Interview: Ivan Sen

Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… It was October 2013 and Cinema Australia was in its infancy. I had been building my online Australian film publication for less than a month when I was offered an interview with Ivan Sen to talk about this new movie he was promoting called Mystery Road. I remember the weather…

Trailer and photos revealed for Lee Galea’s Sexagenarian

Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… Filmmaker Lee Galea has revealed the trailer for his new film, Sexagenarian. Written and directed by Galea, Sexagenarian follows Sadie (Chris Perkins), a lonely 60-year-old woman who begins to see life from a fresh perspective when troubled teenager Buddy (Mason Frost) appears on her doorstep unexpectedly. This new-found friendship forces Sadie…

Interview: Ryan Kwanten

Cinema Australia Original Content: Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… “What a lovely guy.” Those were the first words I said to myself as I ended my Zoom call with Ryan Kwanten. The Australian-born, internationally adored actor has an air of hippy about him – His beard is long, and his hair is scruffy. He’s…

Lights, camera… CinefestOZ Albany! 

Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… CinefestOZ Albany will return to the tourism hotspot from 28 April to 1 May, and will treat audience to the very best Australian films. Building on the success of the debut festival in 2021, CinefestOZ Albany 2022 is expanding to provide four huge days of film screenings, an Opening…

MIFF establishes the Southern Hemisphere’s richest feature film competition

Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced that its 70th anniversary edition in August will include the debut of the annual MIFF Film Competition. Already the Southern Hemisphere’s largest and longest-running film festival, MIFF will now also offer one of the world’s most substantial festival prize pools. Initially comprising…

Monster Pictures boards Kurt Martin’s The Walrus & The Oyster

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Monster Pictures signs AU/NZ distribution deal for upcoming Australian horror, The Walrus & The Oyster Monster Pictures has revealed that it’s onboard to distribute The Walrus & The Oyster, the sophomore feature from award-winning filmmaker Kurt Martin (Moon Rock For Monday), in Australia & New Zealand.…

National release announced for Courtney Barnett biopic, Anonymous Club

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Anonymous Club, the feature documentary from Danny Cohen that pulls back the curtain on enigmatic singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett, will screen in cinemas across Australia from Thursday March 17. This follows the news that Anonymous Club will have its international premiere at the…

Seven Australian films selected for SXSW

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Seven Australian screen projects have been selected for the 29th South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival which will take place in Austin, Texas and online from 11-20 March this year. Making their world premieres are feature films Seriously Red and Sissy,…