Prima Lux Films, in collaboration with La Rosa Productions, is excited to announce that their latest thriller Freelance has been acquired by Radioactive Pictures for distribution across Australia and New Zealand. Directed by acclaimed Melbourne-based filmmaker John Balazs, Freelance offers a nightmarish journey into desperation, moral compromise, and terror, drawing comparisons to Joel Schumacher’s 8MM…
Lunar Pictures announced today that principal photography has commenced in Sydney, Australia on psychological creature thriller The Room Below from AACTA Award-nominated writer and director Kurt Martin (Moon Rock for Monday). Alyssa Sutherland (Vikings, Evil Dead Rise), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors, Dracula), Bobby Gilchrist (Shapeless, The Invisible Raptor) and Gilbert Bradman (Transfusion, The Twelve)…
From Ros Horin, the director of acclaimed documentaries The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe and Rosemary’s Way, comes Welcome to Yiddishland, a place with no borders where progressive artists create provocative new works in an ancient endangered language that speaks to our times. Welcome to Yiddishland will screen at the Jewish International Film Festival in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Canberra,…
Maslow Entertainment today launched the trailer for the highly anticipated Australian film The Correspondent, starring Richard Roxburgh. Based on the incredible true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste’s arrest and imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, the film will be released in Australian cinemas on 26th December 2024. The Correspondent is a gripping biographical thriller about the relentless defence…
Award-winning critic Andrew F. Peirce invites you on an unforgettable journey through the vibrant landscape of contemporary Australian cinema. From heart-pounding horror to intimate documentaries, sweeping historical dramas to side-splitting comedies, discover over fifty films that capture the resilient creative force of Australian filmmakers in the early 2020s. Through in-depth interviews with over seventy Australian…
The trailer for the surf documentary You Should Have Been Here Yesterday was launched today, ahead of the film’s release in Australian cinemas on November 21, 2024. Umbrella Entertainment is also delighted to announce that the film’s writer and director Jolyon Hoff will take part in an extensive Q&A tour ahead of the cinema release. Following sold-out screenings…
Madman Entertainment and Arenamedia have launched the teaser trailer for Magic Beach, the big screen adaptation of Alison Lester’s beloved children’s book, directed by Robert Connolly (The Dry, Paper Planes). Magic Beach is an exciting mix of live action and animation, and perfect family viewing for the Australian summer. Alison Lester’s Magic Beach is an ongoing bestseller, continuously in print for 35 years,…
HALO Films, WA’s leading independent distribution company, is proud to announce an exciting new global distribution partnership with independent Australian distributor Bounty Films. The agreement will see HALO Film feature productions enter into a joint distribution arrangement with Bounty Films who will release HALO Films’ content across multiple formats, including: TVOD (Transactional Video On Demand)…
Sharmill Films, in partnership with Bonsai Films, has today announced the release date for Mozart’s Sister, playing in cinemas across Australia on October 31, 2024. Fresh from sold-out sessions at its Sydney Film Festival World Premiere and directed by Madeleine Hetherton-Miau (The Surgery Ship), this fascinating documentary is a ‘musical mystery’ story that explores the lost talent…
Cinema Australia Podcast #87 | Sarah Legg The pieces are in place. The game is set. Only one will emerge victorious. Anyone for tea? A visionary debut from then 19-year-old writer-director-actor Sarah Legg and starring last year’s Australian Idol sensation Angelina Curtis, Cherubhead is one of the more offbeat and ambitious micro-budget films ever made in this country, and…
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