CinefestOZ Broome – Western Australia’s first First Nations Film Festival – today announced the release of its inaugural program, which will run from November 3-6 in partnership with Broome-based media organisation, Goolarri Media. Celebrating First Nations stories and talent from across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, CinefestOZ Broome will showcase three incredible new Australian…
There’s nothing plane about The Plains. The three hour film follows Andrew, a man in his fifties, on his daily commute to and from work over the course of a year. Occasionally Andrew is joined by David, a colleague who Andrew drives home from time to time. The Plains is set almost entirely inside Andrew’s…
Stan today announced the brand new Stan Original Film Poker Face, directed by and starring Academy Award-winner and Australian screen legend Russell Crowe, will premiere 22 November, only on Stan. Directed by and starring Russell Crowe (Stan Original Film True History of the Kelly Gang, The Loudest Voice, The Water Diviner), Poker Face features a…
Celebrating the achievement, innovation and ambition of our local industry, the WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) will take place on Sunday 4 December at Luna Cinemas Leederville. Embracing all forms of new, established and emerging screen practices, Awards will be presented across 22 categories at what promises to be an extra special evening hosted by comedian Joe White.…
WA-based filmmaker Shaun Gonzalvo has revealed a new trailer for the pilot episode of sci-fi action series, The Society. Written, produced and directed by Gonzalvo, The Society follows three super-powered individuals as they face the hardest challenge of their lives. Will they be strong enough to take on an organisation that deems them to be defects? The…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode, host Matthew Eeles is joined by WA-based filmmaker Sarah Legg whose new film Cherubhead is one of the most unique, beautiful, intriguing, and thought-provoking Australian films you’re ever likely to see. It truly is quite unlike anything else. Here’s the synopsis: Marie…
A Night of Horror International Film Festival is preparing for its launch on October 17 by releasing a stack of trailers for films screening throughout the festival. The latest trailer reveal is for Your Love is Mine, a new horror co-written and directed by Luke Wijayasinha-Gray and Luke J.S. Your Love is Mine is the…
Renowned Australian composer Ross Edwards will join celebrated director Bruce Beresford on stage at the NFSA for a Q&A following a screening of Beresford’s 1997 film Paradise Road on Sunday, October 30 at 2pm. This powerful and moving cinematic testament to the power of music, following a group of foreign women – including an educated British…
A new trailer has dropped for Jack Dignan’s After She Died ahead of the films Australian premiere at A Night of Horror International Film Festival. A grieving teenager, Jen (Liliana Ritchie), is horrified to discover that her father’s new girlfriend, Florence (Vanessa Madrid), looks identical to her dead mother. She struggles to cope with this…
Writer, actor and producer Nick Giannopoulos joins Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles to discuss the latest film in his wildly-popular Wog Boys franchise, Wog Boys Forever. In 2000 The Wog Boy broke box office records and became one of the highest grossing Australian films of all time. Ten years later in 2010 the wog boys returned…
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