A compelling documentary titled Water For Birds, which explores the societal impact and community intervention to rife sexual abuse and humanitarian issues in northern India, will make its Australian debut as part of the 2023 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Developed over five years by Good Grief Productions and co-directed by Henry Gosper and Cameron Trafford,…
CinefestOZ, Australia’s largest destination film festival , today announced the release of its 2023 program of films and events, which includes world and Australian film premieres and the awarding of Australia’s richest Film Prize. Celebrating its 16th year, the six-day festival will be held from 29 August – 3 September in Western Australia’s South West…
The Australian screen industry boasts many adored acting icons, but very few surpass the legendary status of Sigrid Thornton. From her work on Australian television show’s like The Sullivans, Prisoner, SeaChange and Wentworth, to highly-acclaimed and internationally recognised feature films like The Man from Snowy River, Sigrid Thornton’s performances always leave a lasting impression. Thornton’s latest…
Are you a horror hound? Then you’re going to love this trailer for new independent Australian horror, Blur – a master-class of slow-burn horror, from the opening frame to final chilling image. Kasia Stelmach stars as Jade, the introverted book seller whose apartment is mysteriously under siege from an ancient demon hell-bent on ruining her life. …
Jessie Scott is a practising video artist, writer, programmer and producer who works across the spectrum of screen culture in Melbourne. A founding member of audiovisual art collective Tape Projects, Jessie’s latest film, Rainbow Video, is set to screen at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival this weekend. Inspired by Tom Roston’s oral history I Lost…
Australian screen royalty, Sigrid Thornton will be inducted to the Australian Film Walk of Fame outside the historic Ritz Theatre in Randwick when she attends the Sydney Premiere of her latest feature film, Slant on Wednesday, July 26. In its announcement today, Randwick Council said that Thornton’s star will be unveiled on the Walk of…
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced its full 2023 film program for the festival’s 71st edition. With a blockbuster line-up of 267 films, MIFF raises the curtain on an extraordinary selection of features, shorts, restorations, retrospectives and XR experiences in-cinemas from 3-20 August; with regional screenings from 11-13 and 18-20 August; and from 18-27…
CinefestOZ today announced four uniquely Australian films are in the running to win Australia’s richest $100,000 annual film prize at the 2023 Festival in the beautiful South West of Western Australia. Bromley: Light After Dark directed by Sean McDonald will have its World Premiere at CinefestOZ – while Monolith directed by Matt Vesely and MIFF@CinefestOZ…
A new trailer has dropped for Mark Leonard Winter’s The Rooster ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Hugo Weaving and Phoenix Raei play a hermit and a cop who form an unlikely connection amid crisis in this wonderfully weird sucker-punch of tenderness. Dan (Raei, Below, MIFF Premiere Fund 2019;…
When Cinema Australia caught up with Myles Pollard this week, the busy WA-based actor was rehearsing for Theatre 180’s Sydney II: Lost and Found, a live theatre performance supported by footage projected onto a cinema screen. The performance explores the sinking of HMAS Sydney II. “It is quite a unique little concept to have a…
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