One Punch is a gritty, teen drama about Matt Mercado, a young Italian Australian man on the cusp of adulthood, struggling in his final year at high school and trying to hold on to the friendships and innocence of his youth. On the eve of Matt’s 18th Birthday his domineering father, Carlo, indoctrinates him into…
RELATED COVERAGE: Read our interview with director Thomas M. Wright here Following its respective world and Australian premieres at the Cannes Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival, Thomas M. Wright’s dark thriller The Stranger will have a theatrical release in Australia from 6 October. The film revolves around two strangers who strike up a conversation…
WA distributor HALO Films has partnered with Adelaide’s Wallis Cinemas Piccadilly to screen its slate of quality productions. This new partnership adds Wallis Cinemas Piccadilly to a list of cinemas which will screen HALO Films exclusively including Luna Leederville in Perth, Melbourne’s The Classic in Elsternwick, Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn, Cameo Cinemas in Belgrave, and The…
Galup VR Experience will screen as part of XR:WA – an experiential and thought-provoking conference and exhibition for VR and AR industry professionals, artists, businesses and the wider general public. Galup VR Experience invites WA Museum Boola Bardip visitors on a special virtual tour of an iconic Perth wetland to share an important history obscured…
With the theme ‘A Celebration of Imagination’, the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has launched its full program for the 2022 festival, to be held from October 19 – 30. This year’s Festival is the first annual event, following the South Australian Government’s announcement earlier this year that AFF, established in 2003 as a biennial event,…
The Revelation Perth International Film Festival is seeking films of all forms, all durations, all subjects and all nationalities for inclusion in their 2023 programme. Submissions are now open via FilmFreeway.com and close on 1 April 2023. “The wheels are turning for Rev 2023, and we can’t wait to explore the world of international cinema…
Actor, Eric Bana and director, Robert Connolly, have reunited for Force of Nature, the sequel to the 2021 Australian box office hit The Dry. The film is based on the bestselling series by Jane Harper and sees Bana reprise his character, Aaron Falk. Bana will be joined by cast members Anna Torv (Mindhunter) as Alice…
Like all great documentaries, Franklin goes deep. At its core, it’s a film about the epic seven-year campaign to save Tasmania’s World Heritage-listed Franklin River and the importance of environmental protection, but it also encompasses the intergenerational journey of Oliver Cassidy and his father Mike, while also being a story of Oliver’s personal transformation and self discovery…
Sydney-based filmmaker and author James Morcan has unveiled a new trailer for his feature film directorial debut, Anno 2020. Anno 2020 is based on James Morcan’s published novel of the same title and is about various groups of connected people all going through chaos during the cataclysmic year that was 2020. Anno 2020, which recently wrapped…
Smart St. Films has announced the September 29th national cinema release of the fully restored legendary documentary feature NINGLA-ANA. On January 25th 1972 Prime Minister William McMahon declared that under his government land rights would never be granted to First Nations people. The following night, Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Bertie Williams and Tony Coorey travelled…
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