We don’t usually report on international film festivals, but this one’s certainly worth a mention. Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country has won the Special Jury Prize at the 2017 Venice Film Festival. Following its world premiere screening at the festival, Sweet Country received a standing ovation and has garnered outstanding international critical reviews. The film has also won…
Wow! A new trailer has dropped for Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Inspired by real events, Sweet Country is a period western set in 1929 in the outback Northern Territory. When Aboriginal stockman Sam (Hamilton Morris) kills white station owner Harry March (Ewen Leslie) in self-defence, Sam and his…
Warwick Thornton’s latest feature Sweet Country has been selected in Official Competition at the Venice Film Festival in September and will have its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October, it has been announced. Inspired by real events and starring Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Ewen Leslie, Thomas M. Wright, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Anni Finsterer, Matt Day and…
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…
In the latest edition of the Cinema Australia Podcast, Matthew Eeles chats with Australian actor, Matt Day. Day has a new short film, Perry, which is screening at the St Kilda Film Festival tonight. Details here. You can see the trailer below. The hilarious short film was shot as part of a webseries and is the…
The St Kilda Film Festival has revealed its exciting ten-day calendar for the 2016 event; running from Thursday 19 to Saturday 28 May 2016. Proudly produced by the City of Port Phillip, the Festival will kick off with Opening Night on Thursday 19 May, where the Palais Theatre will welcome 3,000 industry guests and film-lovers on the red carpet…
Film distributor ScreenLaunch today announced Australian thriller, Touch, a tension-building mystery, will open in Australian cinemas from Thursday 21 May 2015. Touch follows the intriguing journey of a mother, Dawn, (played by Leeanna Walsman from Carl Barron’s Manny Lewis) and her daughter Steph (played by newcomer Onor Nottle), who are on the run from a mysterious man,…
CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE BRIDE AT ARC! See the costumes, hear the music, watch the film. Join our special guests as we celebrate 20 years of Muriel’s Wedding on Friday, 5 December. Wear your bridesmaids dresses or wedding attire – prizes for the best costumes on the night! MURIEL’S WEDDING: RENEWING OUR VOWS FROM 5PM Courtyard Bar opens…
TOUCH will be screening as part of the Sydney Film Festival – Travelling Film Festival tour 2014. Screening dates and times: TOOWOOMBA Friday 10 October at 7pm Toowoomba Strand Cinemas, Margaret Street, Toowoomba QLD BUNDABERG Sunday 12 October at 5.30pm Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, Bourbong Street, Bundaberg QLD MACKAY Saturday 18 October at 8pm Mackay City…
Ahead of it’s screening at the Sydney Film Festival, Triptych Pictures has released a new website and teaser trailer for their new mystery film, Touch starring Cinema Australia favourite Matt Day. You can check out the website here. Love Knows No Boundaries Touch is a mystery about Dawn, a woman on the run with her young…
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