Focus on MDFF #2: Tunnel Vision

Director Ivan Hexter writes exclusively for Cinema Australia about his documentary, Tunnel Vision which is screening at this year’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Article Written by DP Ivan Hexter Documentaries are usually created by filmmakers who fully embrace their subjects. They are driven by a passion to tell a story about someone or something that…

Watch! Sunday Shorts: Grid Face

Grid Face Directed by Naveed Farro Starring Athan Bellos Grid Face highlights the issues regarding creative freedom by following a man leading a double life as an architect and a graffiti writer. Written by Naveed Farro Grid Face is a short film that follows an architect, Felix, who is leading a double life as a graffiti writer. Constantly…

Actor Focus: Nelly Yoa

“I grew up in Sudan, a war-torn country with no hope or future. The struggle, poverty and uncertainty has motivated me to spread my wings.” Interview by Joanne Kmaid With a new AFL career, how do you find time for acting? It’s really difficult at times due to training sessions and other media commitments, but when…

Six things you never knew about Death in Brunswick

This month’s Australian Revelations, presented by Revelation Perth International Film Festival, celebrates the late, great John Clark in the classic piece of Australian cinema. Sam Neill and Zoe Carides stars alongside Clark in this story where the road to love is never smooth and where a strange trip down cemetery lane gives us one of…

Actor Focus: Tim Kano

“I had recently returned to Melbourne when I got the Neighbours audition, so it was like the stars aligning.” Interview by Joanne Kmaid What inspired you to spread your wings outside New Zealand, your hometown? During my childhood my parents travelled a lot, so I’d often go with them. I went to primary school in…

The Crowdfunders: Granny

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…

The Crowdfunders: Mutt

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…

Exclusive! Your first look at Beast No More

“Evil, strong, ruthless.” – Meet Blanch, Beast No More’s intriguing new villain. Before you see the exclusive images from Aaron Warwick’s Beast No More below, we asked actress Erin Connor (The Suicide Theory, Rise, Space/Time) to share her on-set experiences filming the new Australian horror thriller. Some mystery still surrounds the film’s plot but what we do know…