Legendary Australian filmmaker, Rolf de Heer, joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss his new film, The Survival of Kindness. My first introduction to Rolf de Heer was in the mid-nineties when I was a teenager. A friend and I were sitting in his parents’ shed smoking cigarettes and drinking beer…
Sydney cinephiles will be treated to an unmissable 30th anniversary screening of cult classic, Bad Boy Bubby, with director Rolf de Heer and star Nicholas Hope in attendance for a post-screening Q&A. Confined to a two-room slum for his whole life, Bubby (Hope) knows only of the existence of himself and his mother (Claire Benito),…
Umbrella Entertainment and Luna Palace Cinemas will host a Q&A screening of Rolf de Heer’s The Survival of Kindness, following its premiere in the Main Competition of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival where the film was nominated for the prestigious Golden Bear. This cinematic must-see experience from one of Australia’s most visionary and acclaimed…
Umbrella Entertainment today launched the trailer and festival poster for Rolf de Heer’s The Survival of Kindness, ahead of its February 17 premiere in the Main Competition of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival – Berlinale – where the film is nominated for the prestigious Golden Bear, to be determined by a Jury headed by…
“People are interesting, everybody is interesting.” Rolf de Heer was in Perth recently for a Perth International Arts Festival Film Masterclass where de Heer and collaborator Molly Reynolds discussed their work with Fenella Kernebone. Audiences enjoyed hearing their experiences filming in remote Australia and collaborating with Indigenous communities – and hearing what it means to be a…
PIAF Conversations are your opportunity to engage more deeply with the Perth International Arts Festival artists as they reflect on their work and the challenges, questions and propositions they are presenting at 2017 PIAF. Rolf de Heer and Molly Reynolds will discuss their work with Fenella Kernebone, where they will share their experiences filming in remote…
Ozflix, a new video-on-demand service dedicated to streaming every Australian film ever made, is set to launch at 6:00pm on Australia Day, 26th January, 2017. Acclaimed by Australia’s most influential directors, producers and actors, Ozflix will begin streaming with around 250 Australian films and three free original content shows, with more free content to be announced. “There are…
Acclaimed Australian artists Matthew Sleeth, Emma Magenta and Bruce Gladwin are set to collaborate with screen creatives Maggie Miles, Robert Connolly, Andrew Bovell, Julie Eckersley and Ester Harding on three exciting, bold new projects announced to receive funding in the third and final round of the successful HIVE FUND initiative. An Adelaide Film Festival initiative…
Australian directors don’t come more committed than Rolf de Heer. For two and half years he’s worked twelve hour days and seven day weeks throwing everything he has at his new film, Charlie’s Country – his third collaboration with longtime friend, David Gulpilil. During a recent Q&A at Luna Leederville his dedication was starting to…
Our readers were quick to let us know how much they enjoyed our recent feature, David Gulpilil: A look back. Gulpilil’s impressive body of work was profiled through a collection of trailers from his films and still remains one of this sites highest read articles. You can check it out here. With the release of Rolf…
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