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…
As one of Seven Group Holdings’ first productions, Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner was plugged heavily on 7’s Sunday Night program. Starring Russell Crowe (GLADIATOR, A BEAUTIFUL MIND) and Olga Kurylenko (OBLIVION, QUANTUM OF SOLACE), THE WATER DIVINER is an epic adventure set four years after the devastating battle of Gallipoli in Turkey…
Morgue is a short film directed by Jake Shannon that follows a middle-aged businessman, Steve (Mario Piccoli), who affter waking up dead in a morgue, is confronted with a somewhat cheeky old man (Phillip MacKenzie). The two discuss life, death and everything between. Staring Mario Piccoli, Phillip MacKenzieWritten and directed by Jake ShannonProduced by Lewis Rodan Cinematographer Naveed Farro Production…
This weekend Cinema Australia is giving readers the chance to win tickets to the highly anticipated Australian film, Healing. Starring Don Hany, Hugo Waving, Anthony Hayes and a plethora of Australia acting talent, Craig Monahan’s latest is a powerful, moving story of redemption, the discovery of hope and the healing of the spirit – in the most…
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