by MATTHEW EELES Every cloud has a silver lining, as they say. While there’s no doubt the effects of Covid-19 around the world will have a major impact on this year’s CinefestOZ, we are beginning to see some green shoots. While international and interstate guests won’t be walking the CinefestOZ 2020 red carpet, the festival…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES We finally have a trailer for Rams, and it couldn’t be a further representation of the actual film. Cinema Australia was luck enough to catch an early look at Rams back in February, and we we must say the…
Capricorn Film Festival has announced that screen and television legend, Michael Caton will join the team as Festival Parton. After five years of operating Central Queensland’s premiere film arts event, founder Luke Graham said he is very proud to have the Australian icon as their Festival Patron for the Capricorn Film Festival moving forward. “We…
Internationally acclaimed English actress Miranda Richardson will join Sam Neill and Michael Caton in a unique reimagining of award-winning Icelandic film Rams (Hrútar), currently shooting in Mt Barker in Western Australia’s Great Southern region. With two Oscar nominations, multiple Olivier, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations and awards, and a career spanning nearly four decades on stage…
Sam Neill and Michael Caton lead the flock as brothers in a unique reimagining of award winning Icelandic film Rams (Hrútar). Produced by dynamic production company WBMC, filming commenced this week in Western Australia’s Great Southern region. An English-language adaptation of the successful Icelandic film Hrútar, winner of the 2015 Un Certain Regard Award at…
Thanks to Transmission films, we’re giving readers the chance to win one of ten in-season double passes to see Ben Elton’s new Australian comedy, Three Summers. From internationally renowned writer/director Ben Elton comes Three Summers, an ensemble comedy that embraces the diversity of modern Australia. At a summer music festival, the feisty lead singer of…
A major national tour is underway this month for Ben Elton’s big-hearted ensemble comedy Three Summers, ahead of a hometown screening on Thursday October 26 at the Grand Cygnet Cinemas in Como. This will kick off a week of Q&A screenings and appearances at Perth cinemas, including a special charity screening in Mandurah for the…
Can’t make it to MIFF or CinefestOZ? Transmission Films have announced a November 2 release date for Ben Elton’s Three Summers, as well as a fresh new poster by Carnival Studio with art direction by Demi Hopkins and design and illustration by Cassandra Chapman. On the eve of its MIFF Centrepiece Gala World Premiere, Transmission…
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the nominees for Best Feature Length Documentary as well as the feature films in competition for this year’s AACTA Awards. Reinforcing a strong year for Australian documentary and following changes to the nominations process to introduce a Documentary Branch, AACTA has announced five nominees…
The first trailer for Three Summer is here. Ben Elton’s anticipated new film was recently announced as a contender for the CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize when it screens at the Busselton-based festival towards the end of August. The WA-shot comedy will also have its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival later this month.…
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