Written by Nick Barkla (writer/director) It was late at night and the phone rang. I answered and heard a familiar voice, edgy with excitement. “Guess what?” “What?” “They want me to fight for the world title in America.” “You’re kidding?” “In five weeks.” “But you haven’t been training.” “I know.” “What are you going…
A brand new trailer has dropped for Australia/New Zealand co-production, Godplex Directed by inter-media artist Darcy Gladwin, Godplex tells the story of Clark Duke, a fellow who has created Virtology, an internet religion with which he plans to change the world. To Duke’s delight he attracts thousands of followers and amongst those are a gender-confused teen, an…
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…
“You constantly exercise your ability to chase and catch those candid, elusive moments that are the magic and heart of any true story.” Australian filmmaking duo Victoria Carwin and Sam Haft impressed the San Francisco DocFest programmers with their uplifting story Nobody’s Perfect. The film celebrates true kindness, unconditional love and everyone’s right to live…
Dan Ewing’s film career post Home and Away is going from strength to strength. Cinema Australia can reveal the Sydney-born thespian is set to star in mysterious new Australian horror film, Beast No More. Currently embarking on a national promotional tour for his upcoming action/horror film Red Billabong, Ewing gave Cinema Australia a call to…
The Coffee Man It’s 4.30 am in Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia. The sun is hours from rising, but Sasa Sestic is awake and in hot pursuit of the one thing that will make his day. Driven by his obsession, Sasa hunts for his own Holy Grail: the perfect cup of coffee The Coffee Man follows Sasa from Ethiopia, the birthplace…
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…
Cinema Australia readers have been treated to a handful of stunning new and exclusive images from Craig Anderson’s Red Christmas. There’s still a lot of mystery surrounding the new Australian horror film starring legendary American actress, Dee Wallace (The Howling, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial) but all will be revealed when the film screens at this year’s Sydney…
Melbourne’s own documentary film festival launched this year to showcase some incredible documentary filmmaking talent. The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is a 3 day film festival and runs from 9th – 11th July 2016. Over the next few weeks we’ll be taking a look at three films screening during with festival through a series of exclusive article…
“Upon discovering the history of Ben Hall, John Gilbert and Frank Gardiner, it sent me into a frenzy of research and writing. It’s become somewhat of an obsession that has hung on for almost 10 years.” by Matthew Eeles Australian filmmaker, Matthew Holmes has announced two prequels to his highly anticipated The Legend of Ben…
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