On a cold winter morning Dawn commits a seemingly senseless crime, leaving a man unconscious, but she is running from something bigger. Dawn is harbouring a shattering secret. Taking flight with her young daughter, Steph, they hide out in a remote hills town where she tries to keep her restless daughter from prying eyes. Unpredictable…
With society in decline, the rule of law has disintegrated and life is cheap. Hardened loner Eric travels the desolate towns and roads of the scorched and dangerous Australian outback. When a brutal gang of thieves steals his car and only remaining possession, they leave behind the wounded Rey in their wake. Forcing Rey to…
Written by Rolf de Heer and David Gulpilil as a collaborative project, Charlie’s Country stars Gulpilil as blackfella Charlie, who is getting older, and is out of sorts. The government’s intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don’t generally make much sense, and…
It’s seldom such a high quality Australian film is released to a worldwide audience. It was unclear whether or not to get caught up in the international film festival hype, but now it’s official – The Babadook is the first great Australian film of 2014, if not the last couple of years. After his mother…
Australian comedy film festival, Rottofest is calling for comedians, funny people and filmmakers to submit comedy short films and filmed sketch entries to be screened at this year’s Rottofest in September. The funniest selected short films (up to 8 minutes) and filmed sketches (up to 3 minutes) will be judged by a panel of leading…
“Those sort of projects are interesting to me and thrilling as a filmmaker.” Rules of 52 Tuesdays: • The film will be shot once a week, every Tuesday (and only on Tuesdays), over a full year (or 52 Tuesdays). • The film will be shot chronologically; what is shot on a specific Tuesday is what…
It’s that time of the week again when we profile a new Australian short film. This week we take a look at P.O.V: Point of View, a Short Horror film directed by Benjamin Morton filmed from the killer’s perspective as he stalks, captures and kills his victims. Starring Jenna Bridge and Ben-Jamin Newham Written and Directed by Benjamin…
Principal photography begins on Monday (5th May) on the family comedy Oddball – the true story of Swampy Marsh, an eccentric chicken farmer who, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog to protect a wild penguin sanctuary from fox attacks and in the process reunites his family and saves their seaside town. …
Jane (Del Herbert-Jane) is undergoing gender transition from a woman to a man. Because of the stresses this life-altering choice is going to have on her she’s asked her 16 year old daughter Billie (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) to move out and live with her father Tom (Beau Travis Williams). Over the course of a year Billie…
Stars Esther Anderson and Christopher Morris on set. Jag Pannu Productions, in association with VCR Media, has commenced principal photography in Perth on its action comedy Broken Contract. Broken Contract is a story about Max, a down-on-his-luck club owner struggling to make ends meet. When a local gang threatens both his livelihood and his family, Max…
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