Zina Directed by Ivan Malekin Produced by Clara Francesca and Ivan Malekin Written by Russell Boyd Starring Clara Francesca, Frank Fazio and Peter Flaherty Zina is a firecracker, a young and sexy Russian woman who drinks heavily, angers quickly, goes after what she wants. Tony is a young man new in town, fleeing a broken relationship, lost and alone. Together,…
The sky’s the limit for Terrier. Credits Include: Blinder, Neighbours, Wentworth, Interface and Occupation. You can find a full list of credits here. Interview by Matthew Eeles When did you first realise you wanted to become an actor? I think the exact moment for me was when I was 18. I was at the movies…
Article by Writer, Director and Animator Steve Baker It all started back in 2013 when the production company I started working with – Taxi Film, which mostly specialises in advertising – asked me to make a 30 second spec commercial so they could show ad agencies my style. However, coming from a film background that…
Written and Directed by Dave Sparx Produced by Paul Nunes and Dave Sparx Starring Neveen Hanna, Joel McIlroy, Sophie Cleary and Drew Pearson Release Date: 2018 Synopsis Henry Blank was a child prodigy, a young artist with the world at his feet. Approaching middle age, inspiration waning, a supportive wife becoming increasingly bored, existence for…
Inspired by real events, Sweet Country is a period western set in 1929 in the outback of the Northern Territory, Australia. When Aboriginal stockman Sam (Hamilton Morris) kills white station owner Harry March (Ewen Leslie) in self-defence, Sam and his wife Lizzie (Natassia Gorey-Furber) go on the run. They are pursued across the outback, through…
The first teaser trailer for writer/director Luke Sparke’s Occupation dropped late last week and has already had a quarter of a million views. There’s so much in the trailer to be excited about – those aliens look badass – but the trailer also leaves us with a lot of questions. We invited Spake to breakdown…
Living With Kanye Article by Adrian Prospero (Writer/Director) The idea behind Living With Kanye was born on the last evening in August 2015. The MTV Video Music Awards was blasting from the television and Taylor Swift took the stage to introduce the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. “And the award goes to … Kanye West”.…
Great news which may come as a surprise to some. Article by JJ DeCeglie Hey there all you Can’t Win. Do Try’ers! Writer/director JJ DeCeglie here with some extra cool news. We’ve come to the end of our Festival and independent cinema run. We closed out our Indie cinema screenings in Perth and Melbourne awhile back.…
As a non-profit website dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films, Cinema Australia rarely gets the opportunity to throw cash at crowdfunding projects. Trust us, if we had the money we’d be executive producers on almost every new Australian film calling for supporters through the myriad of crowdfunding platforms available on the interwebs. That’s…
Article written by Phillip Middleton Although I haven’t personally lost anyone close to me to suicide, people I know have collectively lost a mind-boggling number of friends and family. Pondering the apparent insanity of this led to the creation of The Noose, which is an attempt to make sense of that critical moment when someone…
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