On March 8, 2014 Australian cinema lost one of its most accomplished actresses, Wendy Hughes. We invite you to enjoy this collection of Australian feature film trailers starring the beautiful and talented Hughes. She will be sadly missed. Salvation (2008) Directed by Paul Cox Starring Wendy Hughes, Bruce Myles and Natasha Novak Caterpillar Wish (2006) Directed by Sandra Sciberras Starring Victoria…
Director JJ DeCeglie’s Jugular will have its red carpet premiere at the Bakery in Northbridge on Friday night. The Fremantle novelist-turned-director’s debut feature won big at last year’s Melbourne Underground Film Festival taking out Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Gregory Pakis. Pakis plays Jack, a man whose world spirals into madness and violence…
Cinema Nova, Melbourne’s home of quality art house and contemporary cinema, will be hosting a Q&A session with Australian filmmaker, Anna Broinowski. The documentary filmmaker will be presenting her film Aim High in Creation, a revolutionary comedy about the cinematic genius of North Korea’s late leader Kim Jon-il, with a ground breaking experiment at its…
Angus Sampson revealed a hand-painted poster for his directorial debut The Mule via Twitter yesterday. The poster was made especially for SXSW where the film is making its much anticipated debut. The Mule will be released in Australian cinemas mid 2014. Hand painted poster for THE MULE 's world premiere at SXSW #sxsw14 http://t.co/pTcaMoLzjC —…
If you’re like everyone else I’ve shown The Infinite Man trailer to then your first response will be, “Groundhog Day?” Hugh Sullivan’s time travel comedy/romance does bare a resemblance to the Bill Murray film but looks like it has enough quirk to stand on its own. I’m really looking forward to the response The Infinite Man gets…
Monster Pictures, Howling Wolves Wines and Yes Asia are proud to announce the return of the highly anticipated Monster Fest Perth. According to Festival Director, Neil Foley, Monster Fest is Australia’s “nastiest, juiciest and downright evilest film festival.” “We have had increasing demand from our fans in the west, so it’s awesome to be returning…
The World of Women’s Cinema WOW Film Festival launches today with so much Australian talent on display. For 20 years the festival has showcased female filmmaking talent not only from Australia but from around the world and is held in different venues around Sydney. Below you’ll find a list of all the Australian short films screening…
Mystery Road was the big winner of last nights Australian Film Critics Association Film & Writing Awards. Ivan Sen’s below average, dusty thriller took home six major awards including Best Film and Best Cinematography. Being a male dominated film the only two local awards Mystery Road didn’t take out were Best Actress (Nicole Kidman, The Railway…
Multiple award-winning filmmaker Cathy Henkel will take her latest documentary, Rise of the Eco-Warrior on a road trip during March. Beginning in Byron Bay and wrapping up in Perth all sessions will be accompanied by a Q&A session with the director. Rise of the Eco-Warriors follows a group of adventurous young people as they leave…
PRESS RELEASE: Burns Point, a crime drama directed by Tim Blackburn, is starting production in the first week of March, 2014. The film is Tim Blackburn’s feature film directorial debut. Tim has directed several successful short films, most notably Monobrow – a finalist in the Australian 2013 Tropfest short film festival (aka The Largest Short Film Festival…
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