WildBear Entertainment has announced that their groundbreaking new Australian feature documentary Under a Bamboo Sky, will be available on Netflix from May 8, following the success of event screenings at over 100 cinema locations nationally in the lead up to ANZAC Day 2026. Using footage colourised for the first time, the film tells a powerful and…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Straight off the bat, I need to say that this interview with Beast director Tyler Atkins is one of my favourites ever. I always appreciate openness and honesty from my guests, and Tyler delivers it in spades here. It’s one of the most real and…
The trailer for the chilling new horror Leviticus was launched today in advance of its cinema release all across Australia from June 18, 2026. The film is penned and directed by the brilliantly talented Adrian Chiarella and produced by the prolific Australian genre specialists Causeway Films (Talk To Me, Bring Her Back, The Babadook). Leviticus…
From award-winning Bra Boys director Macario de Souza, In Pieces Together follows Blake Johnston’s record-breaking surf and mission to spark a national conversation about mental health and suicide. Hype Republic has released the official trailer for Australian documentary, In Pieces Together, written, directed and produced by two-time AACTA award winning filmmaker Macario de Souza (Bra Boys,…
Sydney Film Festival today announced that Silenced, Selina Miles’ Sundance-premiered Australian documentary, will open the 73rd edition of the Festival (3-14 June) on Wednesday 3 June at the State Theatre, followed by a post-screening celebration at Sydney Town Hall. Selina Miles’ documentary follows international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson as she fights against the weaponisation of defamation law by…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. This episode is a special one for me because I finally had an opportunity to interview Tilda Cobham-Hervey, an actor who I have long-admired, and whose name has been on my interview bucket list for many years. It was also special to interview James Litchfield,…
Rafael Star’s Manhunt will screen at this year’s Gold Coast Film Festival. The new feature film follows Max (Harry Duckworth), a very successful property developer who begins to question who he is actually working for following a series of strange events. In this eerie mystery thriller, Max is a young and very successful property developer…
Jack Johnston’s micro-budget road movie, Everything Grows in Eden, is about dreaming, dying, and living with other people, from an emerging country Victoria auteur A young man, Shane (Cameron Mighell), tries to kill himself by jumping in front of a train. His friend, Lily (Sophie Reynolds), rushes to save him but she’s shaken by how…
Production has officially wrapped on Last Breakfast with Mum, an audacious “chamber drama” that captures the paralysing intersection of personal grief and global political upheaval. Written by Kian Farzam and directed by Ali Vaziri, the film is a visceral exploration of the Iranian diaspora, filmed with a technical framework designed to mirror the urgency of the modern world. Unfolding…
The new documentary (or is it?) That Half Barbaric Twang – about the musical misadventures of legendary Aussie actors Geoff Morrell and David Field, and their gifted musical brother-in-arms Tim Oxley – will take to the stage and make its local bow at The Gold Coast Film Festival in April. What do you get when…
Sydney Film Festival will present Sartorial: Fashion On Film, a program featuring new premieres alongside restored classics that explore the relationship between fashion and cinema, screening as part of the 73rd Sydney Film Festival from 3–14 June 2026. The program strand features seven films spanning decades of cinema, bringing together a striking body of work in which some of the world’s most distinctive filmmakers turn fashion into a lens…
Australian independent feature film, Violet, is set to celebrate its world premiere at the upcoming Gold Coast Film Festival. Co-written and directed by Derek Yang, Violet follows Arthur, a struggling playwright staging a make-or-break theatre adaptation of The Angel of Amontillado. When he unexpectedly recasts aspiring actress Georgia in the lead role — once synonymous…
Communities across regional Western Australia will soon enjoy greater access to Australian films and filmmaking experiences through CinefestOZ On the Road, a first-of-its-kind initiative in WA launched today. On the Road will deliver free film screenings and creative education opportunities, helping bridge the gap in regional access to screen culture and engagement with the creative…
Perth filmmaker Carl King and Melbourne-based actress and producer Sophie Coleshill are bringing their hilarious and unapologetically honest new web series Scratch to audiences, with special screenings set to take place in both Perth and Melbourne this May. Created as an independently produced web series, Scratch dives headfirst into the messy realities of modern relationships, telling…
Bonsai Films has released the official trailer for First Light, the debut feature film from acclaimed Filipino-Australian filmmaker and photographer James J. Robinson. Written and directed by Robinson, who won the Blackmagic Design Best Australian Director Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival last year, the film is the first official co-production between Australian and…
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