Continuing its succession of popular screenings, Revelation Perth International Film Festival proudly announces its next screening title. Australian Revelations is a celebration of Australian film via monthly screenings and the local film that pipped the big guns at the 2015 WA Screen Awards Pinch will headline the Monday 30 November event. A coming of age crime drama telling the…
The Made In Melbourne Film Festival turns seven this year and a record number of submissions has led to one of its strongest programs, full of variety, world premieres, and multi-award winning films. Led by a trio of exciting features – each fresh or ground breaking or even controversial – and bookended by the popular Opening and Closing Night Short…
Australian director Cate Shortland’s (Lore, Somersault) next feature film, a psychological thriller starring Teresa Palmer, starts filming at the Docklands Studio in Melbourne this week. Based on Melanie Joosten’s book Berlin Syndrome, Shortland’s as yet untitled film was written by Shaun Grant, who co-wrote Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown. It sees Australia’s very own Teresa Palmer (Wish You Were Here,…
Director Chris Sun has dropped the teaser trailer for his upcoming, highly-anticipated horror film, Boar. The film sees Sun working again with Nathan Jones and Bill Moseley who both starred in Sun’s previous film Charlie’s Farm. The rest of the cast is made up of Griffin Walsh, Christie Lee Britten, Nathan Jones, John Jarratt, Roger ward, Melissa Tkautz, Hugh Sheridan, Simone Buchanan, Bill Moseley, Steve Bisley and Ernie…
This week we’re very happy to be giving Cinema Australia readers the chance to win a DVD copy of Davo Hardy’s The Lives We Lead. The Lives We Lead follows Pamela and Edith Keegan (fiercely portrayed by Sally Williams and Georgina Neville), as their long-raging sibling rivalry bitterly steers through fifty years of their lives,…
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has announced its Feature Film, Television, Visual Effects or Animation and remaining Documentary nominations for the 5th AACTA Awards. In a year of record box office success for Australian films, taking more than $65 million locally to date, speculation about which films would be nominated for Australia’s top…
The second Next Gen program has been announced. The monthly event held at The Backlot Perth will feature 8 short films and will feature special guests including Simon Akkerman ACS and Lauren Brunswick. Simon is a highly experienced award winning cinematographer with a career spanning over 40 years. He’s worked for major clients across a variety…
The Daughter Written & Directed by: Simon Stone Produced by: Jane Chapman, Nicole O’Donohue & Alex White Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Ewen Leslie, Paul Schneider, Miranda Otto, Anna Torv with Odessa Young & Sam Neill Release Date: 2016 Set in the last days of a dying logging town, Christian (Schneider) returns to his family home for his father…
As a non-profit website dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films, Cinema Australia rarely gets the opportunity to throw cash at crowdfunding projects. Trust us, if we had the money we’d be executive producers on almost every new Australian film calling for supporters through the myriad of crowdfunding platforms available on the interwebs. That’s…
Megan Riakos’ Australian mystery thriller Crushed will be released theatrically via FanForce in March 2016 with the first three screening dates announced. More dates are yet to be confirmed. Cinema Australia readers can purchase tickets now to the following screenings: Tuesday, 15 March 2016 Ritz Cinemas, Sydney SPECIAL PREMIERE EVENT Wednesday, 16 March 2016 Mercury Cinemas, Adelaide Thursday, 24 March 2016 Cinema…
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