World premieres announced for The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson and Under The Volcano

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson and Australian feature documentary Under The Volcano will both celebrate world premieres at SXSX. Directed by Gracie Otto and produced by Cody Greenwood, Under the Volcano charts the rise and fall of AIR Studios Montserrat,…

Interview: Josh Lawson

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. It’s been six years since Josh Lawson directed his first feature film, The Little Death – a laugh-out-loud comedy that peeks into the secret, and often quirky, sex lives of five suburban couples living in Sydney. Since then,…

Cinema Australia Podcast #56: Sally Ingleton

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, host Matthew Eeles is joined by one of Australia’s most experienced documentary filmmakers, Sally Ingleton, to talk about her eye-opening new documentary, Wild Things. Wild Things follows a new generation of environmental activists…

VOD release date announced for gritty revenge thriller, Rage

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Australian indie feature film Rage will release via Vimeo On Demand in Australia on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021.  After a violent home invasion leaves mild-mannered husband Noah (Matt Theo) in a coma and his wife Madeline (Hayley Beveridge) deeply traumatised, Noah…

WA short Sparkles to make world premiere at Flickerfest

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Western Australian short film, Sparkles has been selected to make its world premiere at Flickerfest International Film Festival, Australia’s only Academy® Qualifying & BAFTA recognised short film festival, which is being held 22 January – 31st January. The film will be…

Interview: Glendyn Ivin

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. It’s been 11 years since Glendyn Ivin’s last feature film, Last Ride. But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been busy. Ivin is behind some of Australia’s most celebrated television shows like Gallipoli, The Beautiful Lie, Seven Types of…

9 Australian films we can’t wait to see in 2021

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. It’s that time of the year when we share with our readers nine of the most exciting and anticipated upcoming Australian films set to release this year. Each film includes a paragraph written exclusively for Cinema Australia…