From Academy Award® nominated director Bruce Beresford comes the comedy drama Ladies in Black, based on Madeleine St John’s best-selling novel, The Women in Black. Set in the summer of 1959, when the impact of European migration and the rise of women’s liberation is about to change Australia forever, Lisa, aged sixteen, takes a holiday…
Love Sci-Fi? Here’s your chance to win a DVD copy of John Soto’s otherworldly drama, The Gateway. A particle physicist grieving over the loss of her husband in a car crash travels to a parallel world to find him again, with dire consequences for her family. This competition has now closed. Thank you to everyone who…
“Like with a few Australian films before it and quite a few more after it, 27A has the conviction to portray the roughness and the hopelessness of its scenario – this is a key identifiable aspect of this country’s films of this era.” Written by David Morgan-Brown The sounds of mental asylum chit-chat is heard over…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Creative Directors: Perri Cummings and Jennifer Monk Writing Coach and Script Editor: Perri Cummings Producer: Jennifer Monk Acting Coach: Shanon Kulupach Cinematographer: Laura Jane Turner Episodes by: Jennifer Monk, Shanon Kulupach, Hannah Davies, Kelley Kerr Young, Lisa Dallinger, Lee McClenaghan, Eva Torrkola, Emma Jo McKay and Constance Washington. Last Breath is…
Directed by JD Cohen Written by Katherine Honan Produced by Tara Jay Starring Tara Jay, Isabel Dickson, Talia Rowley, Jock Campbell, Jeremy Chapman, Gareth Davis, Catherine Mc Donnell, Ash Matthew, Anthony Darvall and Peter Bertoni Killa Kafe is a dark comedy about a cafe with a twist: every shot of coffee comes with a shot at eliminating the troublemakers…
Edith Cowan University’s emerging filmmakers have ventured into uncharted territory, producing their first ever space movie, a bank heist comedy and a war story featuring a female protagonist. The ambitious films are among six short dramas which will premiere at The WA Screen Academy Gala: Uncharted Territory, hosted by WAAPA graduate Hayley McElhinney (Channel 9’s Doctor,…
The highly anticipated program for the 3rd Noosa International Film Festival (25-28 October) has been released with tickets on sale Friday 7 September. This year boasts a stellar line up of 80 films from 20 countries over a four-day festival weekend across Noosa and Eumundi venues. “This year’s festival is better than ever with seven…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles caught up with director Mark Grentell to discuss his new Australian comedy, The Merger. The Merger is a funny, feel-good movie about the Bodgy Creek ‘Roosters’ – a failing footie club who are forced to team up with some local Refugees – and end up winning more…
Post-production has began on a pilot episode for new paranormal comedy Cursed. Written, directed and co-created by Connor Fairclough (Head Above Water) and produced by Tristan Barr (Watch the Sunset), filming of Cursed took place in Queensland last month. Cursed is a horror-comedy series that will parody the clichés and techniques typically found in the horror…
Written and Directed by Lucy Coleman Produced by Sheila Jayadev, Lyn Norfor and Martin Thorne Starring Sarah Gaul, Hannah Lehmann, Marshall Campbell, Zoe Carides, Kendra Murphy, Julia Robertson, Terry Serio and Jessica Tuckwell Stuck in the angst of wondering who she is and what she is meant to be doing with her life, Loz, a 25 year-old aspiring playwright, finally thinks she’s found the answer to…
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