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…
My guest on this episode is David Fairhurst – the writer, director, co-producer and co-editor of the claustrophobic, mind-bending psychological thriller Reaching Distance. Logan, a cynic with a photographic memory, follows his sister’s killer onto a night-rider bus. As the line between past and present begins to blur on the journey, Logan uncovers he has…
A release date has been announced for The Combination Redemption. Directed by David Field and written by George Basha, the sequel to the gritty 2009 drama The Combination will be released in cinemas nationwide on February 7, 2019. The Combination opened in cinemas In February 2009 and was immediately hailed by critics and audiences alike as…
Written, produced and directed by Taya Calder-Mason Starring: Matthew Clarke, Taya Calder-Mason, Paul Antony Rogers, Brenton Price and Caleb Havebond Fight Like a Woman follows young local boxer, Lanie Ray (Taya Calder-Mason) as she prepares to fight against popular male rival, Ricky Louis (Matthew Clarke). Article by Taya Calder-Mason The concept for Fight Like a…
Storm Ashwood’s The School will be released in select cinemas from December 6. You can read our full review of the film here. A doctor, wife and grieving mother. Amy (Megan Drury) is falling. It has been two years and she still cannot manage to leave her comatose son, David’s side. Amy falls further into her own selfish…
ABC in association with Screen Australia and Create NSW are pleased to announce filming is underway on the new season of Jungle Entertainment’s Squinters, the acclaimed, hit comedy series that celebrates the comically mundane ritual of the daily work commute. Created by Trent O’Donnell (No Activity, The Moodys) and Adam Zwar (Wilfred, Lowdown), Squinters Season…
Thanks to our friends at Umbrella Entertainment, we’re giving away copies of The Merger and One Less God on Blu-ray. The Merger Directed by Mark Grentell and starring Damian Callinan, Fayssal Bazzi, Kate Mulvany and John Howard, The Merger is the hilarious & heart felt story of a struggling town: the drought won’t let up,…
by Matthew Eeles The first teaser trailer has been released for Martin Copping’s new Australian thriller, The Dunes one year after the film was successfully funded via Kickstarter. The Dunes was written, directed and produced by Copping who also stars in the film as LA Times scribe Nicholas Rice. While returning to his old hometown The Dunes, a…
The new Australian family film, H is for Happiness, has commenced principal photography in the picturesque coastal town of Albany, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The colourful film is the debut feature from well-known theatre director John Sheedy, whose feel-good short film Mrs McCutcheon garnered glowing reviews and accolades in Australia and…
CAPS Short Film Competition international and local finalists have been announced for Central Queensland’s weekend of cinema. The annual Capricorn Film Festival gives residents the chance to support filmmakers from around the region and from all over the world. It also allows for local filmmakers, seasoned and beginner, to enter their short films into the…
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