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Animators Jelena Sinik and Nicolette Axiak Talk About Their Short Film 101 Days of Lockdown Ahead of its World Premiere at the Sydney Underground Film Festival

Animators Jelena Sinik and Nicolette Axiak Talk About Their Short Film 101 Days of Lockdown Ahead of its World Premiere at the Sydney Underground Film Festival

Andrew F Peirce Sep 9, 2022 15 min read
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Within the space of almost two minutes, Jelena Sinik and Nicolette Axiak take viewers on an emotional journey of the impact of isolation in their powerful animated short film 101 Days of Lockdown, whi…

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Robert Connolly's Adaptation of Tim Winton's Blueback Gets Trailer, Poster and Release Date

Press Releases Sep 7, 2022 1 min read
Articles Robert Connolly Trailer

While learning to dive, young Abby befriends a magnificent wild blue groper, beginning her life-long journey to save the world's coral reefs.  When the quiet reef at her coastal hometown is threat…

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Franklin Review – A Reminder That People Are Not Powerless to Stand Up to Environmental Destruction

Franklin Review – A Reminder That People Are Not Powerless to Stand Up to Environmental Destruction

Nadine Whitney Sep 5, 2022 4 min read
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I’m old enough to remember the tail end of the campaign to stop the damming of the Franklin River in Tasmania. In many ways the campaign was the impetus for my burgeoning consciousness of the importan…

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The Lost City of Melbourne Review – Gus Berger’s Documentary Details the Impact of Gentrification on Melbourne Over the Ages

The Lost City of Melbourne Review – Gus Berger’s Documentary Details the Impact of Gentrification on Melbourne Over the Ages

Nadine Whitney Sep 4, 2022 4 min read
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Like everyone except the Indigenous people who lived in Naarm, I am an import to Melbourne. I first moved to the city in 1992 and found my spiritual home. There was something so uniquely cosmopolitan…

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Clean Review - May We All Find Inspiration in Sandra Pankhurst

Clean Review - May We All Find Inspiration in Sandra Pankhurst

Nadine Whitney Sep 4, 2022 3 min read
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An interviewer asks Sandra Pankhurst, the subject of Lachlan McLeod’s documentary Clean what she would like to be remembered for. Sandra answers “Being kind, nothing more, nothing less.” After the pub…

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Discontent Writer/Director Sam Rogers Talks About the Millennial Bond to Social Media in This Interview

Discontent Writer/Director Sam Rogers Talks About the Millennial Bond to Social Media in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Sep 4, 2022 11 min read
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Sam Rogers rollercoaster ride of a web series Discontent is a short-form look at a group of millennials linked to one another through their phones and social media. With a rip-roaring level of comedy,…

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Embrace Kids Director Taryn Brumfitt Talks Body-Positivity for Kids, Chico the Schnauzer, and the Joy of Dancing in this Interview

Embrace Kids Director Taryn Brumfitt Talks Body-Positivity for Kids, Chico the Schnauzer, and the Joy of Dancing in this Interview

Andrew F Peirce Sep 1, 2022 14 min read
Interviews australian cinema australian film documentary Embrace Kids Interview MIFF Taryn Brumfitt

Taryn Brumfitt’s 2016 documentary Embrace helped show women of the world the way to embrace a body-positive message, and with the utterly essential 2022 documentary Embrace Kids, she takes that same m…

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Three Thousand Years of Longing Review – George Miller’s Unabashedly Original Piece About Desire

Three Thousand Years of Longing Review – George Miller’s Unabashedly Original Piece About Desire

Blake Ison Sep 1, 2022 4 min read
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The world is a weird place. Everything is strange. Life. People. All of it. This has never been more apparent than the past few years. The COVID-19 pandemic trapped people in their homes, away from fa…

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Sissy Review – A Brutal, Chillingly Funny Film That Could Have Been More Engaging

Sissy Review – A Brutal, Chillingly Funny Film That Could Have Been More Engaging

Nadine Whitney Sep 1, 2022 4 min read
Films Reviews australian film horror MIFF Review sissy

Sissy, written and directed by Australian duo Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes, is a brutal yet often chillingly funny examination of influencer culture and how much our collective dopamine levels are ele…

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Unique Program Launched To Recruit Military Veterans To Film Sector

Press Releases Aug 31, 2022 3 min read
Articles australian film

PRESS RELEASE A world first program to recruit, train and mentor defence veterans into Australia’s burgeoning film and television industry is being launched as a joint initiative of the highly regard…

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SBS confronts the Frontier Wars that shaped our nation in The Australian Wars, presented by Rachel Perkins

Press Releases Aug 31, 2022 4 min read
Articles australian film Frontier Wars sbs

PRESS RELEASE The story of Australia’s longest and perhaps most defining war has been kept silent - until now. Over three parts, this ground-breaking documentary series gives voice to the story of Th…

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The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay Comes to Select Aussie Theatres This September

The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay Comes to Select Aussie Theatres This September

Press Releases Aug 31, 2022 2 min read
Articles australian film Steve Jaggi THE CURIOUS CASE OF DOLPHIN BAY

PRESS RELEASE The latest Young Adult feature film from The Steve Jaggi Company, THE CURIOUS CASE OF DOLPHIN BAY, will release in select cinemas across Australia from September 22. A fun, adventure-fi…

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