Directed by Nicholas Cleary and Andrew Shanks Produced by Jodie Kirkbride Written by Andrew Shanks, Nicholas Cleary and Daniel Vink Starring Eduard Geyl, Lisa Fanto, Shabana Azeez and Walter Buckley “At its heart it’s a small and sweet love story, but that didn’t stop us from pitching it as Notting Hill with guns!” When an International…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Welcome to the first ever Get to Know – a new feature where we put a series of simple questions to an up-and-coming screen industry talent. Recently released online, Riley Sugars’ latest short film Rabbits…
What’s it about: Set in late 1960’s Australia, Henry and his father George stand in the field, hunting. They are two different kinds of men and George’s overpowering nature dominates Henry’s life. George envisages success for Henry, unrelentingly pushing him to achieve. Yet when Henry does fulfil his father’s vision, his efforts are simply not…
Melbourne-based, multi-award winning physical comedy troupe The Travelling Sisters have released their new micro web series, Meet the Mullets. Meet the Mullets is a mockumentary about a passionate theatre troupe of blokes and their Mums, forced to stop work through a global pandemic. In this twisted character comedy, The Travelling Sisters don various mullets to…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by Matthew Eeles If you know anything about independent filmmaking, you’ll know it takes many years to get a feature film off the ground and in-front of an audience. Such is the case for Ildiko Susany who began developing her upcoming film, Marley, Someone, back in 2013 when the writer, producer,…
Directed by Michael Powell Written by Emeric Pressburger and John O’Grady Starring Walter Chiari, Chips Rafferty, Claire Dunne and Ed Deveraux Written by Gavin Bond Somewhere nestled between the dearth of Australian Post war filmmaking during the 1950’s and 60’s and the much celebrated 70’s resurgence, sits this curious but highly influential Aussie spoof. Now…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Strangers to the World Directed by Grant Fraser Review by Travis Johnson The big problem that Strangers to the World faces is that it’s coming to us after the release of A Hidden Life last year. Both cover the…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Batman and Me Director Michael Wayne Review by Travis Johnson If you spend any time in nerdy circles you get exposed to plenty of obsessive collectors. I know guys who have sunk unholy amounts of money into Lego, or NECA…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Wongar Directed by Andrijana Stojkovic Review by Travis Johnson This observational documentary is a look into the life of the titular Serbian-Australian writer. Born Sreten Božić in what was then Yugoslavia, the man now known as B. Wongar fled his…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Filmed over three years on 16 Island nations across the Pacific & Indian Oceans, this grassroots musical follows the ocean highways uniting ancient musical lineages. From Madagascar to Rapa Nui/Easter Island, Taiwan to Zenadth Kes/The Torres Strait. A heartfelt plea for environmental awareness and cultural preservation from those on the frontline…
