Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Sparke Films has secured the television rights to the Axis of Time trilogy, the best-selling novels by John Birmingham. The epic drama television series, tentatively titled Weapons of Choice after the first book in the series, is in late development with…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Prince-Wright Productions has wrapped principal photography in Western Australia on World War I epic, Before Dawn. Before Dawn will bring to the big screen the untold story of some of Australia’s greatest military victories. The script, inspired by the real-life diary…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Justin Kurzel’s tense Martin Bryant drama Nitram has won the CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize which the film’s producers say will be used to “propel new Australian stories and support emerging and established local filmmakers.” The filmmakers for Nitram were awarded the honour by…
Local streamer Stan has announced a new family film, Christmas on the Farm, following the success of last year’s brilliant holiday gem, A Sunburnt Christmas. Starring Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace), Hugh Sheridan (Packed to the Rafters), Darren McMullen (House Husbands) and Nicholas Brown (Wakefield), the Stan Original Film Christmas on the Farm follows Clementine Jones (Montgomery), an Australian author whose autobiographical book…
Cinema Australia Original Content Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by Matthew Eeles Production has commenced on the new 30-minute short drama, Charlie. Written, directed and co-produced by Perth-based filmmaker Anya Pia Kenner (whose acting credits include I Met a Girl, The Darkest Age), Charlie will explore…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode we’re joined by Arka Das and Bina Bhattacharya – two of eight writers of the new anthology feature film, Here Out West. Here’s the…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. There are few Australian films more quotable than Chopper. “He couldn’t knock the fluff off a cappuccino.” “It’s a bit early in the morning for Kung Fu isn’t it, Jim?” “Keithy seems to have done himself a…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Tasia Zalar has held her own opposite some of Australia’s best actors in film and television roles including Mystery Road, Wentworth, Wrong Kind of Black, and anthology horror, Dark Place. If you’re not already familiar with Zalar’s…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, I’m joined by filmmaker Matthew Walker to discuss his new documentary, I’m Wanita. I’m Wanita is the story of Wanita – a renegade country music singer from Tamworth, hell-bent…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. VFest will celebrate Queensland and international stories by screening home-made feature films, international and Australian-made experimental short films, as well as a series of discussions and masterclasses with Queensland industry professionals including actors, filmmakers and distributors, hosted by Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles. VFest…
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