CAPS Short Film Tour to return Gladstone

The CAPS Short Film Tour is coming to Gladstone’s East Shores on Saturday, April 24 where the best short films from the postponed 2021 Capricorn Film Festival will screen outdoor for the first time in Central Queensland. CAPS Short Film Tour travels across Central Queensland, bringing the best of the short films to selected towns…

Moon Rock for Monday has a release date!

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Moon Rock for Monday, a bittersweet Australian indie feature starring George Pullar (Coyote) and newcomer Ashlyn Louden, and written and directed by Kurt Martin, will be released on April 22 in cinemas nationally by Pinnacle Films. The film has proven to…

Australian films galore at the Gold Coast Film Festival

Queensland’s biggest celebration of cinema is set to be one to remember in 2021, with the Gold Coast Film Festival announcing its eagerly awaited program after a year-long hiatus. The line-up showcases brand new World and Australian premieres, exclusive preview screenings, and filmmaking talent hailing from Australia and around the globe, taking over the Gold…

Film Victoria, SBS and Robert Connolly’s Arenamedia launch Originate

In search of Victoria’s most diverse and inspired writers and directors, Film Victoria, SBS and Arenamedia’s new initiative will fast-track the skills and stories of under-represented voices to finance low budget feature films, backed by some of the screen industry’s biggest names. Launched today, Originate is designed to accelerate the development of a slate of…

Interview: Christopher Nelius

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. We caught up with filmmaker Christopher Nelius to discuss his his eye-opening and totally bodacious new documentary, Girls Can’t Surf. Spoiler alert… They can! It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluoro colours, peroxide hair and radical…

CinefestOZ is calling for submissions

CinefestOZ film festival is now accepting film submissions for the 2021 festival. Categories for Australian films and Australian co-productions are: $100,000 Film Prize Official Selection – for narrative and documentary feature length films Short films VR/XR/AR CinefestOZ film festival will be held in the iconic Margaret River tourism region and throughout Western Australia’s South West.…

Nathan Hill’s erotic thriller I, Portrait is out now

Nathan Hill’s I, Portrait is now available to rent via VoD. The erotic-thriller, I, Portrait is now available in Australia on Google Play, Youtube Movies and Prime Video with DVDs available to purchase via Amazon. Carmen McKenna (Natalie Heslop) has a gift. She is an award-winning painter. Whatever she paints materialises in her real life. Julian Ryde…

Casting Under My Skin

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Under My Skin is an important and moving tale of one person’s non-binary experience. Denny is a free-spirited artist, but when they fall for Ryan (Alex Russell), a by-the-books lawyer, both their limits are tested. Throughout the film, Denny is portrayed…