Firstly, thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for their favourite Australian film of the year in the annual Cinema Australia Audience Award. We welcome films to encourage their social media followers to vote and this year’s winner ran a worthy campaign. Congratulations to Saara Lamberg and her team for taking out…
by Matthew Eeles Farewell 2017, you’ve been a great year for Australian films. Here are our top five Australian films of the year with the winner of the Cinema Australia 2017 Best Film Award announced in number one position. This list does not include documentaries and also includes a film which played at film festivals…
by Matthew Eeles A handful of new images have been served up for the new Australian comedy, The BBQ. It has also been announced that a special Telethon community screening will take place in Perth following the world premiere in Albury-Wodonga, NSW. A series of advance screenings around the country will take place over the Australia…
Welcome to In Focus, an introduction to an upcoming Australian feature film which may not be on your radar yet. If you’re currently filming an Australian feature film, or if you have one in the early stages of development, pre production or post production, let us know about it. We’d love to give it a plug.…
Council Written and Directed by Hayden Fortescue Produced by James Pentecost, Gabrielle Cole and Hayden Fortescue Starring Liam Graham, Nicola Bartlett, Adam T. Perkins, Simon Arblaster, Mario Rouse and Daniel James A short film set at an indeterminate point in the future where overpopulation is a serious danger and must be managed by a panel…
Welcome to Cinema Australia’s new feature series, In Focus. The point of In Focus is to introduce you to an upcoming Australian feature film which may not be on your radar yet. If you’re currently filming an Australian feature film, or if you have one in the early stages of development, pre production or post production, let…
Andrew Blair has amassed an enviable collection of Australian film posters from around the world. Impressed, Cinema Australia invited Andrew to share a few of his favourites. Andrew’s full collection of Australian movie posters can be found at his website, http://www.filmposter.com.au. Written by Andrew Blair When I was growing up, I had no idea that…
Directed by Henry Inglis Written by Henry Inglis, Matt Lovkis and Joel Gray Produced by Lauren Elliott Starring Tim Watts, Sam Campbell, Adriane Daff and Trystan Go Production Company Mad Kids Digital Platform Above Average (US) Small Town Hackers is the first Australian series to be commissioned by US digital platform, Above Average. The 6-part series was written,…
Welcome to Cinema Australia’s new feature series, In Focus. The point of In Focus is to introduce you to an upcoming Australian feature film which may not be on your radar yet. If you’re currently filming an Australian feature film, or if you have one in the early stages of development, pre production or post production, let…
Method Directed by Jerome Velinsky & Tawni Bryant Written by Jerome Velinsky Starring Jerome Velinsky, Tawni Bryant, Kaarin Fairfax, Petra Kalive, Jasper Bagg, Sarah Roberts, Frank Magree & Don Bridges Article by Tawni Bryant Method was born from Jerome and I sharing stories of somewhat tragic auditions we had experienced over the last 10 or so years as…
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