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…
Cinema Australia is proud to host the new back comedy, Deadpan, which you can now watch in full below. Deadpan follows no-hoper Ryan who’s desperate to salvage his relationship with his girlfriend, Chloe. Ryan’s perfectly planned weekend away is turned upside down by an unexpected tragedy, forcing him to decide how far he’ll go to save…
As far as acting gigs go for someone just starting out in their career, Rebecca Leafe has hit the jackpot. The Perth-based actor has just wrapped filming on Adam Morris’ Frank and Frank (or The Valley and The Walrus: Ruminations on the Mystery from Soup to Nuts) starring opposite Myles Pollard in the Albany-shot drama which also…
AACTA nominated short film Stonefish is now available to stream ahead of the award announcements on Wednesday, 7 December. Directed by Megan Smart and written by George Pullar who also stars in the film alongside Ben Oxenbould, Stonefish is a thrilling black comedy about an anxious young poet (Pullar) who accidentally sparks a war with his…
Dynamic female filmmaking duo Tanya Modini (writer, co-director) and Luisa Martiri (co-director/producer) are on the ride of their careers with their short film The Moths Will Eat Them Up continuing to garner international praise via film festivals around the world. Like moths to a flame, the award nominations keep racking up with the most recent accolades including…
Matthew C Vella is an international award-winning filmmaker, comedian, podcaster and entertainer from Blacktown, Western Sydney. When he’s not writing and directing films, he’s usually talking about them on his podcast Upcoming Attractions, or hosting Western Sydney Filmmakers Hangout, a popular networking group for Western Sydney filmmakers. As a stand up comedian, Matt has performed…
Maya Newell is a Director and Impact Producer. She directed the acclaimed feature In My Blood It Runs (2019) about ten-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa boy Dujuan and his community made in collaboration with those onscreen at Closer Productions. It was selected for Goodpitch² Aus, a Sundance Institute Fellowship, was nominated for Best Doc/Best Cinematography at the AACTAs,…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. “We aim to do what many films before have failed to do, and that is to show honest, fun, queer representation in film.” by Matthew Eeles A new feature film is currently in pre-production in Western Australia called Sweet Rhythm, and…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by Matthew Eeles Among the films in consideration for this year’s AACTA Award for Best Short Film, and one you should be seeking out as it hits the Australian film festival circuit, is Victim – a harrowing short film about the extreme…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Steven Posvolsky Review by Gavin Bond This passionate environmental and feministic documentary proves to be most timely. On one hand, this multi-faceted doco successfully taps into the current focus on Environmental reform in Australia, (recently illustrated by the emergence…
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