A trailer has dropped for Luke Graham’s Sharko, an intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s famous father, Mark “Sharko” Graham. Sharko is a feature documentary about enigmatic New Zealand Rugby League legend Mark “Sharko” Graham, and his filmmaker son, Luke. In his prime, Mark was the best rugby league player in the world. Known for his…
Victorian filmmaker Genna Chanelle Hayes has announced plans to produce her upcoming feature film Olivia in regional Victoria later this year. Production is set to take place in Ballarat and Melbourne, with the acclaimed young director using her sophomore feature film to tackle violence against women. “This is obviously an issue which I am deeply…
Set to make its world premiere at CinefestOZ this week, Andamooka is a raw and honest portrayal of womanhood, directed, written, produced by, and starring Mara Jean Quinn. Andamooka centres on Alex, a woman whose world has become one of dissatisfaction and disillusionment. Stuck in an unfulfilling job, reeling from a broken engagement and approaching…
Finalists in the 2024 CinefestOZ Short Film Competition have been ahead of the Short Film Awards, which will be held next Thursday 5 September in Margaret River as part of Australia’s largest destination film festival (31 August to 8 September). Recognising exceptional storytelling and talent in the short filmmaking sector of the Australian film industry…
Christmas comes early this year with Blue Canaries, the directorial debut from writer-director team Mounsey Lane – Luke Mounsey and Andy Lane. A ground-level look at a not-so-average night on the job for two Australian street cops, Blue Canaries is a layered examination of the nature of police work, delivered as a ticking clock thriller, set on a sweltering Christmas Eve, where rookie probational…
Maslow Entertainment today announced that the highly anticipated First Nations psychological horror film The Moogai, will be released in cinemas in Australia on 31 October 2024. The Moogai received its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and its Australian Premiere at the 2024 Sydney Film Festival, where it won the GIO Audience Award for…
Frantales Productions is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Buried, a darkly funny new five-part digital series about theschool drop-off run from hell. Supported by Screen Australia and VicScreen, produced by Fran Derham (Surviving Summer, First Love), and created by talented Victorian duo Miriam Glaser (Utopia, Why Are You Like This) and Charlotte George…
Madman Entertainment today announced that acclaimed filmmaker Adam Elliot will take part in Q&A events around Australia ahead of the release of Memoir Of A Snail, in cinemas on 17 October. Madman also revealed the new Australian trailer for the much-anticipated film, starring Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Magda Szubanski, Dominique Pinon and Jacki Weaver.…
Henry Boffin is no stranger to family drama, drawing on his own real-life experiences as inspiration for his debut feature film, Strange Creatures. The new dramatic comedy follows two estranged brothers, Ged (Johnny Carr) and Nate (Riley Nottingham) who are forced to reunite to scatter their mother’s ashes in the town where she grew up.…
Luke Sparke, the writer and director behind creature features like Red Billabong and the Occupation series, returns to the big screen with his latest action thriller, Primitive War. After battling Bunyips and fending off world-destroying aliens, Sparke is now taking on history’s mightiest beasts – dinosaurs! Written and directed by Sparke, Primitive War is based on…
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