Festival promises a big run of short films
The 28th Canberra Short Film Festival kicks off on Thursday with an impressive student/under-18 showcase featuring no fewer than 23 films. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg, says HELEN MUSA.
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A moving, life-affirming film where traumatised ex-racehorses and military veterans get a second chance will have its Canberra premiere on Wednesday night.
British actor Sir Michael Caine, who has appeared in more than 160 films over a career that has spanned seven decades, says he has retired from acting.
"The Genius of Gianni Versace Alive" is likely to be one of the most popular offerings at the upcoming Italian Film Festival, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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Film chases Jessica’s strange being in the bush
There's a buzz in film circles as Canberra director and scriptwriter Jessica Beange prepares for the shooting of her 30-minute supernatural thriller, “Animal”.
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10 local screen projects enjoy funding support
End-of-financial-year tallying has revealed that the CBR Screen Investment Fund, managed by Screen Canberra, granted $498,832 to 10 screen projects and applications for the next round of funding has opened.
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Thornton puts her own slant on unorthodox camp thriller
Sigrid Thornton loves a challenge, which is why the perennial actor signed on to play an eccentric mother in an unconventional black comedy murder mystery, reports CASSANDRA MILLER.
Screen Canberra announced on Wednesday the appointment of Holly Trueman as its new CEO, replacing long-time founding executive officer, Monica Penders.
A Canberra-Berlin film producer has been in Cannes this week at the Marché du Film representing a film that has become accidentally notorious.
If you believe ANU Film Group sponsorship officer Brett Yeats – and he's pretty persuasive – you'd be mad not to join the 57-year-old society which started in 1966 and is still going strong.
A new studio built by the National Film and Sound Archive for the Strehlow Research Centre within the Museum of Central Australia, Alice Springs, has opened.
With more titles than ever before, the German Film Festival is coming to Canberra in early May, reports HELEN MUSA.
A documentary about Bob Brown and the forest he works to protect has filled cinemas as the conservationist and former politician continues his life's work.
The looming French Film Festival has a formidable line-up of female directors among its 39 films, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"CityNews" editor IAN MEIKLE salutes the work of veteran film reviewer Dougal Macdonald as he retires from the paper…
Here are DOUGAL MACDONALD'S most-clicked movie reviews of 2022.
"The Road Dance" is a gentle new movie with strong dramatic energy. Reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD quite liked it.
"This is a film about children, with a cast mostly composed of children. But I judge that many children will find it to be just a little bit too grown up for their taste." DOUGAL MACDONALD's been to see "Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical".
"It may not strike everybody as great cinema but nobody could deny that it hits its target squarely," writes reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD of the new movie "Kompromat".
