Interview: Renée Brack

  Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Interview by Matthew Eeles My mum died of cancer in 2008. She was 48 years old, and I was 24 at the time. I could never imagine being asked questions over and over again about my mum. Questions about her…

Indian-language film Maasa a contender for 2022 AACTA Awards

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Maasa has been nominated as a contender for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) 2022 Award for Best Short Film, produced by Australian Indian producer Pradnya Dugal of Jhumka Films, and directed by veteran Bollywood choreographer, Phulawa Khamkar.  The…

National Q&A tour announced for heartwarming doc, Everybody’s Oma – See the trailer here!

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Bonsai Films has announced the national cinema release of Everybody’s Oma from August 11 (Victoria from August 25), with a national tour of preview Q&A screenings from July 30. Selected for the Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and CinefestOZ, Everybody’s…

CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize finalists revealed – Here’s why we can’t wait to see these new films

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. There’s some big film festival news coming out of Western Australia this morning with CinefestOZ announcing its $100,000 Film Prize finalists. Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red, Matt Nable’s Transfusion, Jub Clerc’s Sweet As and Goran Stolevski’s Of An Age are all in the…

Student documentary Walk, Run, Strive scores BAFTA nomination

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. An inspirational short film about a young athlete with cerebral palsy has earned a group of Edith Cowan University (ECU) students a prestigious BAFTA nomination. The documentary, Walk, Run, Strive, produced by Sarah Williams, who has cerebral palsy herself, and written…

Interview: Tim Barretto

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Related coverage: Read our Bassendream review here. Remember the name Tim Barretto. The filmmaker and photographer has been making movies in Australia, Indonesia and India for over a decade, but his debut dramatic feature film, Bassendream, is his most impressive…

New Trailer! Lee Kernaghan: Boy From The Bush celebrates the life and music of an iconic Australian Country singer

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Maslow Entertainment has revealed the trailer, first look key art, and announced the release date for, Lee Kernaghan: Boy From The Bush, a new concert documentary celebrating the life and music of the iconic Australian Country singer, set to arrive in Australian cinemas…

Over 60 Australian documentaries will screen at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Punks, rebels, mavericks and renegades – The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival returns for its seventh edition this July with a quality program packed full of world class documentaries. Cinema Australia has compiled your complete list of Australian documentaries screening during the…