If you love to throw your support behind an independent Australian feature film, you’ll be excited to know that tickets are now on sale for an exclusive preview screening of Luke Sullivan’s debut feature film, You’re Not Thinking Straight. Strewn on the floor of a dingy public bathroom, a young man reflects on the tormented…
by Matthew Eeles As far as Australian feature films go, you could never accuse Sunset People of having an ordinary concept. A modern-day Australian thriller with an 80’s inspired edge, set in a dream-like, sinister world that revolves around burlesque, drugs, sex, and… blood addicts? “Our Vampires do not have fangs or turn into bats,” Sunset…
Hunting for Shadows Written, Produced and Directed by Davo Hardy Starring Sage Amethyst Matchett, Sage Godrei, Paul Mercurio Synopsis A little girl encounters Indigenous mythological nightmares while lost in the Australian bush.
CinefestOZ, Australia’s premier destination film festival, was delighted to make two special announcements at tonight’s Gala Night presentations. Girl Asleep was announced the winner of the CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize and the 2016 Screen Legend was awarded to Gillian Armstrong. Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, written by Matthew Whittet and produced by Jo Dyer,…
Can’t Win. Do Try. Written and Directed by JJ DeCeglie Produced by Simon Camp and JJ DeCeglie Starring Adriane Daff, Christopher Millington, Tanya Jade, Matt Furlani, Fiannah de Rue, Chris Reid, Harry Quinlan, Cj Hampson, Chelsea Gibson and Aimee Nicholls “It’s laugh-out-loud funny, batshit crazy and likely the most fun you’ll have watching a movie all year.” Can’t Win. Do Try. is an absolute breath of…
With only one other, rather unsettling film to his name, director JJ DeCeglie has created a genuinely hilarious film with Can’t Win. Do Try. Can’t Win. Do Try. follows Gordon, an engaged 25 year old with a fresh mortgage. In a bid to extend his adolescence he convinces his reluctant fiancée to allow his best-friend Jez…
The Noosa International Film Festival has announced its short film Official Selections for the inaugural Festival in November 2016. Curators have finished critiquing 217 short film entries from 31 countries and have agreed on 141 of the top-rated shorts. Official Selection films will be screened publicly at four venues across the Noosa Shire over the…
In Hobart this weekend? Whether you’re a zombie flick fan, a Western fan and/or you’re a filmmaker interested in unusual financing models and clever low-budget production, you won’t want to miss Bullets for the Dead presented by Monster Fest with assistance of FilmInk & Griffith University. A beautifully-lensed horror western out of Queensland that puts a…
CinefestOZ Film Prize Finalist, Jasper Jones, directed by Rachel Perkins, is set to make its Western Australian premiere at CinefestOZ’s glittering opening night at Orana Cinemas Busselton on Wednesday 24 August at 6pm. Adapted from Craig Silvey’s best-selling Australian novel and featuring a stellar cast including Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Levi Miller, Angourie Rice, Dan Wyllie and…
On September 3, Sydney Film School will throw open its doors to the public with a free Open Day to encourage budding filmmakers to take the opportunity to experience the School and all it has to offer. Those interested in learning more about a career in the film industry will have the opportunity to sit…
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