Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. To celebrate the release of Maziar Lahooti’s WA-shot Below on DVD, we’ve got a stack of copies to give away to Cinema Australia readers. Starring Ryan Corr and Anthony LaPaglia, Below is a pitch-black comedy with a uniquely provocative take on Australia’s…
WA MADE FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM REVEALED! WA’s most anticipated new film event, WA Made Film Festival, has revealed its inaugural program which features an exciting lineup of groundbreaking feature films, stunning shorts and thought-provoking documentaries. This massive program will be screened over three days from March 13-15 2020 across Palace Cinemas Raine Square and Palace…
A new trailer has dropped for Maziar Lahooti’s devilishly dark comedy, Below. Starring Ryan Corr and Anthony LaPaglia, Below is a pitch-black comedy with a unique, and uniquely provocative, take on Australia’s controversial asylum-seeker detention system. When darkweb con-artist Dougie lands in the bloody deep end of a scam gone wrong, his gruff stepdad Terry…
The MIFF Premiere Fund delivers seven world and Australian premieres to the 68th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), including Paul Ireland’s gritty reimagining of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure staring Hugo Weaving and Maziar Lahooti’s highly anticipated directorial debut, Below. The Premiere Fund, which provides minority co-financing to new Australian quality theatrical (narrative and documentary) feature films that then premiere at MIFF, has invested in more than…
Written a family-friendly comedy full of laughs, sunshine and a jolly good time? Going by a recent trend over the last few years, you’ve got no chance of winning Screenwest’s funding initiative, West Coast Visions. Written something as dark as the devil’s heart itself? Something about an apocalypse, a violent bikie gang or a serial…
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