Directed by Tom Cowan Produced by John Weiley Starring Nell Campbell, Jude Kuring, Lisa Peers and Martin Phelan Review by David Morgan-Brown: “Love it … hate it … see it.” That was the film’s tagline when Greater Union distributed it, though there’s not too much to hate about this simplistic, yet enjoyably satisfying film. An outback…
The inaugural Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Melbourne’s first competitive documentary film festival, will kick off in July 2016 at Howler Artspace and Longplay Cinema. With a mission to discover and promote innovative independent documentaries, MDFF will deliver an impressive slate of short and feature length films from around the world. MDFF is looking for the freshest, most challenging documentaries…
Cameron Blunt’s Queensland-shot short film, Brother has dropped and if you haven’t already seen it – it’s definitely worth it. We have the please of watching so many Australian short films and this is right up amongst the best of the year. Brothers is intense, hardcore, well-performed and expertly crafted. A little while back Cinema Australia published and…
Cinema Australia readers have been given an exclusive first-look behind the scenes of director JJ DeCeglie’s new Perth comedy, Can’t Win. Do Try. You can also see the first trailer below. Gordon is young, engaged and paying off a fresh mortgage. In a bid to extend his adolescence he convinces his reluctant fiancée to allow his…
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.…
The Lights Written & Directed by: Christopher Krupa Produced by: Kerrie Brown Starring: Liam Breton, Tracy Collins, Tom Matthews, Madelaine Osborn, Emily Whyte and Todd Williams In the tradition of The Tunnel and Lake Mungo, The Lights documents a group of students who allegedly encountered an unknown entity in New South Wales in 2014 which…
Revelation Perth International Film Festival will present THIS IS ROCK! at Perth’s 2016 Fringe World Festival from 21 January – 22 February. Joining the incredibly successful multi-arts Fringe World event for the first time, Revelation will present a program of seven music documentaries that chart a course from the roots to the renaissance of punk, hair and heavy rock.…
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…
“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…
It’s that time of the year again we invite readers to vote for their favourite Australian film of the year. The year has been riddled with amazing films from local creators so you should have no trouble picking your favourite. Just for voting Cinema Australia are giving one lucky reader the chance to win a brilliant Australian film…
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