CinefestOZ Short Film Award Finalists Revealed
Finalists in the CinefestOZ Short Film Competition were announced today ahead of the Short Film Awards, which will be held as part of Australia’s largest destination film festival from 23-28 August in…
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The Healing Director Nick Barkla Talks About Joint Healing with Veterans and Retired Racehorses in This Interview
Nick Barkla’s The Healing is a calming and powerful documentary about Scott Brodie and the horses he re-trains with the assistance of veterans who are living with PTSD and the impact of trauma on thei…
ELVIS Makes Four Baz Luhrmann Films in the Top Ten Aussie Film Box Office Earners
PRESS RELEASE Baz Luhrmann’s musically charged spectacle is the 10th highest-grossing Australian film of all time It has taken ELVIS just 20 days to break into the Top 10 highest grossing Australian…
Cherubhead Filmmaker Sarah Legg Goes Big with Her Indie Feature Film Debut and Talks About the Creative Process in This Interview
Sarah Legg’s Cherubhead arrives in the world as impressive debut feature film from the 19-year old filmmaker. Creating a purely independent production is difficult for any filmmaker, but for Sarah, sh…
Endearing Documentary Everybody's Oma to Travel Around Australia with a Filmmaker Q&A Tour
Bonsai Films is proud to announce the national cinema release of EVERYBODY’S OMA from August 11 (Victoria from August 25), with a national tour of preview Q&A screenings from July 30. Selected fo…
Some Happy Day Launches Impact Campaign to Inspire Action on Homelessness
Press Release An Australian filmmaker’s award-winning independent feature and social impact film, Some Happy Day - which aims to change perceptions of homelessness and inspire action and behavioural…
From Ablaze to Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, These Are the Ten Best Australian Films of 2022 So Far
We’re in the back half of 2022, which means it’s a great time to take a look at some of the very best Australian films released during the year so far. From the contemplative and reflective Ablaze to…
The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone Director Maya Newell Calls for a Revolution in Documentaries with Her Collaborative Approach to Filmmaking in This Interview
Maya Newell is a filmmaker who has managed to redefine what the label of ‘director’ means when it comes to documentary filmmaking. With the downright essential In My Blood It Runs, Newell utilised the…
Georgie Stone Talks About Working with Director Maya Newell for the Documentary The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone in This Interview
Director Maya Newell is a collaborative filmmaker who often brings on the subjects in her films as creative forces to help bring their story to life. Her latest film The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone enc…
Shadow Actor Scott Price and Producer Alice Fleming Discuss Bringing Back to Back Theatre's First Film to Australian Audiences in This Interview
One of the absolute standouts of Australian cinema in 2022 has been Back to Back Theatre’s first film: Shadow. Working as an adaptation of the theatre companies celebrated stage production The Shadow…
Yogi Devgan Talks About the Upcoming Port Adelaide Diversity and Inclusion Film Festival, and He Wants Your Films
The interest and focus of diversity on screen has increased over the years, but for disabled groups, LGBTIQA+ groups, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and CALD groups the level of representatio…
Bassendream Director Tim Barretto Captured 90s WA Suburbia on Film and Talks At Length About Its World Debut at Revelation Film Festival in This Interview
Perth-raised filmmaker Tim Barretto has seen the world. Growing up in Bassendean, learning about film production at ECU in Mount Lawley, Tim eventually moved over East to work on television production…