CinefestOZ Film Prize Finalist, Jasper Jones, directed by Rachel Perkins, is set to make its Western Australian premiere at CinefestOZ’s glittering opening night at Orana Cinemas Busselton on Wednesday 24 August at 6pm. Adapted from Craig Silvey’s best-selling Australian novel and featuring a stellar cast including Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Levi Miller, Angourie Rice, Dan Wyllie and…
Jasper Jones, Spin Out, Girl Asleep and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom have been announced as the four finalists vying for Australia’s richest film prize at CinéfestOZ. Now into its third year, the highly coveted $100,000 film prize was established with the aim of pursuing excellence in Australian filmmaking. It is awarded to the…
What a year 2015 was for Australian cinema. Box office records were smashed thanks to Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller’s contemporary interpretation of his 1979 classic, and Jocelyn Moorhouse’s The Dressmaker. Each film was headlined by international heavyweights including Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Kate Winslet respectively. It was a massive year for indi-filmaking in Australia…
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows will premiere on the big screen in January 2016 with one massive story and even more action and adventure than ever before. Having crossed dimensions, discovered magic, and battled demons in two ABC Television seasons, the Nowhere Boys – Felix (Dougie Baldwin), Andy (Joel Lok), Sam (Rahart Adams) and Jake…
“With his uneasy playfulness the seemingly fearless director has created an uncomfortable, horrifying and atmospheric tale of redemption.” These Final Hours is one of the more conceivable apocalyptic genre films of late. Rather than getting caught up in an implausible fantasy of Earth’s gritty expiration it stays grounded and focuses solely on its characters and their…
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