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?),…
“It was a surreal, occasionally out-of-body experience.” Written by Matt Holcomb exclusively for Cinema Australia: I have made only a handful of short films – far less than I would have liked to have made at this point. I don’t consider myself to be a natural short-form storyteller; it’s just not something that comes easily to…
The first trailer has arrived for Greenfield, a five part web series shot in Merridin, Western Australia. The trailer is worth a look because it is of very high quality, intense and intriguing. After an unexplained absence of over ten years, James’ aspirations of rebuilding his former life with girlfriend, Kelly are short-lived when her…
Director Luke Griffiths has announced a one-time-only screening of his Perth shot short The Scarlett Sapphire. The action/thriller will be showing at Cinema Paradiso in Northbridge on the 11th of June, from 7:00pm to 8:30. When Scarlett’s son is kidnapped by an enigmatic organisation she is forced down a bloody path of murder and mayhem in a…
Jumpgate VR, in collaboration with Cyan Films, have created a virtual reality experience for the upcoming Cairnes brothers feature, Scare Campaign – the first time an Australian feature film has used the technology to engage fans. A 90-second teaser trailer has just been released for Scare Campaign: The VR Experience, which is available via Jumpgate’s…
“Fury Road feels as at home as a koala in a gumtree.” It was tempting to leave the premiere of Mad Max: Fury Road in true road warrior fashion by fanging it out of the cinema carpark, laying a massive snakey through quiet suburbia and speeding off at 220kph down the freeway. Thankfully my car is…
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