AACTA have announced a few policy changes for feature film eligibility making it easier for films to get AACTA recognition. A new award has also been announced for Best Online Video or Series. You can read the statements from AACTA below. Feature Film Eligibility Policy Changes Following extensive industry consultation, AACTA has announced a new…
In the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast host Matthew Eeles is joined by director Romi Trower to discuss her new film, What If It Works?. Adrian (Luke Ford), an irrepressibly chirpy tech nerd, suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Grace (Anna Samson), a beautiful street artist, suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder (aka Multiple Personality Disorder).…
Interview by Matthew Eeles A lot of noise is being made both at home and overseas about Australia’s current crop of young up-and-comers like Odessa Young, Angourie Rice, Katherine Langford and Levi Miller. But don’t for one second forget about Sara West. Trust us, she’s gonna be huge. Sara is waiting for the water in…
“I had recently returned to Melbourne when I got the Neighbours audition, so it was like the stars aligning.” Interview by Joanne Kmaid What inspired you to spread your wings outside New Zealand, your hometown? During my childhood my parents travelled a lot, so I’d often go with them. I went to primary school in…
Revelation Perth International Film Festival in association with Cinema Australia proudly present a celebration of Australian film – past present and future – through a program of monthly screenings. One of the great Australian films, Peter Weir’s Gallipoli is a sprawling story of mate-ship, loyalty and national identity. It also marks a very special time in Australian cinema where scale,…
Cinema Australia are giving you the chance to win tickets to see new Australian psychological thriller, Bad Girl. NOTE: Please see special prize details below. Bad girl Amy (Sara West), is given one last chance by her adoptive parents, who think Amy’s friendship with local girl Chloe (Samara Weaving) is a step in the right…
New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison (Once Were Warriors) and Dan Ewing (Beast No More) will star in Occupation, an action/sci-fi film about a hostile ground invasion, that is set to commence principal photography next month. Occupation follows a group of small town residents who have to band together after a devastating ground invasion. As they…
An Afterlife Directed by Ryan Neil Butler Written and Produced by Jeremy Rigby Starring Joss McWilliam, Andrew Groundwater, Linda Millar and Kiki Towny Release Date May 2017 Is there life after death? Everyone has asked this question, but JASON (30) believes he knows the answer. He isn’t a holy man, a psychic or even religious. He’s a prisoner in the…
eOne have released a new clip for Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome ahead of the film’s cinema release on April 20. The intense new clip stars the film’s two leads Teresa Palmer and Max Riemelt. While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photojournalist Clare (Palmer) meets charismatic local man Andi (Riemelt). There is an instant attraction between them,…
Writer and director Fin Edquist will attend a Q&A screening of his his locally-made psychological thriller Bad Girl. Taking the award for Best Film at the Annual Western Australia Screen Awards last year, Bad Girl centres around a dark friendship between two teenage girls, Amy (Sara West) and Chloe (Samara Weaving). Amy (Sara West) returns home…
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