Victorian-based filmmaker Troy Blackman has announced a limited cinema release for his debut feature film, Vineyard Ablaze. Shot the small Ballarat town of Shelford, Blackman’s new black and white psychodrama follows Minerva (Madeleine Burgess), a young woman who returns to her hometown to care for her grandmother, Vina (Sandra Bradshaw-West) who is dealing with dementia. …
CinefestOZ Broome – Western Australia’s First Nations Film Festival presented by Goolarri Media – returns this October 24-27 with an impressive line-up including the world premiere of Our Medicine from Broome director Kimberley Benjamin, and the regional premiere of Jon Bell’s psychological horror The Moogai, which recently took out the Audience Award for Best Narrative at the Sydney…
A trailer has dropped for Nathan Bender’s short action thriller, Night of the Ronin, ahead of the film’s festival run which is set to begin over the next few months. After a double cross gone wrong, the unprofessional hitman and his boss’s girl are on the run. After surviving a horrific beat down they retreat…
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has launched its full program for the 2024 festival, to be held from October 23 – November 3. One hundred and twelve films from 46 countries will be presented at AFF 2024 with 15 world premieres and 34 Australian premieres at venues across Adelaide. The world premiere of Kangaroo Island,…
Thanks to Madman, we have 10 in-season double passes to give away to see Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail. Her life may be a mess, but Grace Pudel (Sarah Snook, Succession; Predestination) does derive pleasure from three things: her snail collection, romance novels and her guinea pigs. As children, she and twin brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power…
Thanks to Pivot Pictures, we have two family passes to give away to My Freaky Family, opening nationally in cinemas on 24th October. On the cusp of her 13th birthday, Betty Flood – budding musician and magical being – just wants to be like the rest of her fabulous, but very different family, so why is…
Aarushi Chowdhury’s fun but unsettling short film Clown is set to round out its festival run at the upcoming Byron Bay Film Festival and Canberra Short Film Festival following successful screenings at prestigious film festivals like MIFF, SXSW Sydney, Heart of Gold Film Festival and Australian Women’s Film Festival where Aarushi won the One to…
by Matthew Eeles Australian actor and producer Zac Garred has some exciting projects ahead. Known for his roles in the Occupation film series, US medical drama General Hospital, and starring alongside Sam Neill in Bring Him To Me, Garred is now gearing up for two new films. First up is Site Unseen, a black comedy…
Before Dawn, the epic World War I feature film produced and filmed in Western Australia, has launched on Netflix, following a remarkable international run in cinemas and on streaming platforms. The film has received widespread critical acclaim, with European critics awarding it 4.5 and 5 stars, and has earned prestigious nominations and awards across the…
The Exorcist meets Rosemary’s Baby in Australia’s release of Salt Along the Tongue, an Italian supernatural horror film set to have its World Premiere at SXSW Sydney on Friday 18 October 2024. The film is currently sold out with anticipation for more screening sessions to be announced. A love letter to mothers, this all-female cast thriller…
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