Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Filming is now underway in Adelaide on Monolith, the first feature film to go into production as part of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Adelaide Film Festival’s (AFF) Film Lab: New Voices initiative. Now shooting in the Adelaide Hills,…
It has been a big week for WA films with the announcement that submissions have opened for WA Made Film Festival 2021, the release of the Mystic Pines trailer ahead of the film’s world premiere at BIFF, and now the first trailer has dropped for Perth/Sydney-shot feature film, I Met a Girl. Directed by Luke…
Action has been called on new Australian feature film I Met a Girl. Brenton Thwaites stars as an impulsive, young musician struggling with schizophrenia who falls for a mysterious woman (Lily Sullivan) who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on an epic, cross-country journey across Australia to find…
Australian film fan? You’re going to want to get to this year’s CinefestOZ. This year’s talent list is an added drawcard in the lead up to the full program release on July 28 and begins with internationally acclaimed and Academy Award nominated writer and director, Scott Hicks, who will attend in the role of this year’s Film Prize…
Greg McLean’s survival thriller, Jungle, will have it’s world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August. Jungle tells the extraordinary true story of Yossi Ghinsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), who spent three weeks lost in the Amazon in his early 20s. The film also stars Lily Sullivan and Alex Russell. “From the moment I first read the story…
Thanks to Madman Entertainment we have a Sucker prize pack to giveaway which includes a DVD copy of the film plus a copy of Tales from Earthsea, Arrietty and From Up on Poppy Hill. When 18-year-old Lawrence is caught cheating on his final year math exam, he fails to get into medical school and is banished to…
Sucker Directed by: Ben Chessell Screenplay by: Ben Chessell & Lawrence Leung Starring: John Luc, Lily Sullivan, Timothy Spall, Jack Koman, Kat Stewart, Shaun Micallef and Eddie Baroo Synopsis: When 18-year-old Lawrence is caught on his final year math exam, he fails to get into medical school and is banished to stay at his goofy uncle’s house for the summer.…
“I was very lucky because not only were they great to work with but they’re all so incredibly brilliant and supportive of each other.” You’ve been a documentary filmmaker for most of your career with a few short films along the way. When and why did you decide you wanted to make a feature film?…
In the beginning Billie narrates, ‘We were just kids’. It’s as though she’s using this to justify her misbehaviours like so many of us have done when remembering our past. Setting horse paddocks on fire, touching each other up at skate parks or sleeping with a friend’s lover is forgiven because we were just kids.…
Cinema Nova will be holding a Galore preview screening followed by a Q&A with director Rhys Graham and actors Toby Wallace, Lily Sullivan and Aliki Matangi held on Wednesday June 18 at 6.30pm. Directed by Rhys Graham (The Turning), Ashleigh Cummings (Puberty Blues), Lily Sullivan (Mental, Rake),Toby Wallace (Return to Nim’s Island) and Aliki Matangi…
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