“Everyone wanted to interview Stephen Peacocke,” director Kane Guglielmi told me during an early morning Skype chat, just three days before his new film’s premiere. I was surprised considering Peacocke has only one scene in the film. “Now that he’s done a few studio films there’s a lot more buzz around him, rather than just being…
The Removalists Written by David Morgan-Brown “The screenplay here is one of a few examples of what makes (or what should make) David Williamson a key figure of Australian cinema.” The Australian New Wave began with a number of films written by playwright David Williamson who adapted some of his own plays into scripts for…
A brand new trailer has dropped for Subject 36. The intriguing new Perth-shot film follows a woman who studies strangers obsessively, until one of her subject changes everything. Subject 36 is written, produced and directed by Alexander Lorian and stars Kassandra Anne Smith and Matthew Nicholas Phillips in lead roles. The trailer’s cinematography certainly got our attention…
Tru Dot Films have announced that principal photography on the feature film, Living Space will commence next week. Created by writer & director Steven Spiel, the “horrifically horrifying psychological horror” is set to commence filming in Geelong, Victoria through to mid-December 2016. Living Space will be filmed entirely on location in the state of Victoria, creating jobs for approximately 80 cast, crew…
In the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, Matthew Eeles chats with sisters Sophie and Dominique Mathisen about their new Australian film Drama. It’s over a year since Anna split with John and life in London seems only to be getting harder. She isn’t landing auditions and the pressure from family to make it…
Australia has consistently produced genre films of an extraordinarily high quality – Wolf Creek, Road Games, Mad Max and more recently Boys in the Trees. Nestled right there in the middle is Joel Anderson’s excellent and spooky tale Lake Mungo which is set to screen as part of Revelation Perth International Film Festival’s Australian Revelations Sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming…
Australian Production Company Mohworks Films has launched the teaser trailer for its upcoming feature, sci-fi adventure, SPACE/TIME. SPACE/TIME is the first feature film from Australian director Michael O’Halloran, exhibiting the onscreen talents of Ashlee Lollback (Don’t Tell), Hugh Parker (My Mistress, BBC’s Black Books) and Pacharo Mzembe (Danger Five, Underbelly). Michael, whose passion for grand…
Australia filmmaker and actress Maha Wilson was recently awarded an official selection for her feature length film Damaged which was selected out of over 1500 global entrants, to screen at the prestigious Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival this November. Damaged is a coming of age drama inspired by Wilson’s experiences growing up in Sydney’s Western Suburbs with underlying themes of bullying and violence…
For the first time in its short history, the Made in Melbourne Film Festival will open with a feature film. Matthew Holmes’ The Legend of Ben Hall has been selected to open the festival on Tuesday, 6 December at ACMI. Holmes’ will also officially open the night after the screening along with his key cast and crew, who will…
by Matthew Eeles New images have been revealed for Scott Mannion’s intriguing new film, The Defector. Acting as a concept short for a feature film currently in development, The Defector is set in the days preceding the mysterious disappearance of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, as paranoia engulfs the conservative government. Whilst Holt struggles to suppress Red hysteria from within;…
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