Alena Lodkina’s Petrol to open in Australian cinemas

Fresh from its return from New York’s New Directors/New Films festival, and  a glowing review from The New Yorker, Australian audiences will have an opportunity to see Alena Lodkina’s new feature film Petrol at a series of special screenings accompanied by Q&A’s in Sydney, Perth and Canberra ahead of its release at Sydney’s Golden Age…

Screen Inc. to distribute Serbian-shot Australian drama, Here Be Dragons

Adding to its impressive slate of upcoming films, Sydney-based distributor Screen Inc. has picked up the Australian and New Zealand rights to Alastair Newton Brown’s gripping debut, Here Be Dragons. “We’re so excited about acquiring the Australian and New Zealand distribution rights to Here Be Dragons,” says Screen Inc. managing director Dov Kornits, fresh off…

New romance One Perfect Match is now filming in Brisbane

Canadian actor Merritt Patterson (The Royals) and Joshua Sasse (Love Is In The Air, Monarch) come together in the new feature romance, One Perfect Match, now shooting at locations across Brisbane. This latest feature film from Jaggi Entertainment is written by Ansley Gordon and directed by Jo-Anne Brechin (When Love Springs, Zelos) and further cements Queensland’s…

Interview: Laurence Billiet and Rachael Antony

With their new documentary, The Giants, filmmakers Laurence Billiet and Rachael Antony have created an affectionate portrait of one of Australia’s most recognisable identities – former leader of The Greens Party, staunch environmental activist, folk hero and gay icon, Bob Brown. A follow up to their television hit, Freeman, Laurence and Rachael inject The Giants…

Cinema Australia Podcast #92 | Jub Clerc

Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Jub Clerc, the director and co-writer of the uplifting coming-of-age road movie, Sweet As. I’ve been looking forward to recording an episode with Jub since I first met her while she was in post-production on Sweet As back in…

Warwick Thornton returns to Cannes Film Festival with The New Boy

Award-winning filmmaker, Warwick Thornton’s spiritual drama The New Boy has been selected for this years’ Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard program. This is the second film from Thornton to appear at the festival, after winning the Caméra d’Or Award forSamson & Delilah in 2009. The New Boy stars Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair,…

New Trailer: Talk to Me

Brace yourself, the trailer for horror film Talk to Me has launched, ahead of its nationwide cinema release on July 27. Talk to Me is the directorial debut from twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou, aka RackaRacka, which follows a group of friends who discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand. The friends…