Following standout performances in Ivan Sen’s Loveland, the Paramount+ series One Night, the ABC surfing drama Barons, and this year’s critically-acclaimed Shayda, Jillian Nguyen has now lent her celebrated talents to the world of voice acting. In the highly entertaining and inspiring animated feature film, Scarygirl, Jillian brings to life the film’s fearless lead character,…
Craig Silvey’s best-selling novel Runt is being made into a feature film in Western Australia with an incredible all-star Australian cast including Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber, Deborah Mailman, Matt Day and Jack Thompson. Leading the picture are two new stars: nine-year-old Lily La Torre who plays the story’s hero Annie Shearer, and rescue dog Squid…
Wise Goat Productions today announced production has begun in Melbourne on My Eyes, a new Australian feature film from producers Tsu Shan Chambers (Suka, Unsound) and Judi Levine (How to Please a Woman, Falling for Figaro), directed by Angela How (Bullied). Inspired by true events, it is written by Chambers, How and Ade Djajamihardja. Taking a star turn in the lead, Chambers is joined by a talented…
Welcome to the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by actor Jordan Fraser-Trumble, who delivers an outstanding performance in the new feature film The Cost, written and directed by Matthew Holmes. Matthew was a recent guest on this podcast, where he discussed this gripping white-knuckle thriller. You can listen to that episode here.…
Talented actor and director Mark Coles Smith along with Kelton Pell, Mitch Torres, Adrian Russell Wills, Zac James and Marlanie Haerewa will celebrate Indigenous stories from Australia, the Torres Strait Islands and New Zealand from 26-29 October as part of CinefestOZ Broome – Western Australia’s First Nations Film Festival presented with Goolarri Media. The four-day festival, which is now in its second year,…
Two WA filmmakers have reason to celebrate this festive season as their humble short film A Novel Christmas has been selected for screening at two prestigious Academy Award-qualifying festivals. The film’s heartfelt storytelling and uplifting Christmas message have secured a place at the renowned Austin Film Festival and the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. On…
Following sold out screenings at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival, Pivot Pictures has announced the cinema release of the hilarious and chaotic Australian comedy, The Big Dog for a limited season from Thursday, November 9. An intelligent yet cheeky comedy from recent AFTRS masters graduate and up and coming talent to watch Dane McCusker, The…
Two strangers meet by chance in a highway-side motel, but as their stay goes on we begin to question if their meeting was by chance at all. Michael Sheasby (The Nightingale, Hacksaw Ridge) and newcomer Cato Ayyar (Sirens) star as the strangers attempting to live within a fantasy in this mystery laden romantic drama, written…
Adrian Powers is an Australian film and television director, screenwriter and editor, with almost twenty years of experience. His work has been seen across the globe, including at the 69th Venice Film Festival, where his film Scruples screened as part of a special collaboration between Sir Ridley Scott, Michael Fassbender and YouTube, and during which…
The world premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s Faraway Downs, an inspiring epic adventure and reimagined extended version of Luhrmann’s 2008 film Australia, will be presented by Baz Luhrmann in person, on closing night of the inaugural SXSW Sydney® Screen Festival on Oct. 21, 2023. The film, told in six chapters, will premiere all at once on…
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