When I told Jack Thompson I was calling from Fremantle in Western Australia, he was quick to let me know how fond he was of the Port City. In the mid-90s, Thompson acted in Graeme Rattigan’s Under The Lighthouse Dancing which was shot just off Fremantle on the west coast’s most famous island playground, Rottnest.…
Message Man Written and Directed by Corey Pearson Produced by Corey Pearson and Mark Nelson Starring Paul O’Brien, Verdi Solomin, Aji Sontosa and Agni Pratistha Kuswardono Message Man is the story a retired hitman Ryan who lives a life of solitude on his boat skirting around the islands of Indoensia. When Ryan’s boat breaks, he is…
Ozflix have teamed up with the National Film and Sound Archive to make available the countless classic Australian films NFSA have in their archives. Previously these pieces of Australia’s cinematic history were only available to the public through screenings at ACMI in Melbourne, AFTRS in Sydney or the Arc Cinema in Canberra but will now be available for the first time nationwide,…
Love Socks Directed, written and produced by Shailla Quadra Starring Michele-Antonio Mattiuzzi, Shailla Quadra, Adam Williamson, Natalie Rose, Paul Armstrong, Olga Markovic, Rhys Gillmer, Khanh Trieu, Amber Gokken, Matthew R. Grego, Amanda Jane Porter, Samantha Beames, Joseph Famularo, Tia Malouhi Love Socks is a heart-warming story about love, family, friends and bodily function anomalies! It’s a romantic comedy that follows the story of Frederica. As a child she is diagnosed with a phenomenon known as Raynaud’s,…
A contemporary re-telling of the 1976 iconic family film, Storm Boy will begin principal photography this July across South Australia. Geoffrey Rush will star as Mike “Storm Boy” Kingley, who recounts his childhood adventures to troubled teen granddaughter Madeline in an effort to prevent her from making the same mistakes he made years before. He tells her the…
Ben Young’s debut feature film, Hounds of Love, will have its Australian premiere red carpet screening on Thursday 18 May at Luna Leederville, with star Stephen Curry in attendance. Over 100 WA cast and crew will walk the red carpet including Perth producer Melissa Kelly from Factor 30 Films. Hounds of Love had its…
Director Jeffrey Walker is kicking goals with two feature films being released in 2017. Madman Entertainment has today released the official trailer for Matchbox Pictures’ new feature Ali’s Wedding. The film will screen at festivals including the 2017 Sydney Film Festival ahead of a national cinema release. The award-winning screenplay, co-written by actor, writer and comedian…
Production has begun on the Gold Coast for director Russell Mulcahy’s In Like Flynn. In Like Flynn follows the legendary screen actor, Errol Flynn, a young man whose double-edged magnetism inspires a rag-tag team of friends to set sail on a thrilling adventure in search of elusive New Guinea gold. In 1930, in the jungles of…
With only one other, rather unsettling film to his name, Perth-based director Jeremy DeCeglie has created a genuinely hilarious film with Can’t Win. Do Try which we speak about this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Influenced by his best mate Jez (Christopher Millington), Gordan (Harry Quinlan) convinces his rather bitchy finance, Kelly (Adriane Daff), to…
Film submissions for the prestigious CinefestOZ Film Prize, General Features and Short Films close on June 2. Now in its fourth year, the CinefestOZ Film Prize is Australia’s Greatest Film Prize! Filmmakers from across the nation have the opportunity to be selected to screen at the prestigious festival as a Finalist for the chance to…
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