Galore – 19 June, 2014 Directed by: Rhys Graham Starring: Ashleigh Cummings, Lily Sullivan, Toby Wallace and Aliki Matangi In the tradition of Somersault, writer/director Rhys Graham (Murundak: Songs of Freedom) explores the heartrending, chaotic, immense world of teenagers in his narrative feature debut GALORE. It’s a sweltering summer before the final year of school. Best friends…
In the beginning Billie narrates, ‘We were just kids’. It’s as though she’s using this to justify her misbehaviours like so many of us have done when remembering our past. Setting horse paddocks on fire, touching each other up at skate parks or sleeping with a friend’s lover is forgiven because we were just kids.…
Ten years after a collapse of the western economic system, Australia’s mineral resources have drawn the desperate and dangerous to its shores. With society in decline, the rule of law has disintegrated and life is cheap. Eric (GUY PEARCE) is a cold and angry drifter who has left everything and everyone behind. When his car…
“I wanted it to feel like everything that had gone wrong in the world was an entirely plausible product of the forces at work today.” I want to go back to the beginning for a moment. You launched your feature film career as a co-writer on American movie, Hesher staring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. How important was…
The Rover has an incredible back story: It’s the near future and Western civilisation has fallen victim to economic collapse. The ancient Australian Outback has found itself host to desperate immigrants from all corners of the globe looking to make a buck in mining. Lack of authority makes it easy for the desperate to exploit…
Features THE DEAD SPEAK BACK Intro and Q&A with sirector Jason Sweeney A stunning feature film debut from writer/director Jason Sweeney, The Dead Speak Back is a powerful, raw, perhaps even primal journal into the experiences of the recently deceased and those left behind. THE LAST GOODBYE – WORLD PREMIERE Intro and Q&A with writer/director/actor…
In anticipation of tonights premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, a new, very short clip has been released for Christopher Houghton’s Touch. The second, more lengthy clip is an hilarious scene from Josh Lawson’s The Little Death. https://twitter.com/Kate_Mulvany/statuses/474695905325490176
Only two Australian feature films are booked to hit cinemas this month and they’re absolute beauties. First off is David Michôd’s followup to his critically acclaimed Animal Kingdom. The Rover’s trailer has been viewed over 1,200,000 times on YouTube – no doubt by Robert Pattinson fan-girls but this is sure to be a rare Australian box-office success. The next cab off the…
Sydney Film Festival and Vivid Ideas present an exclusive event bringing together director David Michôd, producer Liz Watts and actors Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson, to explore the process behind creating dystopic, desert-noir thriller The Rover and engage in an audience Q&A, moderated by film critic Margaret Pomeranz. A Cannes Official Selection, The Rover delivers…
Cinema Nova will be holding a Galore preview screening followed by a Q&A with director Rhys Graham and actors Toby Wallace, Lily Sullivan and Aliki Matangi held on Wednesday June 18 at 6.30pm. Directed by Rhys Graham (The Turning), Ashleigh Cummings (Puberty Blues), Lily Sullivan (Mental, Rake),Toby Wallace (Return to Nim’s Island) and Aliki Matangi…
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