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AUSgust – The Third: A Celebration of Australian Film

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August 1, 2020
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Ever since The Curb launched, we've celebrated Australian films with the annual AUSgust film month - a month dedicated to highlighting and supporting Australian films. For the first two years, we've had da...

Nine Questions with Le Miroir Director Leila Murton Poole – Luck, Creativity, and the Power of Collaboration

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Le Miroir is a visual delight of a short film, one that shows a talented director on the rise. In celebration of the news that Le Miroir will be screening at Western Australia's grand Cinefest Oz festival, we ...

The Throwback Review – Celebration for the Fading Video Store

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April 21, 2020
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Growing up, I used to peruse the aisles of the Canning Bridge Civic Video – a mammoth store with an obnoxious, yet comforting, yellow banner, replete with Groucho Marx and cigar, now turned into an equally mam...

Standing Up for Sunny Cinefest Oz Review – A Genuinely Hilarious Treat of a Film

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September 26, 2019
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In Standing Up for Sunny, RJ Mitte stars as Travis, a socially isolated, perennially grumpy, guy living with cerebral palsy. He has a major gripe with the world: the fact that there are other people in it. Tra...

Below Cinefest Oz Review – A Stripped-Back, Pitch-Black Sci-Fi Farce

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September 10, 2019
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Every so often you come across a film that fits your sensibilities so closely that you suspect it’s somehow fallen through a crack in reality from a neighbouring universe in which you yourself are a filmmaker....

H is for Happiness Cinefest Oz Review – An Immediate Australian Classic

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September 4, 2019
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Powered by JustWatch H is for Happiness feels like a rare film. It’s so genuine and tender with its comedy and humanity that it can’t help but feel like an anomaly in the landscape ...

Buoyancy Cinefest Oz Review – A Brutal Exploration of Modern Slavery

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September 2, 2019
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I’ll preface this review by saying that of late, I’ve been attempting to watch films with as little prior knowledge as possible. After all, trailers and plot synopses give away so much of the film, dictating h...

Whale Super Highway Review – A Beautifully Immersive Aquatic Experience

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August 15, 2019
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It’s been a while since I’ve immersed myself in the field of ‘edutainment’ – that is, entertainment that educates. While I like to consider myself fairly ofay with all forms of cinema, the realm of films that ...

CinefestOz Film Festival Announces the Jury Member Lineup Including Alex Dimitriades and Ben Young

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August 8, 2019
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CinefestOZ Film Festival has revealed the full line up of jury members who will vote on the prestigious $100,000 Film Prize, which recognises the best Australian feature film. Marta Dusseldorp, Gle...

The Early Bird catches the best tickets at CinefestOZ

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July 19, 2019
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CinefestOZ Film Festival will reveal its full program next Friday, 26 July but audiences are being encouraged to snap up Early Bird tickets to avoid missing out on premiere events. Tickets are now on sale f...
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