Veteran Australian actor Arthur Angel has taken on many roles over his decades-long career—convicts, bushrangers, mystical warriors, and more. But in his latest film Fear Below, Angel dives into dangerous new territory… literally. Set in post-war Australia, Fear Below follows a rag-tag team of divers attempting to recover a sunken car from a river, only…
Superheroes is a live action / animated short film which tells the story of a boy’s connection to his imagination. Surrounded by family violence, ten year old James uses the power of his imagination as a sanctuary for himself, his brother and mother from a disturbing reality. Written and Directed by Chris Busuttil Produced by…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Commentary written by Jason Raftopoulos This is the small but vital scene of Jim betting on the horse that for him will be his salvation, so the scene required the internal anxiety of the character to reflect its external action. It’s the one scene in the film where his behaviour and…
by Matthew Eeles Jason Raftopoulos’ new Melbourne-shot drama West of Sunshine will have it’s Australian premiere at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. West of Sunshine is an exhilarating piece of Australian cinema, depicting Jim’s (Damien Hill) rocky relationship with his stepson (Hill’s real-life stepson Ty Perham), whilst navigating the collapse of his family and managing…
by Matthew Eeles The first trailer has dropped for West of Sunshine – Jason Raftopoulos’ debut feature which will have its world premiere at the upcoming Venice Film Festival. West of Sunshine stars Damian Hill as Jim, a deadbeat Dad who has less than a day to repay a gambling debt to a violent loan shark. Unfortunately,…
Australia indie comedy That’s Not Me will have its world premiere in February at the 2017 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. That’s Not Me follows Polly, an actress whose dreams of making it big are comically shattered when her identical twin sister Amy lands the lead role in an HBO show. Mistaken for her famous sister at…
by Matthew Eeles A second trailer dropped this morning for The Legend of Ben Hall. Arguably one of the most anticipated local films of the year, Matthew Holmes’ Australian epic follows legendary bushranger Ben Hall as he and his gang attempt to escape NSW before the law catches up with them. Director Holmes is thrilled the second trailer has finally…
At the beginning of 2016 we made this statement, “The Legend of Ben Hall is, above all, the film we’re most excited to see in 2016.” We’ve been following the film since it’s very successful Kickstarter campaign was launched, and today we finally get our first look at Matthew Holme’s new film and it looks incredible. Check…
Doing it their way Husband and wife duo Alice Foulcher and Gregory Erdstein – or Greggles as Alice affectionately (and rather cutely) refers to him – are deep in post-production on their new film, That’s Not Me. It’s the story of wanna-be actor Polly (Foulcher) who dreams of making it to the big time. She’s beaten…
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…
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