Brisbane audiences are set to get an exclusive advance screening of Occupation as Luke Sparke’s new Sci-Fi/Action film secures the opening night spot of Monster Fest’s annual Brisbane event Friday, May 25 Experience first contact in the last place you would expect: Occupation is the highly anticipated new film featuring an outstanding cast of Australian and international names including Dan…
by Matthew Eeles Jason Raftopoulos’ new Melbourne-shot drama West of Sunshine will have it’s Australian premiere at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. West of Sunshine is an exhilarating piece of Australian cinema, depicting Jim’s (Damien Hill) rocky relationship with his stepson (Hill’s real-life stepson Ty Perham), whilst navigating the collapse of his family and managing…
Directed by Alena Lodkina Written by Alena Lodkina and Isaac Wall Starring Kate Cheel, Justin Courtin and Daniel P. Jones Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Melbourne-based filmmaker Alena Lodkina delivers…
Kerry Fox (Cloud Street), Ursula Yovich (Australia), Shari Sebbens (Redfern Now), Huw Higginson (A Place To Call Home) and Elaine Crombie (Black Comedy) are set to join Miranda Tapsell (The Sapphires) when production begins this month on Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding. Top End Wedding is co-written by Tapsell and Joshua Tyler (Plonk) and tells…
You can almost feel the sticky carpet and smell the motel rooms in this most excellent longitudinal documentary about the ups, downs, ins and outs and roundabouts of life in a rock band. In what was dangerously close to becoming a life’s work for director Mat de Koning, Meal Tickets centres on the supped-up rise of Perth…
Directed by Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling Written by Yolanda Ramke Produced by Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings, Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder Starring Martin Freeman, Susie Porter, Anthony Hayes, Caren Pistorius, Simone Landers, David Gulpilil, Natasha Wanganeen, Bruce Carter, Kris McQuade and Andy Rodoreda The first official trailer has arrived for Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo. Martin Freeman plays…
You Can Say Vagina Written, Directed and Produced by Mischa Baka and Siobhan Jackson Starring Tom McCathie, Liza Dennis, Lucy Orr, Josh Price and Jesse Richards A young women moves to a new city and finds herself describing vaginas for money, dancing with dogs, washing old men and falling apart. She’s fucked up and demanding answers. You Can…
Writers and producers keen to carve out a career in the film industry can now apply for Behind Closed Doors, a new initiative run by CuriousWorks and supported by Screen Australia’s Enterprise Ideas Program, that connects emerging storytellers in Western Sydney with some of the industry’s most experienced creative talent. The purpose of Behind Closed Doors…
Thanks to Umbrella Entertainment we’ve got a few copies of Fred Schepisi’s internationally-acclaimed The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith to give away. Fred Schepisi’s internationally acclaimed masterpiece, based on the novel by Thomas Keneally, is the shocking tale of an indigenous man driven to madness and revenge. Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) is a young Aboriginal half-caste…
Known as the “festival where stars shine,” AIFF celebrates the importance of independent filmmaking by showcasing top independent films from across the globe and rewarding the very best. AIFF encourages participation and actively promote top films and screenplays from all categories through social media channels. Not only will film makers be invited to attend but…
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