Screenwest and Screen Australia have announced that Daisy Ridley (Star Wars sequel trilogy) is set to star in Zak Hilditch’s new survival-thriller film, We Bury the Dead, to be filmed in Western Australia. We Bury the Dead is a terrifying yet moving story about grief, loss and the undead, written and to be directed by…
Production begins next week in Adelaide on the feature film With or Without You, an inspirational mother-daughter story of finding love and safety from tough beginnings – inspired by lived experience from SA director Kelly Schilling. The project is being made with principal production funding from Screen Australia and South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), and…
Adam Morris and Ian Hale, the team behind Edward and Isabella and Frank and Frank, have announced their third feature film collaboration in as many years, the Aussie crime thriller Frederickstown, a dark comedy crime thriller in the tradition of Fargo, Snatch, Sidney Lumet’s Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing.…
Like A Photon Creative in partnership with Sola Mediahave today announced that production has commenced on The Sloth Lane. Another heartwarming addition to the much loved Tales From Sanctuary City franchise, The Sloth Lane is a story of self discovery, family and friendship. Australian and female owned production house Like a Photon Creative will be producing the film and Sola…
Georgia Eyers joins the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss three of her films in this in-depth interview with the very talented actor. Georgia is an Australian actress from Brisbane who has gained some serious recognition recently following her impressive lead role in the supernatural horror film Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism alongside Dan Ewing and Tim…
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,…
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