Filming commences on Ben C. Lucas’ Sci-Fi thriller, OtherLife

Ticket to Ride, See Pictures and WBMC are delighted to announce principal photography commences today, Monday August 24th, 2015, on Ben C. Lucas’s science fiction thriller, OtherLife. With support from Deluxe Australia, ScreenWest and Lotterywest, the five-week shoot will take place in Western Australia starring an exciting young cast including Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Cocquerel, and T.J Power. Entertainment One will release in Australia and New…

EXCLUSIVE! Your first look at the official Crushed one-sheet

Here’s your first look at the stunning new poster for Megan Riakos’ upcoming Australian mystery thriller, Crushed ahead of the film’s world premiere in Montreal. Designed by The Solid State, the poster combines the dark elements of the thriller genre with the beauty of the Mudgee wine region. Crushed will present a sneak preview screening in Sydney this Saturday…

Get your weekly dose of Stage Mums – Latest episode now online

Stage Mums is a comedy web series which takes a tongue in cheek look at the lives of two stage mothers. Think Kath and Kim meets Dance Moms meets Absolutely Fabulous. Shaz and Trace are besties with ‘super talented, triple threat’ teenage daughters, Shenaya and Abcde. They are bogan, Aussie Stage Mums who tackle all the important issues: pretentious…

Trailer of the Day: StalkHer

Jack (John Jarratt) is pushed past the brink of his stalking obsession when her finally decides to break into Emily’s (Kaarin Fairfax) home to take what he wants by force. However his plans for her pain and his pleasure come unhinged when he wakes up to find himself bleeding and bound to a chair in her…

The Crowdfunders: Yesterday is History

As a non-profit website dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films, Cinema Australia rarely gets the opportunity to throw cash at crowdfunding projects. Trust us, if we had the money we’d be executive producers on almost every new Australian film calling for supporters through the myriad of crowdfunding platforms available on the interwebs. That’s…

Write off – Nominees announced for the 2015 AWGIE Awards

Eight Australian telemovies or television mini-series are battling it out for top honours in this year’s AWGIE Awards for performance writing. Awards for the best original and best adapted screenplays for Australian feature films have nine top-flight nominees. There are 13 nominations in the five theatre categories. The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) says nominations in…

Australia sweet for That Sugar Film!

That Sugar Film has now taken $1,699,064 at the box office, making it the number one Australian documentary of all time in local cinemas (excluding IMAX). The film has also taken $448,436 in New Zealand cinemas. The record comes on the back of the That Sugar Film’s recently announced AACTA Award nomination for Best Documentary, with the…

Cate Blanchett, Richard Roxburgh and a bunch of Aussie talent to receive development funding for upcoming projects

Blanchett’s Stateless is one of 23 film and TV projects that Screen Australia has today announced will receive development funding to the total of $640,000. A diverse range of projects and talent are being supported, including works from Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward, Richard Roxburgh, Marieke Hardy, Jan Chapman, Stephan Elliott and Bondi Hipsters’ Nicholas Boshier. Cate Blanchett’s…

Flickerfest are calling for your entries

Celebrating its landmark 25th year, Flickerfest, Australia’s leading Academy® Award accredited and BAFTA-recognised Short Film Festival, and the country’s largest short film competition, is now accepting entries from Australia and around the world for our 2016 Festival.  Flickerfest will screen for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January 2016, with selected…