Christmess – the highly anticipated new comedy/drama from Aussie filmmaker Heath Davis – will have its world premiere at the esteemed Austin Film Festival next month. Set to be released by Bonsai Films across cinemas in Australia and New Zealand from November 30, Christmess is the fourth feature from the prolific writer and director of…
Award-winning filmmaker Nick Barkla’s timely and moving documentary The Healing, will embark on a national screening and Q&A tour across Australia, during October and November. The Healing explores a unique life-saving equine welfare program that brings traumatised ex-racehorses and traumatised military veterans and first responders together, to heal each other. The screenings will be followed by…
Every year Gympie comes alive with film lovers from far and wide to celebrate short films that are uplifting, heartwarming and inspirational during Queensland’s biggest short film festival, Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival. Heart of Gold programs carefully-crafted short films from around the world that deeply resonate with all types of audiences. The…
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party, the feature documentary chronicling the thrilling, debauched and frequently hilarious adventures of the legendary Melbourne post-punk band will release into select Australian cinemas this October and November. The film is directed by Ian White and features new interviews with Nick Cave and bandmates Mick Harvey, Rowland S Howard and Phill…
Alastair Newton Brown’s gripping debut Here Be Dragons will premiere on October 18 at Sydney’s Cremorne Orpheum with a very special Q&A event moderated by former Q&A host and media icon Tony Jones. A taut, exhilarating drama, Here Be Dragons begins with the conclusion of The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as…
A new trailer has dropped for Alex Lykos’ Disconnect Me ahead of special Q&A screenings this months and a wide release in October. Directed by independent filmmaker Lykos (Alex & Eve, Me & My Left Brain), Disconnect Me examines the ever-pervasive role of technology in our lives. The film centres around Alex who disconnects from…
A new trailer has dropped for tThe 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. Searching for adventure and strapped for cash, US backpackers Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv…
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…
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