Australia remains in the grip of a family, domestic and sexual violence crisis. I won’t go too deeply into the statistics here, but they’re confronting, and as a society, we simply must do better. Considering storytelling has always been one of the most powerful ways to reflect the realities of our society, these issues are…
Sharmill Films and Stranger Than Fiction have shared the official trailer for Silenced, the critically acclaimed feature documentary making waves around the world. Billed as an “essential, galvanising watch” by Screen International, Silenced follows the powerful fight of Australian human rights lawyer and free speech defender Jennifer Robinson against the weaponisation of defamation laws by alleged perpetrators to…
Umbrella Entertainment has dropped the official trailer and poster for new Australian film, Storm Bird. Filmed in the Far north Queensland town of Babinda, Storm Bird is a character driven comedy-drama that follows Richard Hollingsworth (Anthony Phelan), a once-revered classical musician, now reclusive nihilist, living out his final months in tropical North Queensland. When Jack (James…
Madman Entertainment and Causeway Films are thrilled to unveil the official trailer for The Fox, writer/director Dario Russo’s striking debut feature. A darkly comic folktale blending satire and surrealism, The Fox stars Jai Courtney, Emily Browning, Damon Herriman, Claudia Doumit, Zlatko Burić, Frankie J. Holden, Heather Mitchell, Peter O’Brien and Kim Gyngell, Sam Neill as The Magpie, with Miranda Otto and Academy Award® winner Olivia Colman as The…
A striking new voice in Australian cinema, Harvey Zielinski, makes his feature film debut with Sweet Milk Lake. The tender story of family, masculinity and belonging, will have its World Premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) this August, where it has been selected to compete for the prestigious Bright Horizons Award. The film…
Tonight, the 74th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) unveiled its full 2026 program including more than 300 screen works spanning features, shorts and XR experiences, and special events. On screen and beyond, MIFF 2026 bursts to life with an unmissable slate of special events – including the World Premiere of Tina Arena: Unravel Me, the…
Following celebrated festival screenings, a theatrical season at Cinema Nova, and being named by film critic Matthew Donlan in the Sydney Morning Herald as one of Australia’s top new films to watch, From All Sides will make its national television premiere on SBS World Movies on Monday, 20 July. Winner of the Runner-Up Audience Award…
The 2026 Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival has wrapped after recording the biggest festival in its 13-year history, with record box office results, increased national media coverage and the highest attendance ever recorded at the Royal Open Air Theatre. Across nine days, Winton welcomed visitors from around the country for Australian film screenings, world premieres,…
Melbourne filmmaker Dayna Di Fulvio makes their directorial debut with Urban Nipple, a thought-provoking documentary exploring how technology, censorship and social media policies affect women and gender-diverse people. The film centres on multidisciplinary artist Michelle Kometz, whose artwork focuses on nipple sculptures. Despite the artistic nature of her work, it is repeatedly removed or censored…
Homo, the latest short film from award-winning Filipino-Australian filmmaker Vonne Patiag will have its world premiere at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival this week. Homo follows two best friends, Mark and Rem, on a road trip. When Mark, a straight actor, books a queer role, he calls up his old best friend Rem to…
With two films already released through film festivals this year, the feature documentary The Femme Fatales of West Australian Wrestling and the short film Through the Lens, filmmaker and educator Zeke Morgan-Hind is set to premiere his latest film, Prompt: Make a Documentary, which explores one of the most talked-about topics in modern filmmaking: artificial…
A new Australian documentary following artist Michelle Kometz’s provocative public art project will premiere at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival this weekend, exploring the gendered censorship of bodies online. Dayna Di Fulvio’s Urban Nipple follows contemporary artist Michelle Kometz, whose nipple sculptures challenge the censorship of female bodies both in public space and online. Installed…
CinefestOZ today announced four bold and distinctive Australian films are in the running to win Australia’s richest $100,000 film prize, to be awarded by a Jury of prominent national and international filmmakers at the 2026 CinefestOZ Film Festival, which is being held in Western Australia’s spectacular South West from 29 August – 6 September. The…
Thanks to Badlands, Cinema Australia is giving readers the chance to win one of 10 double passes to see The Birthday Trip, the acclaimed feature film written and directed by James Robert Woods. The Birthday Trip is an unflinchingly funny drama following three millennial couples whose relationships are thrown into disarray when they descend on…
Cinema Australia is thrilled to share an exclusive first look at new feature documentary, Hard As Puck. Watch it now below. Behind every local sporting club are volunteers giving up their time, solving problems and doing whatever it takes to keep the doors open. It’s a story that will be familiar to sporting communities across…
