Rough Stuff Written and Directed by Jonathan Adams Produced by Nicole Johnschwager and Kelly Tomasich Starring Gareth Rickards, Vincent Andriano, Sam Glissan, Hayley Sullivan, Katie Garfield, Jamie Kristian, Adam Horner and Ernie Dingo “An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride.” by Matthew Eeles 2017 is off and racing and Australian cinema is off to a flying start…
The Hidden Well has started shooting on location in and around Melbourne including St Kilda, Elwood and Brighton. The second feature film from director Robert Chuter (The Dream Children), The Hidden Well is a portmanteau feature film, composed of six standalone chapters all united by a stylistic cinematic framework and a strong ensemble cast including…
Environmental activists meet their match when they tangle with 4WD adventurers in Rough Stuff, which crashes into Australian cinemas from March 16. Rough Stuff is the action-packed story of an activist group making a dubious deal with treasure-seeking Rovers and their modified four-wheel-drives for an expedition through treacherous Australian terrain. Tensions rise and ulterior motives are…
Stephen Sewell’s Embedded with have a series of screenings across Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin during March. The series of screenings will launch with a special Q&A screening with Embedded writer and director, Stephen Sewell and film critic, Eddie Cockrell in Sydney. Embedded is an erotic political thriller detailing a war correspondent that meets…
Indigo Lake Written and Directed by Martin Simpson Produced by Brian Cobb, Martin Fabinyi, Ron Saunders and Martin Simpson Starring Andrew Cutcliffe, Miranda O’Hare, Marin Mimica and Pamela Shaw Famous artist Jack Zeffa is pressured into painting the portrait of a nightclub owner’s beautiful wife. When Jack falls in love with his subject, her husband’s suspicions overflow into violence.…
In the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, Matthew Eeles chats with much-loved Australian actor Steve Bastoni. Steve’s credits include Police Rescue, Neighbours and Underbelly, as well as films including Drift, The Matrix Reloaded, The Water Diviner and more recently Heath Davis’ Broke. He’s also the creator and founder of the Peninsula Short Film…
Revelation Perth International Film Festival is joining forces with the Department of Local Government and Communities and Screenwest to raise awareness and challenge misconceptions about ageing as part of a new short film competition, Life In Pictures. With the endorsement of the World Health Organisation and the International Federation on Ageing as a way of challenging…
Adapted from Craig Silvey’s bestselling Australian novel and featuring a stellar cast including Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Levi Miller, Angourie Rice, Dan Wyllie and Aaron McGrath, Jasper Jones is the story of Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14 living in a small town in Western Australia. This is your chance to experience the iconic Australian…
Butterfly in a Bell Jar Written, Directed and Produced by Matthew Berto Starring Sotiris Tzelios, Adam La Rosa, Katharine Innes, Stephen Kotsanlee, Amy Bodossian, Roger Crook and Jordannah Galea River is a young girl kidnapped at the tender age of 12 and is locked away for the next 15 years in the shed of her neighbours house. Tormented mentally, physically and sexually, every…
Multi-award winning indie Pretty Good Friends will have an exclusive Sydney cinema screening at Paddington’s Chauvel Cinema on Tuesday 7 February at 6:30pm. Pretty Good Friends has been dubbed Australia’s first mumblecore film. Mumblecore is the unique film subgenre that shot Lena Dunham (HBO’s Girls) to fame, and was first coined in 2005 at America’s South…
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