“Anyone familiar with the attention span of a seven-year-old will understand this was no easy task.” Written by Alister Grierson exclusively for Cinema Australia: Imagination Game began, like many ideas, as a conversation on a bus. My wife, Skye, had stumbled across a cult of conspiracy theorists online who had bought into the idea that…
Submissions for the 2015 Made In Melbourne Film Festival are now open! MIM highlights Melbourne filmmakers and showcases the best short films, independent features, and high school films from Melbourne and Victoria. Now in their seventh straight year, MIM continues to innovate and grow and celebrate local creativity and 2015 will be no exception. This year…
Cottesloe Films is overwhelmed with the response it has received to its musical short film Library of Love as internationally renowned artists Emma Booth and Guy Gross offer their support. The film’s crowdfunding campaign (www.pozible.com/libraryoflove) launched earlier last week, reaching its initial goal of $10,000 within three days. The team is now aiming to reach $15,000 to enable the use of real musicians. Library…
MONSTER FEST PRESENTS: FRIDAY FRIGHT NIGHT will showcase a depraved cavalcade of the latest, greatest and rarest cult and horror cinema from Australia and around the globe. There will be world premieres, local premieres, re-runs of classic gems as well as rarities that may never have been seen on the big screen in Australia before. Where possible, the screenings…
Simon Stone’s dramatic feature will open the Official Competition of the festival. Roadshow Films, in conjunction with producers Jan Chapman and Nicole O’Donohue, are pleased to announce that Australian film The Daughter has been selected for Official Competition at Sydney Film Festival. The feature film directorial debut of acclaimed theatre-maker Simon Stone will have its…
Tango Underpants’ online premiere coincides with Library of Love’s campaign launch Cottesloe Films is delighted to announce that three exceptional Australian actors – Trilby Glover, Andrew McFarlane and Ben Mortley – are attached to star in the upcoming short film, Library of Love. The film’s crowdfunding campaign launched today through Pozible – the same time as the online premiere of the…
There are quite a few secrets surrounding the plot of Red Billabong. Going by the recently released teaser poster we know it’s a creature feature of sorts – those beaming red eyes in the sky give that away. But what is it stalking two brothers as they search for their missing friend in the Australian Outback?…
After sell-out screenings in Sydney and Melbourne, an Audience Choice Award and a US Premiere at the prestigious Atlanta Film Festival, jj splice presents a special screening of Drown featuring an intimate, in-depth Q & A with director, cinematographer and producer Dean Francis in his own studio. Visit jj splice films in the heart of Surry…
Our apologies to our readers from other states but this one’s just for the sandgropers. Stay tuned though – we’ve got a lot more nation-wide competitions heading your way very soon. Thanks to Luna Cinemas in Leederville, Cinema Australia is giving readers the chance to win one of five double passes to a preview screening of Partisan…
Melbourne-made award winning indie Pretty Good Friends has been selected to screen as part of Classic and Cameo Cinemas Australian Film Focus series, with special Q&A screenings scheduled for 7 and 9 May. Tickets are available via Classic Cinemas and Cameo Cinemas websites. Pretty Good Friends has been dubbed Australia’s first mumblecore film, the unique…
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