An intriguing new trailer has dropped for The Butterfly Tree, a beautifully looking film from director Priscilla Cameron starring Melissa George, Ewen Leslie and Ed Oxenbould. When 13-year-old Fin meets Evelyn, a florist with a penchant for 1940s fashion and a radiant appetite for life, he is drawn into her spellbinding world of plants and…
Ahead of the film’s screening at next month’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, producer, writer and director Johanna B. Kelly has written this exclusive article for Cinema Australia about her new film, The Gateway Bug. Written by Johanna B. Kelly – Producer, Writer and Director of The Gateway Bug. Eating insects might just save the planet…
The School’s out Written by Matthew Eeles Filming has wrapped on The School, a supernatural horror by first-time feature director, Storm Ashwood. A very relaxed Ashwood was deep in post production when we spoke to him recently from his Sydney home. “The editor is surprised how easily everything is coming together,” an excited Ashwood told…
“We all know about the civil rights movement and the gay rights movement and the disability rights movement should really sit alongside them in our minds and our history books”. Director Sarah Barton Defiant Lives, the powerful new feature documentary by Australian director Sarah Barton releases nationally on July 17 with a series of…
CinefestOZ Film Festival has announced renowned Australian film director, producer and screenwriter, Scott Hicks as the 2017 Festival Jury Chair. Internationally acclaimed, Hicks has been nominated for and won many prestigious awards for his work. His film Shine was an international box office sensation and was nominated for seven Academy® Awards, including two for Hicks…
Grid Face Directed by Naveed Farro Starring Athan Bellos Grid Face highlights the issues regarding creative freedom by following a man leading a double life as an architect and a graffiti writer. Written by Naveed Farro Grid Face is a short film that follows an architect, Felix, who is leading a double life as a graffiti writer. Constantly…
I Miss The War Written and Directed by Andrew Walsh Produced by Andrew Walsh, Ivan Malekin and Sarah Golding Starring Hannah Gott, Sarah Golding, Laura Vine, James Barr, Kyle Webb I Miss The War is a comedy/drama about three very different sisters Annie, Charlotte and Stella who reunite on the anniversary of their late mothers death. It’s been nine years now since the…
Greg McLean’s survival thriller, Jungle, will have it’s world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August. Jungle tells the extraordinary true story of Yossi Ghinsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), who spent three weeks lost in the Amazon in his early 20s. The film also stars Lily Sullivan and Alex Russell. “From the moment I first read the story…
Australian rockumentary, Decent into the Maelstrom: The Radio Birman Story is set to hit select cinemas from July 20 following screenings at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival. Sydney, Australia. 1974. A group of outsiders band together with a mission. In a world of satin jumpsuits and screaming teens on Countdown, they form the high…
The Go-Betweens: Right Here Directed by Kriv Stenders Written by Kriv Stenders Produced by Joe Weatherstone, Kriv Stenders The intensely passionate, creative and fraught set of relationships that formed one of the most loved bands in Australian rock history is explored in this classy documentary. Director Kriv Stenders uncovers the people who made The Go-Betweens. Conceived in Brisbane…
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