Australia’s largest destination film festival – CinefestOZ – has announced the release of its 2024 program of films and events, which includes an exclusive preview of new family comedy Runt starring Celeste Barber, Jai Courtney and Jack Thompson, more than 80 feature films, documentaries and short films, and a raft of visiting talent from Saturday,…
Diving Into The Darkness is a jaw-dropping yet initimate portrait of cave diving icon Jill Heinerth, and the nail-biting challenges and risks she’s faced to go where no man or woman has gone before. The new documentary is directed by Nays Baghai – an independent filmmaker and underwater cameraman from Sydney. A graduate of Australia’s…
Two South-East Queenslanders are swinging hard for next festival season after wrapping exciting new Aussie outback short film, Red River Cowboy. Written and directed by emerging Gold Coast filmmaker Grace Wriggles and produced by Christian McCarty from Black Phoenix Productions, Red River Cowboy follows the story of vengeful mistress John, who is left to die…
Beloved cultural event, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), has tonight shared its impressive 2024 program of over 250 features, shorts and XR experiences landing across Melbourne, around Victoria and online Australia-wide this August. Running 8-25 August, this year’s film line-up boasts a world class roster of international features, an assembly of stellar World Premiere…
Aspiring and established female and non-binary screenwriters are now invited to apply for the 2024 CinefestOZ and Women in Film and Television (WIFT) Australia Writers’ Retreat. The free program, which will be held from September 1-4 in Western Australia’s South West during the CinefestOZ Film Festival, provides space and time for up to four participants…
The Australian-South American duo, Bianca K. Nuñez and Camila Ponte Alvarez, are set to spark a misfit revolution with their LGBTIQA+ film, Ms. Vanguard, offering a glimpse into the journey of a brown woman in a black-and-white world. The film is inspired by the directors’ arrest for local activism. Reflecting on her experiences, Bianca K.…
Review by Sofia Paul Buckle up and be part of the ride. The Drive is a documentary by Josh Van Zwieten and Sam Harvey in association with GOTCHA4LIFE, following a group of young men who make the long journey to Uluru from Sydney – although this isn’t the average road trip amongst friends. Josh Van…
CinefestOZ today announced four dramatically different Australian films are in the running to win Australia’s richest $100,000 film prize at the 2024 CinefestOZ Film Festival held in Western Australia’s beautiful South West, August 31 – September 8. The finalists, which will all have their Western Australian premieres at the festival, include hilarious new family comedy…
Review by Sofia Paul This powerful documentary, produced and directed by Angelica Cristina Dio, is made in collaboration with Dhungatti artist Adam Hill, commonly known as Blak Douglas, who sets out to create a very personal artwork about his Indigenous grandmother, Nanna Chlorine Morthem. This is one of three pieces in his collection for the…
Taylor Broadley’s debut feature film, Stubbornly Here, is a surreal and touching journey through the eyes of three teenagers in small-town Australia. The film follows Sunny (Cleo Meinck), PJ (Nathan Di Giovanni), and Floyd (Jonathan Maddocks), who band together to escape a mysterious crisis and their vanishing classmates. Their adventure leads them to a quirky…
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