Following a mega-successful film festival run, including screenings at CinefestOZ, Revelation Perth International Film Festival, and St Kilda Film Festival, Riley Sugars’ AACTA-nominated short film, Hatchback, is now available to watch right here! Hatchback is a black comedy shot in Melbourne during early mid 2021, which centres around two men attempting to dispose of a…
Freedom is Beautiful Directed by Angus McDonald Story by Angus McDonald and Nolan Verheij Produced by Angus McDonald, Mélita Toscan Du Plantier A documentary feature about captivity, freedom, music and art featuring Kurdish refugees Mostafa Azimitabar and Farhad Bandesh “The interweaving of the visual and audio elements of the documentary combines to create an extraordinary…
Dig Deeper Directed by Mark Street Produced by Fiona Cochrane Four divergent Aboriginal artists use their personal stories and historical injustice as a driving force to break through and create internationally recognised urban art. “Ben’s painting I Wonder! asks what it was like for one side of his family, as colonizers, to be in part…
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, held online 1 – 31 July and in-cinema 21 – 30 July, will once again showcase the best of non-fiction cinema from around the world. The festival, known for its commitment to showcasing thought-provoking and socially relevant documentaries, will attract film enthusiasts and industry professionals alike. With its diverse lineup…
A solitary figure at an empty bar, CIA clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr John Flemington, is planning to visit his girlfriend in Mexico when he is pressured by mysterious underground operatives to join them on a secret mission. Here, Bonding director, writer, producer and star, Luke Rex Psy.D. writes exclusively for Cinema Australia about the…
After a successful international film festival run where it won the Light in Motion Award for Best International Short Film at the Oscar, BAFTA and Canadian Screen Qualifying Foyle Film Festival in Northern Ireland in 2021 and was officially selected for Seattle International Film Festival in 2022, Australian short film Shallow Breath is now available…
RELATED: Guest writer Alex von Hoffman shares his stories from the making of Western Australian dinosaur short, Evie. Short film Evie is now screening on the selective Youtube channel Omeleto, home of the worlds best short films. You can watch it below. Set in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, Evie is a suspenseful ride that…
With Of An Age, Goran Stolevski has gifted us with one of the best Australian films so far this century. The film is subtle yet complex, and the love story between two young men, Kol and Adam, which anchors the film’s narrative, is one of the most memorable love stories you’re likely to see in…
After accelerating through high school and gaining early access into film school at the age of 16, Jack Dignan has established himself as a writer, director and producer with a unique style and a fresh voice in genre filmmaking. His recent short films It Feels Like Spring and Does Nobody See the Gun? have gained…
2022 has been an incredible year for Australian cinema with so many quality films released. If you’re looking to watch more Australian films from 2022, but you don’t know where to begin, we’ve put together this list of 84 new Australian films we watched throughout the year. Consider it a check list for films that…
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