Thanks to Defiant Screen Entertainment we’re giving away copies of supernatural thriller The School, out now on DVD and digital. When a doctor looking for her missing child awakens to find herself in an abandoned school, she must survive the supernatural terror and face her own demons if she is to find the truth about…
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Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The Naked Wanderer will make its world premiere at a star-studded red-carpet event at this year’s CinefestOZ. In a major coup for the festival, the WA-made film about a man who treks the WA coastline – mostly…
Cinema Australia Original Content: “Life is not simple for me, so why would I make simple films?” Written by Matthew Eeles Independent filmmaker Saara Lamberg has dropped a new teaser trailer for Westermarck Effect, a followup to her Cinema Australia Audience Award-winning feature film, Innuendo. As the title suggests, Westermarck Effect is not your average Australian film.…
Hot Mess, the debut feature from Sydney writer and director Lucy Coleman, is gearing up for its festival run at Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July. A labour of love, the micro budget film tells the story of Loz, a 25 year-old aspiring playwright who thinks she’s finally found the answer to all her…
Inspired by the real-life plight of workers sold into Southeast Asia’s fishing industry and featuring a powerful performance from its first-time star, this gripping high seas drama was awarded the Panorama Prize by Berlinale’s Ecumenical Jury. Tired of toiling in the rice fields, 14-year-old Chakra (a magnetic Sarm Heng) leaves Cambodia in search of a…
The Sydney Film Festival has announced the Audience Awards, the list of the audience’s top five voted features and documentaries. Winner for best narrative feature went to Sequin in a Blue Room directed by Samuel Van Grinsven and winner for best documentary went to Martha: A Picture Story directed by Selina Miles. Coming in at second…
A new Australian short film is aiming to hit the festival scene at home and overseas. Pseudomonas is an independent Australian horror short which narrates from the uninhabitable corners of trauma. Pseudomonas Inspired by true events, the realisation of this film has been made possible by a dedicated Sydney-based team including writer and director Rhys William Nicolson, producers…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Written and Directed by Jeremy Dylan Produced by Jaime Lewis Featuring Tommy Emmanuel, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Sir Barry Gibb, Olivia Newton-John, John Oates, John Petrucci, Steve Wariner, John Knowles and Rick Price “Tommy Emmanuel fans will no doubt get a lot out of this.” Written by Guest Reviewer Travis Johnson This…
The MIFF Premiere Fund delivers seven world and Australian premieres to the 68th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), including Paul Ireland’s gritty reimagining of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure staring Hugo Weaving and Maziar Lahooti’s highly anticipated directorial debut, Below. The Premiere Fund, which provides minority co-financing to new Australian quality theatrical (narrative and documentary) feature films that then premiere at MIFF, has invested in more than…
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