Welcome to the first Cinema Australia Podcast episode for 2024! My guests on this episode are The Rooster writer and director, Mark Leonard Winter, and co-producers Mahveen Shahraki and Geraldine Hakewill. This is a really exciting episode for me to be presenting to you all for many reasons: one, we’re discussing my favorite film on…
Ahead of the film’s world premiere at the prestigious Melbourne International Film Festival, Mark Leonard Winter, best known for performances in film’s such as The Dressmaker, Balibo, Disclosure, Measure For Measure and Escape From Pretoria, tells Cinema Australia during our recent interview that he is filled with gratitude that the film received support from MIFF’s…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Rising talent Phoenix Raei (Clickbait, Stateless, The Night Agent), and Hugo Weaving (Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Love Me), star in The Rooster, a mystery-drama written and directed by award-winning actor Mark Leonard Winter. Mark Leonard Winter makes his feature filmmaking…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. A release date has been announced for Little Tornadoes, along with a brand new trailer. Written and director by Aaron Wilson (Canopy) and co-written by The Slap author Christos Tsiolkas, this heartfelt and affecting period drama depicts a newly-single father’s efforts…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast host Matthew Eeles is joined by writer and director Michael Bentham and actor Matilda Ridgway to discuss their new film, Disclosure. Disclosure is a story about what happens when a 4-year-old girl, Natasha, makes a serious…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. A new trailer has been released for Measure for Measure ahead of its cinema release on May 14. Measure for Measure boasts a stellar Australian cast led by Hugo Weaving and includes rising stars Harrison Gilbertson and Megan Hajjar. Measure for Measure is…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES The first trailer has dropped for the very adult Australian psychodrama, Disclosure. The trailer release coincides with the news that the film will have its world premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.…
Cinema goers in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney will have the chance to see One Eyed Girl when it releases on April 30. Unfortunately there’s no word yet on other states. One Eyed Girl is a dark thriller starring Mark Leonard Winter (The Boy Castaways) as Travis, a young psychiatrist haunted by the death of a patient. On the…
A group of young Australian filmmakers is celebrating after their film, One Eyed Girl won the Jury Award at this year’s Austin Film Festival in the Dark Matters category. The South Australian psychological thriller is the second feature film to take out the Dark Matters Award, after it was introduced to the AFF program last…
Hot on the heels of Austin Film Festival’s early line-up announcement which includes the World Premiere of One Eyed Girl, The Backlot Films is proud to announce its plans to release the South Australian psychological thriller in Australian cinemas during the first quarter of 2015. Starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey (52 Tuesdays) and Mark Leonard Winter (Healing,…
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