by Matthew Eeles Rachel Ward’s has announced her new film, Palm Beach. The critically acclaimed director of Beautiful Kate and star of films such as Sharky’s Machine and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom will begin shooting her new film at various locations around Sydney, including the picturesque setting of Palm Beach. Palm Beach will…
Cinema Australia caught up with director David Wenham to discuss his new film, Ellipsis. “Ellipsis gave me the opportunity as a director to experiment with a lot of different things that I’ve always wanted to do myself as an actor.” Interview by Matthew Eeles How excited are you to be getting Ellipsis out to…
Fringe World Next Gen Short Film Festival 2018 Next Gen Short Film Festival is back at The Backlot Perth this February 2018 as part of Fringe World. This award-winning festival celebrates and supports short films made by Western Australian emerging filmmakers. The Next Gen Short Film Festival judges Matthew Eeles from Cinema Australia, Suzanne Worner…
Prometheus actor Noomi Rapace has been cast in director Kim Farrant’s psychological thriller Angel of Mine. Adapted by Lion screenwriter Luke Davies and David Regal from the 2008 French film L’Empreinte de L’Ange, the film has secured major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria. Now set in Melbourne, Angel of Mine follows a…
We put the call out to our readers to put forward their questions for Sweet Country director Warwick Thornton. We asked him a handful of those questions and the director was more than happy to answer. Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles sat down with Thornton to discuss a range of topics including working with his son…
Zina Directed by Ivan Malekin Produced by Clara Francesca and Ivan Malekin Written by Russell Boyd Starring Clara Francesca, Frank Fazio and Peter Flaherty Zina is a firecracker, a young and sexy Russian woman who drinks heavily, angers quickly, goes after what she wants. Tony is a young man new in town, fleeing a broken relationship, lost and alone. Together,…
Monster Pictures have acquired Australian/New Zealand distribution rights to Tru Dot Films’ feature Living Space. Written and directed by Steven Spiel, this supernatural horror will play a series of Monster Fest Presents screenings across Australia this March. Filmmakers Steven Spiel (writer/director), Natalie Forward (producer) and Branco Grabovac (cinematographer) will be in attendance at the screenings along with…
The sky’s the limit for Terrier. Credits Include: Blinder, Neighbours, Wentworth, Interface and Occupation. You can find a full list of credits here. Interview by Matthew Eeles When did you first realise you wanted to become an actor? I think the exact moment for me was when I was 18. I was at the movies…
Silent Man Written and Directed by Joseph Russell Produced by Chloe Stannard Starring George Iskander, Michael Shanahan, Clare Pickering, Adam La Rosa, Lloyd Bissell, Alexis Watt, Tim Constantine, Sam Ludeman, Karla Hillam and Thomas Petrakos A masked crusader has the city on high alert. The mute but ruthless Silent Man communicates using his signature yellow calling cards and is working his way through a list…
Article by Writer, Director and Animator Steve Baker It all started back in 2013 when the production company I started working with – Taxi Film, which mostly specialises in advertising – asked me to make a 30 second spec commercial so they could show ad agencies my style. However, coming from a film background that…
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