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…
Titan View announced today that new Australian feature film, Joe Cinque’s Consolation, will be released in cinemas across Australian on October 13, 2016 The film will also have its international premiere at the 41st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Joe Cinque’s Consolation recently had its world premiere as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival in…
We asked a bunch of seventeen year olds if they knew what an emo was and we were met with blank stares. They suggested maybe hipsters would have been better suited as a character subject for a 2016-set high school film. Nevertheless, the teaser trailer for Neil Triffitt’s Emo The Musical looks great and marks…
After a very successful crowdfunding campaign to restore the film, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) have announced that the premiere of the Proof restoration will screen at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival on Friday, 29 July. As if that news wasn’t exciting enough, director Jocelyn Moorhouse, producer Lynda House and actor Hugo…
On April 21, indie Australian comic drama Pawno opens in cinemas nationally. The debut film by director Paul Ireland is set to charm audiences Australia-wide following its world premiere at MIFF 2015, where it was the Festival’s fastest-selling local ticket, and its award-winning European and Asian premieres. A valentine to the vibrant, multicultural suburb of Footscray,…
Pawno is a character driven film about change, hope and identity. Within a day, an eclectic ensemble intersect as lives are examined and motives explored. At its heart lies a simple love story, yet love is rarely simple. An aging pawn shop in Footscray is the pulse for an assortment of people attempting to survive, thrive…
The Melbourne International Film Festival revealed a sneak peak of its 2015 program today and it’s got the Cinema Australia team very excited. Some highlights of the program include Grant Scicluna’s Downriver, Neil Armfield’s highly anticipated Holding the Man, and short film The Nice House, following 2015 Australian of the Year and domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty. The…
The State Government of Victoria has promised a $3.8 million four-year renewal of the Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF Premiere Fund, which provides strategic minority co-financing to new Australian films that then go on to premiere at MIFF. “The MIFF Premiere Fund’s continuation is important for MIFF, audiences, local filmmakers, and the State’s creative economy,” said…
A teaser trailer dropped today for Tony Ayres highly anticipated Cut Snake. Cut snake will have its world premiere as part of this years Melbourne International Film Festival. It’s 1974, and in an attempt to put his old, troubled life behind him Sparra Farrell (Alex Russell,Carrie, Chronicle) has moved to a new city with his fiancée,…
Just after being announced as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival a teaser trailer has dropped for Stephen Lance’s intriguing My Mistress. “What starts as a beautiful and strangely innocent affair between a vulnerable teenage romantic and a French S&M mistress soon becomes more dangerous.” You can find out more about the film at http://www.mymistressmovie.com
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