Mushroom Pictures has announced an August 24 release date for Damien Power’s debut feature, Killing Ground. Powers will be joined by the film’s star Harriet Dyer and other key cast in a series of Q&As taking place in the film’s opening week. Killing Ground wowed audiences and critics at its International Premiere at the Sundance…
The Gateway Directed by John V. Soto Written by John V. Soto and Michael White Produced by John V. Soto Starring Jacqueline McKenzie, Hayley McElhinney, Myles Pollard, Shannon Berry, Troy Coward, Ben Mortley, Adam T Perkins, John McPherson, Ryan Panizza, Shirley Toohey, Jag Pannu and Steve Burridge A particle physicist grieving over the loss of her husband in…
Yew! We’ve been hanging for this! A fresh new trailer has dropped for Luke Shanahan’s Rabbit ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Rabbit stars Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell, Jonny Pasvolsky, Veerle Baetens and Charles Mayer and is produced by David Ngo. Haunted by dreams of her missing sister Cleo and convinced – against all…
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Mardi Gras, Create NSW and SBS have announced a funding initiative supporting emerging LGBTIQ filmmakers. Create NSW and SBS will fund up to six short films in the lead up to Mardi Gras in March 2018, as part of Create NSW’s annual Generator: Emerging Filmmakers Fund. Applications are sought…
Westwind: Djalu’s Legacy Directed by Ben Strunin Starring Djalu Gurruwiwi, Larry Gurruwiwi and Gotye An ageing tribal elder, a didgeridoo master and custodian of an ancient dreaming has no-one to inherit his sacred and esoteric traditional songlines. His son’s are consumed by the modern world; one blinded by the light, the other by depression. Djalu seeks…
It’s David Lynch meets The Stepford Wives in this dark allegorical comedy about a woman with a misshapen head, and the under-lurkings of a town secret buried deep. Placidyl (Or The Dairy of a Madwoman) asks the big questions; What is it to be an outcast with a triangle-shaped cranium? How can society be as…
As a non-profit website dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films, Cinema Australia rarely gets the opportunity to throw cash at crowdfunding projects. Trust us, if we had the money we’d be executive producers on almost every new Australian film calling for supporters through the myriad of crowdfunding platforms available on the interwebs. That’s…
Director Ivan Hexter writes exclusively for Cinema Australia about his documentary, Tunnel Vision which is screening at this year’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Article Written by DP Ivan Hexter Documentaries are usually created by filmmakers who fully embrace their subjects. They are driven by a passion to tell a story about someone or something that…
An intriguing new trailer has dropped for The Butterfly Tree, a beautifully looking film from director Priscilla Cameron starring Melissa George, Ewen Leslie and Ed Oxenbould. When 13-year-old Fin meets Evelyn, a florist with a penchant for 1940s fashion and a radiant appetite for life, he is drawn into her spellbinding world of plants and…
Ahead of the film’s screening at next month’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, producer, writer and director Johanna B. Kelly has written this exclusive article for Cinema Australia about her new film, The Gateway Bug. Written by Johanna B. Kelly – Producer, Writer and Director of The Gateway Bug. Eating insects might just save the planet…
The School’s out Written by Matthew Eeles Filming has wrapped on The School, a supernatural horror by first-time feature director, Storm Ashwood. A very relaxed Ashwood was deep in post production when we spoke to him recently from his Sydney home. “The editor is surprised how easily everything is coming together,” an excited Ashwood told…
“We all know about the civil rights movement and the gay rights movement and the disability rights movement should really sit alongside them in our minds and our history books”. Director Sarah Barton Defiant Lives, the powerful new feature documentary by Australian director Sarah Barton releases nationally on July 17 with a series of…
