Legendary Australian filmmaker, Rolf de Heer, joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss his new film, The Survival of Kindness. My first introduction to Rolf de Heer was in the mid-nineties when I was a teenager. A friend and I were sitting in his parents’ shed smoking cigarettes and drinking beer…
With their new documentary, The Giants, filmmakers Laurence Billiet and Rachael Antony have created an affectionate portrait of one of Australia’s most recognisable identities – former leader of The Greens Party, staunch environmental activist, folk hero and gay icon, Bob Brown. A follow up to their television hit, Freeman, Laurence and Rachael inject The Giants…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Jub Clerc, the director and co-writer of the uplifting coming-of-age road movie, Sweet As. I’ve been looking forward to recording an episode with Jub since I first met her while she was in post-production on Sweet As back in…
The world’s most remote rock band, The Desert Stars, will perform in Perth during a special event screening of Gravel Road – Tristan Pemberton’s new documentary about the band and its frontman, Jay Minning. The Desert Stars are traditional land owners of Spinifex Country in the Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia, home of the last…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. It’s been a while, but now that the chaos of my film festival, the WA Made Film Festival, is over for another year I’m back doing what I love doing the most, and that’s bring you all the best Australian filmmaking stories through cinemaaustralia.com.au and…
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…
The Australian hip hop scene is bursting with big talent. Today, artists like Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso, N’fa Jones, Briggs and Sampa the Great are known internationally for their great music, and their names draw big crowds to live music gigs everywhere. But it hasn’t always been that way. It has taken years for the…
Welcome to the very first episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast for 2023. I can’t believe this is the 90th episode, and I couldn’t think of a better guest to celebrate with than esteemed Australian filmmaker, Robert Connolly. I first met Robert back in 2013 when he was in Perth with The Turning. He was my…
In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, host Matthew Eeles is joined by Perth-based filmmaker John V. Soto to discuss Avarice, an action thriller starring Gillian Alexy as a gifted, Olympic-level archer who must rescue her husband, played by Luke Ford, and daughter, played by Téa Heathcote-Marks, after they are abducted during a vicious…
In 2017, Tristan Barr launched his feature filmmaking career by co-directing, co-writing, co-producing and co-starring in Watch the Sunset. The fast-paced one-shot action thriller was a hit on the festival circuit around the world and was quickly picked up by Australian streamer Stan where the film is still available to watch. With Barr’s Watch the…
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