Cinema Australia Original Content: Tiriki Onus and Alec Morgan join the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss their new documentary, Ablaze. Ablaze tells the story of the first Aboriginal filmmaker William ‘Bill’ Onus, a Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri man from Victoria, a truly heroic cultural and political figure who revived his peopleʼs culture in the 1940s and ignited…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The St Kilda Film Festival kicks off this Friday night, with Riley Sugars’ hilarious comedy short, Hatchback, featuring in the prestigious opening night lineup. A few weeks ago Cinema Australia caught up with Hatchback director Riley Sugars,…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Filming is now underway in Adelaide on Monolith, the first feature film to go into production as part of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Adelaide Film Festival’s (AFF) Film Lab: New Voices initiative. Now shooting in the Adelaide Hills,…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. UK actors Billy Howle and Tom Bateman have touched down in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia to play Irish brothers in feature film Kid Snow, with principal photography commencing today, thanks to major production investment from Screen Australia in association…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment and Luke Sparke’s Sparke Films announce the brand new, genre-raising horror film, Scurry. Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile) will take on a lead role with further casting announcements to come. The film will…
You’ve all heard of Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and Revelation Perth International Film Festival. But have you heard of Erotica Film Festival? It’s an online film festival of consensual and authentic expressions of sexuality, love and relationships. Founded in 2019 by festival director Ilsa Fay, Erotica began as a unique, boutique one-night-only…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Revelation Perth International Film Festival has revealed an early look at this year’s lineup of films including three Australian feature films and one Australian short. As always, the curated programme celebrates independent filmmakers and boundary pushing storytellers from around the globe…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Made Up Stories, Screen Australia and VicScreen today announced that the team behind the box office smash hit and award-winning feature film The Dry return for the feature film adaptation of bestselling author Jane Harper’s Force of Nature, currently shooting in…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment and Luke Sparke’s Sparke Films have announced that the next feature films in the sci-fi action thriller Occupation: Rainfall franchise, Occupation: Rainfall Chapter 2 and Occupation: Rainfall Chapter 3. The film stars Jeremy Piven (Entourage) Casper Van Dien…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. How to Please a Woman writer and director Renée Webster joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Renée’s recent directing work includes series one and two of the drama serial The Heights for Matchbox Pictures and…
Australian film professionals, including Wonderland and Home and Away actor Tim Ross, will provide online education and mentorship for regional filmmakers in the Livingstone Shire and greater Central Queensland. Presented by Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal in association with Regional Arts Development Fund and Livingstone Shire Council, Mentoring our Region is a detailed three…
Umbrella, Maslow and 387 have today unveiled a first look image for Talk to Me, the directorial debut from YouTube sensation filmmaking twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou a.k.a. RackaRacka which recently wrapped production in Adelaide, Australia. International sales agent Bankside Films will be showing a promo of the high-concept horror to buyers in Cannes. Here’s the synopsis:…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The 69th Sydney Film Festival program was officially launched today by Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley, and there’s a stack of new Australian films featured in the program. “What a joy it is to return to the Festival’s traditional June…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Regular Cinema Australia readers may remember this publication spruiking Riley Sugars’ last short film, Rabbits – a heavy-hitting family drama set in late 1960’s Australia. If you watched the film, you will be excited to know that Sugars’…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Geraldine Hakewill and Mark Leonard Winter have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their new feature film, The Rooster. The Rooster is a mystery drama which deals with themes around shame and masculinity with humanity and unexpected humour, whilst keeping an audience…
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