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…
Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) today announced that Australian singer, songwriter and actress Jessica Mauboy will join the cast of the Stan Original Film Windcatcher, a family feature film and Stan’s first co-commission with ACTF since their landmark partnership, with major production investment from Screen Australia,…
Interview by Lauren Clancy When I first met Jack Voegt, I had some catching up to do. On realising that I lacked the knowledge and context to the inside jokes being referenced by the surrounding group, Jack would turn, explain, or find sources to fill me in. Though minimal, this awareness is surprisingly rare. As…
Follow the meteoric rise of Australia’s first drill rap stars, defiant in the face of police’s efforts to stop them from performing. Directed by Gabriel Gasparinatos, Onefour: Against All Odds follows a group of Sydney-based, Pacific Islanders who start recording drill raps to avoid a life of crime. Two years into their meteoric rise, a police…
Bonsai Films has today released the first trailer for the highly-anticipated Christmess. Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Heath Davis (Book Week, Broke), the equally dark and hilarious take on the humble Christmas film stars the always-impressive Steve Le Marquand (The Moodys, Rake) as washed-up actor, Chris Flint. Fresh out of rehab, Chris takes a…
In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, I’m joined by director, writer, co-producer, co-cinematographer, editor, and visual effects supervisor Jack Dignan to discuss his latest film, Puzzle Box. Jack began his career as an Australian film journalist, publishing written reviews across multiple platforms while working on his own DIY short films. In the lead…
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