The teaser trailer for the wild, over-the-top Australian adventure extravaganza The Emu War has today been released. Not to be confused with Levon J Polinelli’s Emu War: A Subtle Examination of the Sheer Caucasity of Colonialism, The Emu War is created by the prolific Australian comedy outfit, Hot Dad Productions This web series-turned-feature film is…
The trailer for high-intensity thriller Time Addicts has today been launched ahead of its national release on December 7, 2023, following a world premiere at Monsterfest in October. Based on a short film by the same name, Time Addicts follows two best friends, Denise and Johnny, who are both bound by the shackles of drug…
Article originally published August 2023. ARTICLE UPDATE 18.7.24: Birdeater is in cinemas now. Birdeater is set to have its WA premiere at the prestigious CinefestOZ Film Festival this weekend following incredibly successful screenings at Sydney Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival. Birdeater is a deeply thought-provoking and highly unsettling drama in which a bride-to-be…
Three Chords & the Truth, the debut feature film from writer/director Claire Pasvolsky, starring Brisbane musician Jackie Marshall, will open in cinemas from October 5. The film was selected at the Brisbane International Film Festival and the Sydney Film Festival and will screen at this week’s CinefestOz in WA. The film is about Angie, who could…
Welcome to the lates episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. This episode is one of those “other” episodes of the Cinema Australia Podcast where I bring over two of my recent interviews for the Community Radio Network and publish them here. These interviews are much shorter than usual, but just as enjoyable. Filmmaker Paul Goldman kicks…
The highly anticipated thriller The Royal Hotel, directed by Kitty Green (The Assistant, Casting JonBenet), co-written by Green and Oscar Redding (Van Diemen’s Land) and starring Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Hugo Weaving and Toby Wallace is SXSW Sydney 2023 Screen Festival’s Opening Night film. Green will grace the Opening Night red carpet at the International…
Rialto Distribution has released the first-look trailer for Bring Him to Me, the hotly anticipated new Australian crime thriller from director Luke Sparke, (Occupation Rainfall, Devil Beneath), which is slated to screen in cinemas nationally from November 2. Featuring a dynamic international cast including Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Maze Runner), Sam…
Young Perth-based actor Chloe Brink is set to take the acting world by storm if her heart-warming performance in Raising Thunder is anything to go by. In the WA-made short, Chloe plays Kayla. Determined not to move in with her nauseating auntie (Catherine Moore), Kayla must change her dad’s (Joel Jackson) mind, but first, she…
CinefestOZ Film Festival has revealed the full line up of Jury members who will decide on the winner of the prestigious $100,000 Film Prize – the country’s richest film award for an Australian production – recognising excellence in Australian filmmaking. Joining Jury Chair and acclaimed director Robert Connolly on the panel is US producer Debbie…
Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, today announced that Revealed – Danielle Laidley: Two Tribes, the upcoming Stan Original Documentary that celebrates the trailblazing life of one of Australia’s most talked about figures, will premiere Tuesday September 19, only on Stan. An intimate and important story that demands to be told, Revealed – Danielle…
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