The filmmaking team behind the award winning Australian drama Broke has announced its next venture, Book Week to coincide with the upcoming national Book Week festivities. Book Week, a comedy drama to be produced in the Blue Mountains, has launched its crowd funding campaign with the who’s who of Australian art and media world pledging their support to…
“Stop dreaming! We need to have a dream and to protect it, but a dream without work is just a vision and it eventually fades. Put your acting first!” Interview by Joanne Kmaid What was it like meeting Robert De Niro? I met him through a mutual friend, Barry Primus; I was working for Barry at…
The Trivialist Written and Directed by Ronen Becker Starring Neven Solian By age 32, Neven Solian was a university drop-out – a taxi driver and social misfit living with his parents; a prodigious intellect with absolutely nothing to show for it. He couldn’t make friends, he couldn’t meet girls, and he couldn’t win his father’s approval. Trivia,…
Support Low Budget Aussie Filmmakers – be the first to see undiscovered indie films on the big screen. Below Five Zero is a new film festival created to provide a platform for Australian films – features and shorts – made with a budget of less than $50,000. Screening this October the festival is your chance…
Thanks to Madman Entertainment, Cinema Australia are giving away three copies of Michael Petroni’s Backtrack starring Adrien Brody and Sam Neill. Psychologist Peter Bower’s life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that the patients he has been seeing are ghosts. Risking his own sanity, Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret which…
Revelation Perth International Film Festival in association with Cinema Australia proudly present a celebration of Australian film – past present and future – through its program of monthly screenings with Australian Revelations. Grant Scicluna’s acclaimed Australian drama Downriver will have its WA premiere at this month’s Australian Revelation event in Perth. A young ex-con encounters secrets from the past and…
In the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, Matthew Eeles chats with director Abe Forsythe about his new film Down Under. Down Under Directed by Abe Forsythe Written by Abe Forsythe Starring Lincoln Younes, Rahel Romahn, Michael Denkha, Fayssal Bazzi, Alexander Herriman, Juston Rosniak and Chris Bunton Synopsis A black comedy set during the aftermath of…
Evil Angels (1988) Written by David Morgan-Brown The death of baby Azaria Chamberlain was one of those heart-wrenching news stories that captured the nation during a large part of the early ‘80s, a relatively small news story that ballooned into a national sensation heard around the world due to the mysterious circumstances surrounding the controversial…
“Balancing the true heart of the story with a fun, comic touch took a lot of work.” Interview by Matthew Eeles How long has Spin Out been with you as an idea for a feature film? Co-writer Edwina Exton and I started work on the script in 2004. A long road. Lots of fun researching Bachelor &…
24-year-old Perth-based producer Jess Black was awarded the prestigious Young Filmmaker of the Year award at the 28th annual West Australian Screen Awards. Black and her short romantic drama Lola & Luis, written and directed by Miley Tunnecliffe, received three nominations, including Young Filmmaker, Best Film (Short Form) and Best Actor for the late Wayne Davies’…
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