Mikaela Philleps dreams of having a baby. After witnessing a tragic hit and run car accident involving a pregnant woman, Mikaela, a young woman with Down syndrome, decides to set in motion her life’s goal of having a baby. After falling pregnant with Eric Charles, a fellow resident at her group home, fate intervenes and…
Every year brings forth a trove of stories, visions, and narratives that encapsulate the diverse and dynamic spirit of Australia. As the founder and editor of Cinema Australia, I immersed myself in over 80 new Australian films released this past year via film festivals and general releases. In this comprehensive feature, I invite you to…
Natalia Stawyskyj is an awarded writer, director and producer based in Sydney, Australia. She is constantly interested in exploring her lived experience as a young woman with disability through the lens of genre. Natalia is best known for the film All Silent Dogs, which was funded by Screen NSW and premiered at Sydney Film Festival.…
Counting down to the premiere of his sixth feature film, The Switchblade Sisterhood, writer and director Davo Hardy has shared an exclusive clip from the film with Cinema Australia. Set in the present day, the film follows the emotional journey of half-siblings, as their mixed family reels from the revelation of a long-buried secret. Meanwhile,…
Interview by Lauren Clancy When I first met Jack Voegt, I had some catching up to do. On realising that I lacked the knowledge and context to the inside jokes being referenced by the surrounding group, Jack would turn, explain, or find sources to fill me in. Though minimal, this awareness is surprisingly rare. As…
Young Perth-based actor Chloe Brink is set to take the acting world by storm if her heart-warming performance in Raising Thunder is anything to go by. In the WA-made short, Chloe plays Kayla. Determined not to move in with her nauseating auntie (Catherine Moore), Kayla must change her dad’s (Joel Jackson) mind, but first, she…
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…
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