The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts has unveiled the 23 feature films in competition for the 2nd AACTA Awards, set to be handed out in Sydney early 2013. It’s worth noting that the below titles are merely eligible, and a few obvious ones aren’t likely to make their way into the Best Feature category. Sorry Iron […]
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Interview: Ivan Sen (director of Toomelah)
November 23, 2011 
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Interview: Ivan Sen (director of Toomelah). By Simon Miraudo. Toomelah marks Australian director Ivan Sen‘s third narrative feature film (and the first to garner release since his acclaimed debut picture Beneath Clouds landed in 2002). Set at the Toomelah Aboriginal Mission, the picture follows a young boy named Daniel who tries to fit in with […]
Continue readingInterview: John Michael McDonagh (director of The Guard)
August 23, 2011 0 Comments
Interview – John Michael McDonagh (director of The Guard). By Simon Miraudo. It was hardly a surprise to discover John Michael McDonagh had just as sharp a tongue as his brother Martin (In Bruges) in his feature film debut The Guard. It was truly refreshing, however, to see some of the family’s trademark barbs being […]
Continue readingMelbourne International Film Festival – Day Nine
July 31, 2011 1 Comment
Melbourne International Film Festival – Day Nine. By Simon Miraudo. So this is what it feels like to hit the wall. It had to happen eventually. The mental exhaustion, poor diet, and lack of both sunlight and sleep have proven to be too much for me, a small man with almost no muscle mass. I’m […]
Continue readingThe 2011 Sydney Film Festival line-up revealed
May 11, 2011 0 Comments
The complete lineup of flicks playing at this year’s Sydney Film Festival has been revealed, with Joe Wright’s Hanna announced as the opening night film. Mike Mills’ Beginners will close the fest. Two Cannes-bound Aussie movies – Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty and Ivan Sen’s Toomelah – will screen in the festival’s official competition. They will compete […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Sleeping Beauty
April 29, 2011 0 Comments
The sensual new poster for Julia Leigh’s Cannes-bound Aussie drama Sleeping Beauty has debuted online. Transmission brought it to our attention via Twitter. (Haven’t you heard? Everyone’s doing it that way now.) Sleeping Beauty stars Emily Browning as a young prostitute who submits herself to the ‘Sleeping Beauty Chamber’, in which her clients can do to […]
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