by Matthew Eeles Melbourne filmmaker John Balazs has called action on his new mind-bending psychological horror, Freelance, a follow-up to the director’s 2021 bloody and brutal revenge thriller, Rage. Written by New York-based screenwriter Mike Gerbino and based on his short film of the same name, Freelance follows Katie, a down-on-her-luck video editor who takes…
Here at Cinema Australia, we often cite Davo Hardy as being one of the busiest independent filmmakers around. His latest streak of productivity continues to uphold that assessment, as he presently has a short film, his sixth feature and a small TV cameo on the go, all at once. Earlier this year, Davo dropped the surprise short doco,…
Capricorn Film Festival, in partnership with Screen Queensland, proudly present Filmmaker Workshop Gladstone, a short course educational opportunity for the Gladstone region’s emerging and practising film artists presented by Queensland film industry professional and Gladstone resident, Wezley Pitt. Have you ever wanted to learn how to write a short story for screen? Or how to…
AACTA-nominated writer/director Ryan Cauchi and Matt Ferro (The Matrix, Happy Feet) have joined forces to create scripted Maltese-Australian horror drama series Greystanes, with 15 x 1- minute episodes to be released exclusively on TikTok. A recipient of Screen Australia, NZ On Air and TikTok’s Every Voice initiative, the series is currently in production, for release…
PRESS RELEASE Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, today announced that the feature-length Stan Original Documentary Revealed: Reefshot, will premiere on World Environment Day, June 5, only on Stan. Venture below the surface in Reefshot to witness a community fighting to protect the world’s largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef, for future generations.…
Perth filmmaker Scott Quayle joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss his new documentary, The Grey Line – a powerful, eye-opening WA-shot film which tells the story of Helen Dwyer, also known as Ellen Collard. Taken from her parents during a time when Aboriginal children were removed from their families through…
Madman Entertainment has launched the trailer for the upcoming documentary Rachel’s Farm, featuring the acclaimed actor and director Rachel Ward. Rachel’s Farm will be released in cinemas nationally on 27 July 2023 and will receive its Australian Premiere at the Sydney Film Festival in June. Rachel’s Farm features intimate interviews with Rachel Ward, her family…
The momentous 70th Sydney Film Festival program was officially launched today by Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley, with a bumper line-up featuring the Australian premieres of new films including Warwick Thornton’s latest masterpiece The New Boy, starring Cate Blanchett; Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City; Celine Song’s highly anticipated Past Lives; films direct from the Cannes…
A first-look teaser trailer has dropped for Force of Nature: The Dry 2. When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of finding their whistle-blowing…
RELATED: Read our interview with filmmaker Penelope McDonald here. Penelope McDonald’s tender and revealing new film, Audrey Napanangka, will have an Alice Springs premiere on May 23 followed by national Q&A screenings. A tender story of one of Australia’s most unique families, Audrey Napanangka tells of Warlpiri woman, Audrey, and her Sicilian partner Santo as they navigate…
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