From 10 March, Arc cinema will be screening the exclusive Canberra season of Stephen Page’s debut feature Spear, including a special Q&A with the director on Saturday, 12 March 2016. A unique cinematic experience told through movement and dance with little dialogue, Spear draws on Page’s formidable 25 years spent as Artistic Director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre, where he has…
Australia’s newest film fest, the Noosa International Film Festival, is now open for short film submissions. Submissions are being accepted exclusively via FilmFreeway.com with official selections being screened publicly at various cinema venues. Submission guidelines are available at http://www.niff.com.au. NIFF is staging three short film competitions with an early bird deadline of 3 May, regular deadline 7…
St Kilda Town Hall is the perfect venue for the premiere screening of Daughter, a short film and awareness project produced and shot in the City of Port Phillip in September 2015, with the intention of capturing the true heart and soul of St Kilda while touching on important issues such as gender violence and…
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Directed by: Fred Schepisi Written by: Fred Schepisi Produced by: Fred Schepisi, Roy Stevens Starring: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor, Steve Dodd and Ray Meagher Jimmie is a young aboriginal man who through hard work and marriage to a white woman is doing everything he can to…
Within the first ten seconds of the Red Billabong trailer we see a shot gun, an army, a giant fucking monster tearing apart a car, a passionate embrace, a character struggling in dark water, a bloodied carcass, more shooting, and a beautiful horse. But it doesn’t stop there… We’ve been teased an action-packed, heart-pounding, first look for…
Watch The Sunset Directed by: Tristan Barr and Michael Gosden Written by: Tristan Barr Produced by: Tristan Barr, Damien Lipp and Michael Gosden Starring: Tristan Barr, Aaron Walton, Chelsea Zeller, Zia Zantis-Vinycomb, Michael Gosden and introducing Annabelle Williamson Synopsis: In a single afternoon a man comes to grips with the power of his past, when his estranged…
Meet the Festival Director – get the inside scoop on festival selection and Marketing and Distribution! Flickerfest l in 2016 will celebrate 25 years of screening the best short films from Australia and around the world in competitions and special showcases. Following the Festival in Sydney, a selection of films will go on tour to…
“I love the industry and the people involved within it. It is one of the most challenging things I have ever embarked on.” Interview by Joanne Kmaid Has anyone ever told you that you resemble Steve Martin? [Laughs]. No, never, you are the first. I quite often get told that I look like Richard Gere, particularly at…
The Daughter Directed by: Simon Stone Written by: Henrik Ibsen (Play), Simon Stone Produced by: Jan Chapman, Nicole O’Donohue and Alex White Starring: Ewen Leslie, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neil, Odessa Young, Anna Torv, Miranda Otto, Paul Schneider and Nicholas Hope Synopsis: In the last days of a dying logging town Christian (Paul Schneider) returns to his…
Monster Fest has announced that submissions are now open for Features, Short Films and Expanded Cinema Projects, with an Early Bird Deadline of April 29, a Regular Deadline of June 3 and a final, Extended Deadline of August 12, 2016. Australia’s premier festival of cult, horror and the fantastic, Monster Fest returns for its sixth edition November 24-27, 2016 at the Lido…
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