Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced its full 2023 film program for the festival’s 71st edition. With a blockbuster line-up of 267 films, MIFF raises the curtain on an extraordinary selection of features, shorts, restorations, retrospectives and XR experiences in-cinemas from 3-20 August; with regional screenings from 11-13 and 18-20 August; and from 18-27…
Ladies and gentlemen, guys and gals and non-binary pals, it’s that time again; Davo Hardy is releasing another topical and confronting feature film and we here at Cinema Australia, as always, are ready and eager for it! Hot on the heels of the formidable auteur’s most recent feature release (the sexually explicit and bitingly hilarious) Public…
Surviving Sunset: An Actor’s Hollywood Journey is a documentary about the challenging and often unglamorous life of being a working actor. Actor-turned-filmmaker Shaun Anthony Robinson explores the difficulties of succeeding in the industry and lifts the curtain on many Hollywood myths. Often, the public only hears about celebrities who hit the big time, but the…
Article by Brendan Guerin In 2021, when Covid brought a screeching and potentially open-ended halt to film projects I was developing as a producer, I took an opportunity via the ‘Working For Victoria’ program – an initiative to help people like me survive the Covid induced downturn – and started a role in rural conservation…
Directed by Chad Peter Written by Chad Peter, Tommy O’Brien and Hannah Lehmann Produced by Tommy O’Brien and Chad Peter Starring Tommy O’Brien, Hannah Lehmann, Rachel Scott, Ellen Grimshaw and Kat Kaevich Freshly rejected from a marriage proposal, Alex (Tommy O’Brien) boards a flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia, for what was planned to…
Australian director Adam Lang has officially announced the launch of an exciting crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for his highly anticipated debut feature film, Teenage Vertigo. Produced by Ravendesk Conspiracy, this Australian coming-of-age drama follows the gripping journey of 19-year-old Fylo, who, upon discovering he is about to become a father, grapples with the complexities of…
An Aussie thug uncovers a live-streamed fight tournament to the death and finds himself the star of the show, while facing a second fight that can’t be fought with fists: finding a reason to get up tomorrow. On the surface, Old Mate is a high-impact story with a supercharged soundtrack not taking itself too seriously:…
Solstice Written and directed by Helen Newman When 15 year old Mary died by suicide her parents were met with shame and stigma. They refused to be silent. Solstice is a bold, grassroots voice raised to unite, challenge and change how we respond to our collective mental health crisis now and into the future. To…
Belly of the Beast: A Torquay Story Directed by Max Miller and John Teague Written by Craig Griffin On the Edge of the Southern Ocean is the story of the town of Torquay. From it’s indigenous origins to the first white settlement, with a particular focus on the larger than life characters who were critical…
Cinema Australia seldom reports on crowdfunding campaigns for local films, but every now and then we like to throw our support behind a group of filmmakers we truly believe in. Filmmakers like the ones behind the new horror anthology, Incurable Illness of Anxiety and Depression, Jaron Herren, Aaron Joachim, Jack Ruefli and Chloe Clare who…
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