Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Trauma cleaners clean spaces that no one else will touch – hoarder sites, meth-labs, murder scenes, deaths and suicides. They clean the homes of some of society’s most vulnerable people – the neglected, the lonely, the addicted, and the mentally unwell. When illness forces…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Filmmaker Penelope McDonald’s intimate documentary, Audrey Napanangka, showcases the heartwarming story of Warlpiri woman, Audrey Napanangka and her Sicilian partner Santo as they navigate through colonial systems to keep the children they care for together. Audrey Napanangka was born at a time when…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. When Mark Hartley’s video connected during our recent Zoom interview, the first thing I noticed was his enviable collection of Australian movie posters which lined the wall behind him. Posters for films including Wake in Fright, Alvin Purple, Picnic at Hanging…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. “I’d make a good mayor.” We’ve all thought it at least once in our lives. But Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s John ‘General Hercules’ Katahanas was determined to make it happen in 2019 when he ran for mayor against John Bowler – a popular and established…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Everyone has that one music festival memory they’ll never forget. For me, it was the 2003 Big Day Out in Perth. I had made my way to the very front row to see nu-metal survivors, Deftones. Mid-way through the set the…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. I found it hard to sleep after watching The Stranger. Anyone who watches the film will find there’s a lot to unpack. The whole experience kept my mind ticking over that night, and for days afterwards. The Stranger is a grim, gut-wrenching…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Welcome to latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. I’m very excited to be discussing the wonderfully weird, and outrageously funny The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour with the film’s director and co-writer, Platon Theodoris. The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour follows radio…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In part two of Cinema Australia’s We Are Still Here interview series, we chat with Tracey Rigby – a passionate filmmakers who’s short film, Rebel Art, is one of eight contributions to the new anthology film. Tracey Rigney is a Wotjobaluk and…
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. Beck Cole’s name may not be as synonymous with indigenous Australian filmmaking as Thornton, Perkins, Blair, Sen or Purcell, but the Warumungu and Luritja woman’s filmography is equally extensive and just as impressive as some of those aforementioned names. Cole’s television…
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