Cinema Australia are proud supporters of short filmmaking and believe they’re the backbone of the Australian film industry. West Side Shorts was recently brought to our attention so we thought we’d share it with our readers. West Side Shorts began in 2008 and is the longest running monthly film event in Melbourne. Held on every second…
The Melbourne International Film Festival revealed a sneak peak of its 2015 program today and it’s got the Cinema Australia team very excited. Some highlights of the program include Grant Scicluna’s Downriver, Neil Armfield’s highly anticipated Holding the Man, and short film The Nice House, following 2015 Australian of the Year and domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty. The…
Australia’s longest-standing and publicly owned short film festival, St Kilda Film Festival, has today announced this year’s award nominees who are in the running for more than $50,000 worth of cash and prizes across 16 categories. As an ACADEMY AWARDS® qualifying event, the winners of this year’s Best Short Film and Best Documentary are eligible for consideration in the OSCARS® Short Film and OSCARS® Documentary…
Hamartia, the second feature film by Perth filmmaker Emma Humphreys, will premiere at The Backlot Perth on July 8. Featuring a cast of West Australian actors and entirely W.A. made, Hamartia is Emma Humphreys’ second feature after her 2011 debut Inner Circle, an official selection of the Arizona International Film Festival. Hamartia tells the story of a…
Entertainment collective, Alison Fowler and Stephanie Pringle, have announced the official launch of their casting agency, Chicken & Chips. Bringing a fresh and energetic approach to the industry, Chicken & Chips was born after Fowler – the Chicken – and Pringle – the Chips – realised they were seeing the same faces on TV day after day. Ex…
The Sydney Underground Film Festival programs unique, quality independent films that transgress the status quo and challenge the conservative conventions of filmmaking. The festival is devoted to renewing local interest in independent and experimental film as part of an international underground film culture and aims to change an ingrained culture of cinematic complacency and revitalise an…
Filming is underway in Western Australia’s Pilbara region on Blue Dog, the second movie in the Red Dog franchise. Joining the canine ‘Blue Dog’ are distinguished Australian actors Bryan Brown (Australia, Beautiful Kate) and John Jarratt (Wolf Creek), alongside newcomer Levi Miller (Pan, Terra Nova) and UK actor Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, Fury, Black Hawk Down). Culture and the Arts Minister…
In what has been seen as a bleak time for Australian Cinema, Revelation Perth International Film Festival is leading the charge to demonstrate that a change is afoot. Opening the 18th Revelation Film Festival in 2015 will be Last Cab To Darwin, an extraordinary film of depth and perception. Directed by Jeremy Sims and featuring…
“The theme stayed the same, it was a shift in tone that was needed.” Written exclusively for Cinema Australia by Josef Ber: I started writing the script for Jack’s Promise a few years ago. I wanted to explore a character who was struggling with his past choices and wasn’t in the greatest of places in…
Australian cinema’s scariest bad guy, John Jarratt, has placed himself behind and in front of the camera in his directorial debut, STALKHER, an inappropriately funny, dark, romantic thriller, set for theatrical release in late August, distributed by The Backlot Films. Written by Kris Maric and co-directed by Kaarin Fairfax (well, Jarratt spends half the film tied to a chair, doesn’t he?),…
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