaking duo Elizabeta and Jack Moxey discuss their new film, Bugs – a gritty observational drama that feels frighteningly real.…
Directed by Mark Grentell Written by Damian Callinan Produced by Anne Robinson, Mark Grentell, Damian Callinan Starring Damian Callinan, Kate Mulvany, John Howard, Fayssal Bazzi, Josh McConville and Zenia Starr The township of Bodgy Creek has seen better days: the population is dwindling, jobs are scarce & the litter has built up around the fading Tidy Town sign. The next victim of the town’s decline…
Australian Flyweight champion, Bianca ‘Bam Bam’ Elmir aims to be the first Australian to win a World Amateur Boxing Championship. A Lebanese Muslim from suburban Australia, ‘Bam Bam’ smashes the stereotypes of her family, society and her sport, to prove she is the best in the world. In the wake of a twelve month drug ban, a series…
Black ANZAC Directed by Tim Anastasi Written by Tim Anastasi, Hugh Snelgrove A documentary about Australian Artist Hego’s journey to tell an undertold story of Australian history through a mural in the Indigenous heart of Sydney, of a WW1 Aboriginal soldier of colossal proportions and its positive impacts on the wider community. Black ANZAC is screening at…
CinefestOZ has that award-winning Australian feature film, television and theatre actor Sigrid Thornton has accepted the role of Jury Chair for the 2018 Festival. Throughout her career Sigrid has been awarded numerous film, television, theatre awards and nominations including Silver and Gold Logie, AFI, Mo and IF awards and is widely acknowledged as an icon…
Director Matthew Holmes and parts of the creative team behind the 2016 Australian bushranger epic The Legend of Ben Hall will bring Ned Kelly’s infamous final siege to the big screen with a new film titled Glenrowan. Callan McAuliffe is in talks to don Kelly’s famous bullet proof helmet in a role which will see…
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