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…
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…
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…
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…
Camelot Outdoor is opening for summer with more advance screenings than ever. Highlights of the 2016 season include Suffragette, Carol, Brooklyn, Revenant and 45 Years, while Jazz and Oyster nights, Fairbridge Festival tasters and live music nights will be back by popular demand. Camelot Outdoor Cinema is a unique and intimate venue located at Mosarts,…
Death or Liberty Directed by: Steven Thomas Starring: Owen McDonnell, Sean O’Meallaigh, Llion Williams, Russell Fletcher, Zachary Lennon, Lochlann O’Mearain, Kelton Pell and Michael Abercromby Where you can catch it: Exclusive one off screening on Sunday, 13 December at Luna Outdoor followed by a Q&A screening with special guests Writer/Director/Producer Steve Thomas, Author Tony Moore and Mick Thomas, one of Australia’s greatest songwriters following the 8.15pm…
Written by David Morgan-Brown: Made in the same tradition as The Birds and Frogs, Long Weekend is a horror film where nature attacks. Unlike the two mentioned films, there’s no specific creature in this, just the outback itself, with its multiple annoyances and critters turning against its human prey. This 1978 horror film has slowly…
Scare Campaign, which charts the increasingly extreme attempts of a horror-themed TV “prank” show to stay one step ahead of its nihilistic online rivals and stars Olivia DeJonge (The Visit) and Meegan Warner (Turn), has picked up awards for Best Film, Best Sound in a Feature, Best Feature Screenplay and Best Direction at Monster Fest. “Having…
Following sell out screenings at Australian and international film festivals and a successful national cinema release via the TUGG platform with sold out screenings in Sydney, Byron, and Melbourne, the new road movie, All About E will be launched on DVD on Wednesday December 9. First feature of writer/director Louise Wadley and produced by Jay Rutovitz,…
Written by Callan Manners (director) We shot mum in 2013 during my last year at Tafe in Northbridge. The way it used to work there was the students in the selection pool for the final year would write scripts. Then they would be judged by the staff and the best ones would be given to the…
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