Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES Richard Roxburgh is no stranger to Western Australia. When I spoke to Roxburgh recently, the very popular and highly-respected Australian actor was in the middle of a press day for his new family film GO!, his fifth WA-shot…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Media Release Revelation Perth International Film Festival has announced the winning submissions for its third commissioning collaboration with the City of Vincent with the City of Vincent Filmmaking Project. Each documentary receives $5,000 to showcase stories in and about the City…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Back in August 2019 I caught up with GO! director Owen Trevor at CinefestOZ in Busselton. Most of GO! was shot in Busselton so there was no better place to have a chat. Originally, I filmed the interview but because I’m…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The first teaser trailer has dropped for new WA-shot feature film, Alexander. Written by Shaun Gonzalvo (Ten: The Sacrifice) and co-directed by Gonsalvo and Amanda Corrie, Alexander has an interesting synopsis: Who are you? It’s a simple question, right? We are told from…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Pre-production has commenced on director Andrew Walsh’s debut feature film, How Deep Is The Ocean. The new Australian drama follows Eleanor, a mysterious young woman who arrives in Melbourne during the height of a scorching summer with only the clothes on her…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In My Blood it Runs, the acclaimed documentary from filmmaker Maya Newell (Gayby Baby), will release in cinemas nationally from February 20. The film opens February 20 at selected screens in NSW, VIC, SA, ACT, QLd and NT, and also screens…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES The last few months of 2019 were a whirlwind for Jennifer Van Gessel. The Australian filmmaker finally got to premiere her horror thriller Beast No More, which she wrote and produced, at MonsterFest in Sydney…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Writer and director James Gorter has followed up his acclaimed short film King of the Jungle with And Behold, an ambitious story of a young couple attempting to escape their fate of violence, as forces outside their control pull them into a…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Thanks to Transmission films we have a few copies of Ride Like a Girl to give away. As a little girl, Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing’s toughest two-mile race. The youngest of…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES The Comet Kids and Apocalyptic filmmaker Glenn Triggs has announced his new, independent feature film project, Dreams of Paper & Ink. The film’s plot is being kept under wraps for now, but the Melbourne-based…
Since its inception in 2014, the Cinema Australia Audience Award has continued to grow in popularity receiving thousands of votes every year. This year was no exception with a record number of votes received. The winning film received over sixty percent of this year’s votes alone which is a first. While counting the votes can…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by MATTHEW EELES Tomorrow I will reveal your favourite Australian film of 2019 which will also take out the Cinema Australia 2019 Audience Award. But before I do, here’s my top 5 Australian films of the year. What a big year it has been for Australian cinema. We had a higher…
