The 4th AACTA Awards Luncheon presented by Deluxe was today held at The Star Event Centre Sydney, celebrating screen craft excellence, and marking the first winners for the 4th AACTA Awards season. Twenty two awards were presented, recognising the talent and innovation of practitioners working across television, documentary, short fiction film, short animation and feature…
A trailer dropped over the weekend for Ariel Kleiman’s psychological thriller, Partisan, and it looks unreal. Partisan is the first feature film for writer/director Kleiman after a couple of successful short films, Young Love and Deeper than Yesterday. Partisan, follows 11-year-old Alexander – playful, curious and naïve, like any other kid. He is also a…
A trailer for Craig Eccle’s The Loop started doing the rounds early last week. The film was shot mainly at Whiteman Park near Perth and is expected to screen sometime this year on the festival circuit. The Loop tells the story of four friends who embark on an adventure with plans for a fun day out but quickly find themselves…
Spread the joy with The Best of Joy House Film Festival! After the success of the Joy House Film Festival held in Sydney in 2014, this light, uplifting short film festival will be coming to Perth on a ‘best of’ tour. This short film festival will be part of the popular Summerset Arts Festival which runs…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Article by Tristan Roache-Turner The Wyrmwood film evolved around late 2010. My brother Kiah was working for Aussie Bum doing promotional videos and I was an electrician/project manager at Ausgrid. We’d make a few commercial productions, and do…
On his first visit to the local Laundromat, a man has a fateful chance encounter with his wife, five years after she walked out. A powerful two hander about guilt, regrets and maybe even a chance at forgiveness. Absolution: by Dean Butler (director). Instead of giving a general overview of Absolution’s production I thought…
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…
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