Welcome to the first Cinema Australia Podcast episode for 2024! My guests on this episode are The Rooster writer and director, Mark Leonard Winter, and co-producers Mahveen Shahraki and Geraldine Hakewill. This is a really exciting episode for me to be presenting to you all for many reasons: one, we’re discussing my favorite film on…
Thanks to Bonsai Films, we have ten double passes to give away to The Rooster, an AACTA Award film starring Hugo Weaving and rising star Pheonix Raei. The Rooster pens nationally in cinemas on February 22. Written and directed by award-winning actor Mark Leonard Winter, who makes his feature filmmaking debut with The Rooster. Produced by…
RELATED ARTICLE: Interview: Mark Leonard Winter Bonsai Films has announced Q&A screenings for its upcoming release, The Rooster. Written and directed by award-winning actor Mark Leonard Winter, who makes his feature filmmaking debut with The Rooster. Produced by Logie-nominated actor Geraldine Hakewill (Wanted, Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries), and AACTA award-winning producer MahVeen Shahraki (Ellie…
A gripping story about friendship and how hope can come from unlikely places, writer and director Mark Leonard Winter’s feature filmmaking debut The Rooster will open in cinemas around the country from February 22, 2024. Produced by Logie-nominated actor Geraldine Hakewill (Wanted, Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries), and AACTA award-winning producer MahVeen Shahraki (Ellie and…
Ahead of the film’s world premiere at the prestigious Melbourne International Film Festival, Mark Leonard Winter, best known for performances in film’s such as The Dressmaker, Balibo, Disclosure, Measure For Measure and Escape From Pretoria, tells Cinema Australia during our recent interview that he is filled with gratitude that the film received support from MIFF’s…
A new trailer has dropped for Mark Leonard Winter’s The Rooster ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Hugo Weaving and Phoenix Raei play a hermit and a cop who form an unlikely connection amid crisis in this wonderfully weird sucker-punch of tenderness. Dan (Raei, Below, MIFF Premiere Fund 2019;…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Rising talent Phoenix Raei (Clickbait, Stateless, The Night Agent), and Hugo Weaving (Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Love Me), star in The Rooster, a mystery-drama written and directed by award-winning actor Mark Leonard Winter. Mark Leonard Winter makes his feature filmmaking…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Geraldine Hakewill and Mark Leonard Winter have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their new feature film, The Rooster. The Rooster is a mystery drama which deals with themes around shame and masculinity with humanity and unexpected humour, whilst keeping an audience…
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