Jasper Jones author Craig Silvey and the film’s director Rachel Perkins were in Perth recently to launch a series of Q&A screenings around the country. Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles caught up with the pair to speak all things Jasper Jones. “The kids were all different in their own right, but in terms of how they…
Paul Ireland’s critically acclaimed, AACTA winning film Pawno will be available on DVD and VOD from March 1. Cinema Australia are giving readers the chance to win a copy. Pawno is a character driven ensemble film set in the diverse and multicultural suburb of Footscray in Melbourne, Australia. It revolves around one day in the lives…
Drumroll please! The inaugural Big Pineapple film competition is here. Designed to help overcome gender disparity in the Australian film industry, The Big Pineapple will support female-led emerging filmmakers to produce feature length films. With a workforce of just 16% female directors, 23% female screenwriters, 34% female producers and shockingly 7% female cinematographers*, The Big Pineapple will be an active step…
“People are interesting, everybody is interesting.” Rolf de Heer was in Perth recently for a Perth International Arts Festival Film Masterclass where de Heer and collaborator Molly Reynolds discussed their work with Fenella Kernebone. Audiences enjoyed hearing their experiences filming in remote Australia and collaborating with Indigenous communities – and hearing what it means to be a…
What If It Works? Written and Directed by Romi Trower Produced by Tristram Miall Starring Luke Ford, Anna Samson, Brooke Satchwell, Wade Briggs, Kaarin Fairfax, Art Simone, Djon Alexander and Eliza D’Souza 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). As…
A new poster has dropped for John V. Soto’s upcoming Australian Sci Fi drama, The Gateway. Soto’s followup to his 2014 Perth-shot drama The Reckoning follows a particle physicist who is still grieving over the loss of her husband in a car crash. She uses a revolutionary machine to bring him back, with dire consequences for…
Thanks to Studiocanal Australia we’re giving away 10 in-season double passes to A Few Less Men, starring Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall and Kevin Bishop. In A Few Less Men, the hilarious sequel to the worldwide hit A Few Best Men, a destination wedding in Australia’s Blue Mountains goes horribly wrong when Luke gets drunk and falls…
Tru Dot Films has released the first teaser trailer for its new psychological horror feature film, Living Space. Written and directed by Steven Spiel, the film looks set to add to Australia’s rich catalogue of films in this genre. The film stars some of Australia’s best known talent, including Georgia Chara (Wentworth, Home & Away) Leigh Scully…
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. Chasing Asylum exposes the real impact of Australia’s offshore detention policies and explores how ‘The Lucky Country’ became a country where leaders choose detention over compassion and governments deprive the…
“It’s definitely a one man journey, but that journey is littered with relationships that can and will support you along the way, if you allow them to.” Interview by Joanne Kmaid Love your hat trends! Is that your funky charisma or a public persona? [Laughs]. Probably a bit of both! I consider myself to be pretty…
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