Typifying the challenges facing the vast majority of Australian films, Heath Davis’ suspense-drama 'Locusts' and Partho Sen-Gupta’s thriller 'Slam' were released on a handful of screens last weekend.
“I just want to play characters whose ethnicity is incidental and I’ve been lucky to be able to do that in the past few years."
Actor Paul Ireland is set to make his feature directing debut on Pawno, a dramedy set in a seedy pawn shop in Melbourne's western suburbs.
Filmmakers Damian Hill and Paul Ireland plan to follow their gritty comedy-drama 'Pawno' with a contemporary adaptation of a Shakespeare classic.
The Sydney Film Festival has announced the first batch of 26 titles which will premiere at this year’s event and an additional screening venue.
Damian Hill and Paul Ireland, the creative team behind 2015 indie 'Pawno', have reunited for 'M4M', a contemporary take on the Shakespeare play ‘Measure for Measure’ that will be set within Melbourne’s commission flats.
Actors turned filmmakers Ireland and Hill met doing a play with storied character actor John Brumpton (Romper Stomper, The Hunter).
Shooting of 'M4M' began in Melbourne last week as the cast and crew regrouped following the death on September 22 of Damian Hill, who co-wrote the crime drama/romance with the director Paul Ireland.