The highly anticipated thriller The Royal Hotel, directed by Kitty Green (The Assistant, Casting JonBenet), co-written by Green and Oscar Redding (Van Diemen’s Land) and starring Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Hugo Weaving and Toby Wallace is SXSW Sydney 2023 Screen Festival’s Opening Night film. Green will grace the Opening Night red carpet at the International…
Rialto Distribution has released the first-look trailer for Bring Him to Me, the hotly anticipated new Australian crime thriller from director Luke Sparke, (Occupation Rainfall, Devil Beneath), which is slated to screen in cinemas nationally from November 2. Featuring a dynamic international cast including Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Maze Runner), Sam…
Young Perth-based actor Chloe Brink is set to take the acting world by storm if her heart-warming performance in Raising Thunder is anything to go by. In the WA-made short, Chloe plays Kayla. Determined not to move in with her nauseating auntie (Catherine Moore), Kayla must change her dad’s (Joel Jackson) mind, but first, she…
CinefestOZ Film Festival has revealed the full line up of Jury members who will decide on the winner of the prestigious $100,000 Film Prize – the country’s richest film award for an Australian production – recognising excellence in Australian filmmaking. Joining Jury Chair and acclaimed director Robert Connolly on the panel is US producer Debbie…
Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, today announced that Revealed – Danielle Laidley: Two Tribes, the upcoming Stan Original Documentary that celebrates the trailblazing life of one of Australia’s most talked about figures, will premiere Tuesday September 19, only on Stan. An intimate and important story that demands to be told, Revealed – Danielle…
Writer, director and co-producer Gabe Carrubba joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss his new film, Sunflower. Born and raised in the suburbs of Melbourne, Gabe realised his passion for the arts from a young age when he took an interest in creative writing. Fast-forward to the tender age of fifteen,…
Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen are a directing duo based in Adelaide, South Australia. Their first short film Call Connect, a 16 minute one-take drama, won the Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short at the 2020 Austin Film Festival. Indianna was also listed in Austin FF’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2020 list. The duo’s…
Following its world premiere at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival, where it was shortlisted for the Best Australian Documentary Award and the Sustainable Future Award, the vital documentary Climate Changers will be coming to cinemas nationally for a special screening and live streamed Q&A event on Sunday, September 17 at 5.30pm AEST.Professor Tim Flannery, Dr.…
Principal photography has today commenced in Sydney on Body Blow, an exciting new queer, neo-noir independent feature film by Dean Francis (Drown, Road Train) and from the producers of the homegrown international indie hits Lonesome (2022) and Birdeater (2023). Featuring an all-star cast, including Tim Pocock (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Tom Rodgers (Joe vs. Carole), Sacha…
This episode is a little bit different than our usual episodes in that it features two interviews with two very talented filmmakers: Matt Vesely who has directed a neat sci-fi thriller called Monolith, and Callan Durlik who has made a very funny romantic comedy called It Only Takes A Night. These two interviews were originally…
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