Five Australian screen projects have been selected for the 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival which will take place in Austin, Texas from 8-16 March. Making their respective world premieres are feature film Audrey, documentary short film The Big Wait, and animated augmented reality (XR) project Many Worlds. Mystery-thriller Birdeater will make…
Tag Archive for Australian Movies
PROCLIVITAS Selected as 2023 Recipient of Screenwest’s West Coast Visions initiative.
by themovieboards - Editor •
Screenwest and Screen Australia are pleased to announce writer/director Miley Tunnecliffe and producer Kate Separovich’s debut feature film, PROCLIVITAS has been selected as the 2023 recipient of Screenwest’s highly coveted West Coast Visions initiative. PROCLIVITAS is the first West Coast Visions film to receive $1,250,000 production funding (historically $750,000), thanks to Screenwest’s new partnership with…
Paperback Hero
by themovieboards - Editor •
Director Antony J. Bowman Starring Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, Angie Milliken Rated M Score 4/6 An Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend’s name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. Will they remain friends or…? Okay even though I don’t think…
Production Starts on Bunya Productions’ Limbo
by themovieboards - Editor •
Production has begun on Bunya Productions’ Limbo ,the latest feature film by Australian auteur Ivan Sen. Featuring AACTA Award-winning, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor, Simon Baker (Breath, The Guardian, The Mentalist, High Ground), with Rob Collins (The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, Firebite), Natasha Wanganeen (Rabbit Proof Fence, Firebite) and Nicholas Hope (Bad…
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse
by themovieboards - Editor •
Director Kiah Roache-Turner Starring Jay Gallagher, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Luke McKenzie, Tasia Zalar, Bianca Bradey & Nick Boshier Rated MA Score 4/6 In a zombie-infested Australian wasteland, soldier Rhys has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure. Perhaps I should have done a small amount…
How to Please a Woman Heads to the US in July
by themovieboards - Editor •
Western Australian writer/director Renée Webster and producers Tania Chambers and Judi Levine have premiered their locally produced feature film ‘How to Please a Woman’ in cinemas across Australia. The film has also been picked up overseas and will hit cinemas in the United States of America in July 2022. English actress, television presenter and comedian…
Julia Garner, Hugo Weaving & Jessica Henwick To Star in The Royal Hotel
by themovieboards - Editor •
Julia Garner (Inventing Anna, Ozark), Hugo Weaving (Oranges and Sunshine, The Matrix) and Jessica Henwick (The Matrix Resurrections and upcoming Knives Out 2) are set to star in The Royal Hotel directed by Kitty Green. The Royal Hotel will reunite Green and Garner who previously worked together on Green’s breakout hit The Assistant which premiered…
Head on Headed to Blu-Ray on November 3
by themovieboards - Editor •
Umbrella Entertainment is proud to announce the Blu-Ray release of the seminal Australian classic, Head On, featuring new audio commentary by director Ana Kokkinos , available on November 3, 2021 through the distribution company’s Sunburnt Cinema Collection. Starring Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Julian Garner and Elena Mandalis, Head On was the groundbreaking debut feature film…
Bad Eggs
by themovieboards - Editor •
Director Tony Martin Starring Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin, Judith Lucy Rated M Score 5/6 Ben Kinnear and Mike Paddock are police officers working for the Zero Tolerance Unit, a special division of Victoria Police. When they accidentally shoot the corpse of a judge several times each, they are reprimanded but investigate his death, leading to…
Time to go back to the cinemas?
by themovieboards - Editor •
Screen Australia invites all Australians to rediscover the wonder of the big screen this summer. The Our Summer of Cinema campaign will promote a number of high-profile titles releasing theatrically, including The Dry (1 January), Penguin Bloom (21 January), High Ground (28 January) and Firestarter (18 February). Screen Australia in collaboration with each of the…