Things get bloody in the first Rage trailer

A teaser trailer has dropped for director John Balazs new dramatic thriller, Rage. After a violent home invasion leaves mild-mannered husband Noah (Matt Theo) in a coma and his wife Madeline (Hayley Beveridge) deeply traumatised, Noah awakens to find out that one of the attackers is still on the loose. As Noah and the nearly-despondent Madeline try to move on…

Sunday Shorts: Tech, Support

Written and Directed by Nic Barker Co-written by and starring Jordan Barr and Darcy Kent Amanda is just trying to get the internet working, but hits a roadblock in the form of a sexist IT support worker on the phone. Article by Nic Barker Tech, Support is a semi-improvised comedic satire about the micro-aggressions that…

Trailer of the Day: It All Started With a Stale Sandwich

It All Started With a Stale Sandwich is a savvy celebration of the inspirational artworks created for Kaldor Public Art Projects over 50 years, with artists including Christo, Abramovic, Jeff Koons, and Gilbert & George. 50 years ago, Sydneysiders were shocked and the art world astonished by Christo’s wrapping of the Little Bay coastline. Suddenly, one…

MDFF Exclusive! Director Christopher Basile on Kartika: 9 Ways of Seeing

Kartika: 9 Ways of Seeing is a 55-minute documentary film portraying the legendary Indonesian artist Kartika through the lens of Melbourne director Christopher Basile. Still actively painting and sculpting, Kartika is the 84-year-old daughter of Indonesia’s most celebrated modern painter Affandi (1904-1990). Although Kartika’s artistic talent was evident at an early age, she was born in…

The new Kairos trailer packs a punch

A new trailer has dropped for Kairos ahead of the film’s screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival. One of the breakout stars of Down Under (MIFF 2016) and Little Monsters (MIFF 2019), Chris Bunton packs a formidable punch in this trailblazing Australian drama – a rare local film that places both a performer and a…

Here’s where you can see Bruce Beresford’s Black Robe digitally restored

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia digitally restores the first official Australia-Canada feature coproduction, set to screen in Melbourne and Canberra from August. Bruce Beresford’s 1991 film Black Robe, the first feature film co-produced by Australia and Canada, has been digitally restored by the National Film and Sound Archive’s NFSA Restores program. The new…

A devilishly dark trailer has dropped for Maziar Lahooti’s Below

A new trailer has dropped for Maziar Lahooti’s devilishly dark comedy, Below. Starring Ryan Corr and Anthony LaPaglia, Below is a pitch-black comedy with a unique, and uniquely provocative, take on Australia’s controversial asylum-seeker detention system. When darkweb con-artist Dougie lands in the bloody deep end of a scam gone wrong, his gruff stepdad Terry…

Web Series Wednesday: Made For This

Directed by Aaron Warwick Written by Domenic Di Mento, Steven Carnuccio and Daniel Pike Produced by Domenic Di Mento, Steven Carnuccio, Daniel Pike, Waseem Khan and Aaron Warwick Starring Domenic Di Mento, Steven Carnuccio, Bonnie Ferguson, Maha Wilson, Cramer Cain, Waseem Khan, Erin Connor and Tia Naris Co-written by Highlight Pictures The struggle to forge…

Cinema Australia Podcast Episode #36 | Andrew Garton

Cinema Australia Original Content: In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast host Matthew Eeles chats with filmmaker Andrew Garton about his new documentary Forged From Fire which charts the valleys and peaks of the heartwarming project known as The Blacksmiths Tree. On Black Saturday, 7 February 2009, townships north-east of Melbourne were engulfed by firestorms.…

CinefestOZ reveals $100,000 Film Prize finalists

CinefestOZ has revealed the five Australian films that will be in the running for the 2019 $100,000 Film Prize. GO! MIFF@CinefestOZ film H is for Happiness, Hearts and Bones, Judy & Punch andMIFF@CinefestOZ drama Measure for Measure have all been selected to compete for Australia’s biggest film prize, which recognises the best Australian feature film or…