For the first time in its short history, the Made in Melbourne Film Festival will open with a feature film. Matthew Holmes’ The Legend of Ben Hall has been selected to open the festival on Tuesday, 6 December at ACMI. Holmes’ will also officially open the night after the screening along with his key cast and crew, who will…
by Matthew Eeles New images have been revealed for Scott Mannion’s intriguing new film, The Defector. Acting as a concept short for a feature film currently in development, The Defector is set in the days preceding the mysterious disappearance of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, as paranoia engulfs the conservative government. Whilst Holt struggles to suppress Red hysteria from within;…
A third teaser trailer has dropped for 3rd NIGHT. A feature film debut for writer and director Adam Graveley, the unsetting new horror film is set in the isolated surrounds of country Western Australia. 3rd NIGHT is a nail-biting story which unfolds over the first three nights of a couples new life in their farm house. When…
Ella Havelka made history in 2013 by becoming the first Indigenous dancer at the 50-year-old Australian Ballet. In this engaging, MIFF Premiere Fund-supported film, Ella – a descendant of the Wiradjuri people – charts her inspiring journey from growing up in modest circumstances as the only child of a single mother in rural Australia to…
The Legend of Ben Hall is just under two weeks away from having its world premiere in “Ben Hall Country”, Forbes, NSW. The November 12 screening will include both general and VIP tickets ranging from $15 to $40 including concession and student tickets. VIP tickets include entry to the premiere and the opportunity to have your…
The Menkoff Method Directed by David Parker Written by Zac Gillam Starring Noah Taylor, Lachlan Woods, Jessica Clarke, Catherine McClements, Mal Kennard and Robert Taylor. Synopsis When the sinister HR guru Max Menkoff arrives to improve productivity at Endobank’s Data Processing Centre, introverted Manga nerd David Cork’s world is turned upside down. With Menkoff at the helm, David can’t draw his comics…
A full list of nominations have been announced for the 6th AACTA Awards. It’s no surprise Mel Gibson’s brutal and brilliant war epic, Hacksaw Ridge, leads the charge with a whopping 13 nominations followed closely by Simon Stone’s The Daughter (10), Rosemary Myers’ Girl Asleep (7), and arguably the best Australian films of the year,…
Madman Entertainment has just dropped the first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Jasper Jones, the film adaptation of the award-winning iconic Australian novel by Craig Silvey. Jasper Jones is directed by Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae, Radiance, One Night the Moon) and produced by Vincent Sheehan (Animal Kingdom, The Hunter) and David Jowsey (Mystery Road, Goldstone).…
Strongman Pictures have dropped a brutal new trailer and an incredible one-sheet for their new film, Tarnation. The film looks to be heavily inspired by Sam Raimi’s original Evil Dead, and the trailer is just as violent. When Oscar’s dreams of becoming a rockstar are brutally crushed her boyfriend leaves (taking the cat and sofa with…
Sisters are doing it for themselves Nothing about the production or distribution of new Australian feature film, Drama can be labelled conventional. Aussie sisters, Sophie and Dominique Mathisen, are true disruptors in the space. Sophie wrote, directed and starred in Drama and Dominique produced it. They have created this indie charmer their own way, on their own terms. By…
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