Ground breaking documentary, The Animal Condition, is set for a national cinema release this August and September via new Cinema-On-Demand platform Fan-Force.com. The thought provoking documentary charts the journey of animal welfare in Australia from a fringe issue to a nationwide debate. After stumbling upon activist videos of suffering farm animals online one night, four young friends take an investigative…
At the beginning of 2016 we made this statement, “The Legend of Ben Hall is, above all, the film we’re most excited to see in 2016.” We’ve been following the film since it’s very successful Kickstarter campaign was launched, and today we finally get our first look at Matthew Holme’s new film and it looks incredible. Check…
Doing it their way Husband and wife duo Alice Foulcher and Gregory Erdstein – or Greggles as Alice affectionately (and rather cutely) refers to him – are deep in post-production on their new film, That’s Not Me. It’s the story of wanna-be actor Polly (Foulcher) who dreams of making it to the big time. She’s beaten…
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last six months your excitement levels will be through the roof for new Australian thriller, Red Billabong. Before the film hits cinemas on August 25, there will be a handful of special event advance screenings around the country which you can find below – including one hosted…
Next Gen returns on Sunday August 14th at The Backlot Perth! This jam packed event will commence with the short films playing straight up at 6pm, an intermission at approximately 7pm and a new Cinema Australia presents Q&A segment with John Jarratt via Skype plus local filmmaker Steph Power in house. Next Gen have also added a “Best Film” award to…
Five South Australian aboriginal filmmakers have been selected to receive $20,000 each in funding along with mentoring and professional development from some of Australia’s leading film industry figures to make their own short drama. Edoardo Crismani, Isaac Lindsay, Kiara Milera, Thibul Nettle and Dylan Coleman will all receive funding and support as part of the…
Burns Point Directed by Tim Blackburn Written by Chris Blackburn Produced by Chris Blackburn and Steve Jaggi Starring Andrew Lowe, Ron Kelly, Francesca Bianchi, John McNeill, Aleisha Rose, Brad McMurray, Robin Royce Queree and Cate Feldmann What’s it about? A young woman lies dead in a house, strangled by her boyfriend in a fit of jealous…
Thinking of crowdfunding your next feature? Running Panda Films will be presenting its first industry event, Crowdfunding to Feature, with The Legend of Ben Hall director Matthew Holmes as a special guest speaker. In 2014, Holmes launched an ambitious Kickstarter campaign to raise $75,000 for a short form version of The Legend of Ben Hall. The film went on…
The filmmaking team behind the award winning Australian drama Broke has announced its next venture, Book Week to coincide with the upcoming national Book Week festivities. Book Week, a comedy drama to be produced in the Blue Mountains, has launched its crowd funding campaign with the who’s who of Australian art and media world pledging their support to…
“Stop dreaming! We need to have a dream and to protect it, but a dream without work is just a vision and it eventually fades. Put your acting first!” Interview by Joanne Kmaid What was it like meeting Robert De Niro? I met him through a mutual friend, Barry Primus; I was working for Barry at…
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