With three weeks to go before Monster Fest 2024 arrives simultaneously in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, we’ve put together your complete list of Australian feature films screening throughout the festival. Now in its thirteenth year, Monster Fest is an ode to all that is weird and wonderful in the international and local cult cinema…
Maslow Entertainment today released the spine-tingling trailer for the highly anticipated First Nations psychological horror film The Moogai, just in time for Friday the 13th. Starring Shari Sebbens (The Sapphires, Thor: Love and Thunder) and Meyne Wyatt (We Are Still Here, ABC TV’s Mystery Road), The Moogai will release wide in cinemas in Australia on Halloween (31 October 2024). The film…
Screenwest is pleased to announce Western Australian social impact documentary, Hard As Puck, is the successful recipient of the 2024 Brian Beaton Award. The highly regarded Brian Beaton Award recognises the valuable contribution esteemed late documentary producer Brian Beaton made to the Western Australian screen industry. The award honours his memory by awarding a grant to a…
A tale of young love with a touch of horror, Your Love is Mine is available to rent or buy on digital platforms in Australia, New Zealand, North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland. A bucolic tale of young love marked by tragedy, which then takes a left turn into horror, Your Love is Mine tells the…
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A MOVIE IN JUST 48 HOURS?! Calling all Melbourne filmmakers! Taking place across more than 100 cities across the globe, the 48 Hour Film Project is returning to Melbourne for only one wild and sleepless weekend this September! From September 20th-22nd, teams of local filmmakers will be…
A trailer has dropped for Luke Graham’s Sharko, an intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s famous father, Mark “Sharko” Graham. Sharko is a feature documentary about enigmatic New Zealand Rugby League legend Mark “Sharko” Graham, and his filmmaker son, Luke. In his prime, Mark was the best rugby league player in the world. Known for his…
Victorian filmmaker Genna Chanelle Hayes has announced plans to produce her upcoming feature film Olivia in regional Victoria later this year. Production is set to take place in Ballarat and Melbourne, with the acclaimed young director using her sophomore feature film to tackle violence against women. “This is obviously an issue which I am deeply…
Set to make its world premiere at CinefestOZ this week, Andamooka is a raw and honest portrayal of womanhood, directed, written, produced by, and starring Mara Jean Quinn. Andamooka centres on Alex, a woman whose world has become one of dissatisfaction and disillusionment. Stuck in an unfulfilling job, reeling from a broken engagement and approaching…
Finalists in the 2024 CinefestOZ Short Film Competition have been ahead of the Short Film Awards, which will be held next Thursday 5 September in Margaret River as part of Australia’s largest destination film festival (31 August to 8 September). Recognising exceptional storytelling and talent in the short filmmaking sector of the Australian film industry…
Christmas comes early this year with Blue Canaries, the directorial debut from writer-director team Mounsey Lane – Luke Mounsey and Andy Lane. A ground-level look at a not-so-average night on the job for two Australian street cops, Blue Canaries is a layered examination of the nature of police work, delivered as a ticking clock thriller, set on a sweltering Christmas Eve, where rookie probational…
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