The upcoming Mardi Gras Film Festival is jam-packed with great Aussie films! The collection contains two World Premieres, an Australian Premiere, a rarely seen film from 1970, and a collection of the best queer shorts made this year. All of these sessions will attract massive audiences, and three films are followed by official after parties.…
Rooftop Movies’ January – February program features some classic Australian films like The Castle and Muriel’s Wedding, alongside recent new release The Water Diviner Rooftop Movies will host the Perth Underground Film Festival (PUFF) during FRINGE WORLD from Thursday 12 February – Saturday 21 February. The festival showcases independent experimental and documentary films from around the world, providing the opportunity to view films on…
FTI’s PAC Script Lab is pleased to present a public reading of a new feature film script, THE KILLING TREE by Ben Young from an original idea by Andy Froemke & Thomas G.Lemmer. To catch a deranged killer from the future, an obsessed detective must confront her ghosts from the past. After losing her family in a tragic…
Malcolm Toohey (Joel Edgerton: AACTA winner The Great Gatsby) is a committed husband, father and a dedicated detective who’s not afraid to put himself in the line of fire. After surviving a shot through his bullet proof vest during a major drug bust, his Drugs Squad rowdily celebrates their success and Malcolm’s courage at the…
All five seasons of Australia’s favourite, award-winning series, Offspring. Nina Proudman has a simple quest – to deal with her fabulously messy family, manage the intensity of a job delivering babies, and go on the hunt for a decent love life – whilst also handling her tendency to over-think, fantasise, and wonder about life’s other little…
A woman’s campaign to be the next State Premier is complicated when her ex-lover is announced as the new leader of the opposition. Kate Ballard is running for State Premier. Committed and rigorous, her victory seems assured… until a shock new leader is elected in opposition: David McLeod, a popular TV and Radio identity… and…
Australia’s biggest celebration of screen just got bigger, with AACTA today announcing multi AFI and AACTA Award winning performers Cate Blanchett and Deborah Mailman as hosts of the 4th AACTA Awards Ceremony in Sydney. Joining these outstanding hosts will be AACTA President Geoffrey Rush who will present along with Kat Stewart, Marta Dusseldorp, Lachy Hulme, Stephen Curry and Dan Wyllie to name a few. Nominees include Patrick Brammall, Essie Davis, Sarah…
Australian filmmaker Armand de Saint-Salvy has made it through to the finalist list in the global Crash The Super Bowl Competition! It’s now up to voters to select the grand prize winner for his chance to win $US1 million, the opportunity to work at Universal Pictures in Hollywood for a full year, and have his ad aired…
The Cinema Australia team loves independent cinema and the Wormwood trailer looks like it has nailed it. Check it out below. Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers &…
by Biana Biasi (director): A couple of years ago, a casual conversation among a group of talented Sydney film makers came up with a novel plan to tackle the baron stretches of nothingness faced by anyone wanting to make a mark in Australia’s depressed industry. The Morning Starr Productions crew and a few of its…
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