Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. “We aim to do what many films before have failed to do, and that is to show honest, fun, queer representation in film.” by Matthew Eeles A new feature film is currently in pre-production in Western Australia called Sweet Rhythm, and…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by Matthew Eeles Among the films in consideration for this year’s AACTA Award for Best Short Film, and one you should be seeking out as it hits the Australian film festival circuit, is Victim – a harrowing short film about the extreme…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Steven Posvolsky Review by Gavin Bond This passionate environmental and feministic documentary proves to be most timely. On one hand, this multi-faceted doco successfully taps into the current focus on Environmental reform in Australia, (recently illustrated by the emergence…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Written, directed and produced by Michael Shaw Featuring Jem Bendell, Dahr Jamail, Catherine Ingram and Stan Rushworth Living in The Time of Dying is an unflinching look at what it means to be living in the midst of climate catastrophe and finding…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Dery Sultana Review by Gavin Bond This appropriately titled documentary is yet another sobering and chilling account of child abuse. Who Would You Tell? chronicles the tragic true story of a family of post-war migrant children who were sent…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Platon Theodoris’ The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour will screen at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival next week. Directed by Theodoris, and co-written by Theodoris and Nitin Vengurlekar, The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour follows verbose radio host Neville Umbrellaman (Nitin Vengurlekar). When…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Micro-budget indies – we love them! While on programming duties for the WA Made Film Festival, Cinema Australia came across and absolute beauty – Adam Morris’ Edward & Isabella. A micro-budget indie in every sense, Edward & Isabella is a…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. A Pencil to the Jugular will have its Australian premiere at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival this July. Directed by Matthew Victor Pastor, the film is co-written by Pastor and Lorena Zarate who also stars in…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Guest writer Alex von Hoffman shares his stories from the making of Western Australian dinosaur short, Evie. The ambition short film is set in a world decimated by nuclear war, where barbaric clans and genetically modified dinosaurs roam the Australian countryside. A young girl, Evie (Melody Rom), must venture alone to…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Celebrated Australian actor Myles Pollard (How to Please a Woman, Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan) has joined the cast of Adam Morris’ sophomore feature film Frank and Frank (or The Valley and The Walrus: Ruminations on the Mystery from Soup to…
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