WA feature film The Burning Kiss teases new trailer

A mysterious new teaser for upcoming West Australian feature film The Burning Kiss has been released showcasing more of the films surreal hybrid style. With offbeat narration about finding an unusual sea-creature wash ashore coupled with imagery ranging from neo-noir, giallo and southern gothic the teaser hints at a colourful and atypical indie film experience.…

Rev announces Video On Demand platform – Oz films from the comfort of your own home

Revelation Perth International Film Festival is proud to announce the release of its new Video on Demand platform – RevOnDemand Diving deeply into previous Revelation Perth International Film Festival programs, the catalogue charts a course through close to two decades of international independent cinema. The RevOnDemand catalogue includes a host of international short films, animations, documentaries, feature films and everything in…

Actor Focus: Damon Hunter

“I co-produced and co-wrote a short film which featured the late and absolutely brilliant Bill Hunter.” Interview by Joanne Kmaid You have been acting since 2004. Is that 11 years of solid performance? I wish it was 11 years of solid performance! (Grins). But no, about 7 years ago, I was doing a day job I…

Stranger With My Face returns – 2016 dates announced

After a hiatus in 2015, Tasmania’s Stranger With My Face International Film Festival (formerly known as Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival) will return for its fourth edition from April 14-17, 2016. Named after the dark YA novel by Lois Duncan, Stranger With My Face focuses on female perspectives in genre film, with an emphasis…

Your first look at Abe Forsythe’s Down Under

The first image for filmmaker Abe Forsythe’s second feature film, Down Under, has just been released. A black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, Down Under is the story of two carloads of hotheads from both sides of the fight destined to collide. Sincere, though misguided, intent gives way to farcical ineptitude as this hilarious yet…

Competition! Win a double pass to Death or Liberty at Luna Outdoor (Closed)

Thanks to Luna Outdoor Outdoor Cinema in Leederville, Cinema Australia has 5 double passes up for grabs to see Death of Liberty with a live Q&A on Sunday December 13 from 7.00pm with honored guests Steve Thomas (writer/director), Mick Thomas, one of Australia’s greatest songwriters and author Tony Moore. Death or Liberty is a dramatised documentary that brings to life a…

What’s next for Dickhead director?

The director of the hit Aussie time travel comedy I’m You, Dickhead is back with a new short film CAPES, this time taking on the world of superheroes – and it’s crowdfunding now. “CAPES is about a superhero called the Dark Blackness, who is kind of like Batman except even more socially awkward,” says writer/director Lucas Testro. “He keeps…