Charlie’s Farm and Boar director Chris Sun has a new film in the works

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES Australian horror maestro Chris Sun has revealed he’s working on a new feature film. The Charlie’s Farm and Boar director posted a prosthetics image to his Facebook page yesterday announcing, “I’VE BEEN KEEPING A SECRET!!” The…

Rams world premiere set for CinefestOZ!

by MATTHEW EELES Every cloud has a silver lining, as they say. While there’s no doubt the effects of Covid-19 around the world will have a major impact on this year’s CinefestOZ, we are beginning to see some green shoots. While international and interstate guests won’t be walking the CinefestOZ 2020 red carpet, the festival…

We’re launching a brand new competition for WA filmmakers

by MATTHEW EELES As most of you will already know, as well as being the editor of Cinema Australia I’m also the festival director of the WA Made Film Festival – Western Australia’s newest film festival which aims to showcase WA screen talent. For our 2021 festival we’re launching a brand new filmmaking competition for…

New global streaming service SHELTER the premium home for architecture, design, lifestyle and outdoor living

SHELTER, a new curated global streaming platform for architecture, design, lifestyle and outdoor living content launches on July 31, bringing together quality films, television series and the exclusive Shelter Originals: Inspired Architecture series.  The innovative new platform has partnered with global magazines Design Anthology and Green Magazine among others, to host and present premium video content from these distinctive…

Emma Booth announced as CinefestOZ patron

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. CinefestOZ has named AACTA award-winning actress Emma Booth as a Patron of the festival.­­ The West Australian-born actress, best known for the award-winning Australian thriller Hounds of Love and TV series Glitch and The Gloaming, has been attending the…

Psychological thriller Aversion is now in post-production

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Aversion – a psychological thriller, directed by award-winning filmmaker, Aaron Kamp – was filmed in Buckland Estate, Perth.  Perth based production company Seize The Day Studios has wrapped filming on its new short film Aversion filmed at Buckland Estate, just…

Confirmed! CinefestOZ will return in 2020

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. It’s arguably the best film festival in Australia. CinefestOZ is an unrivalled celebration of Australian film that’s also home to Australia’s richest film prize – a $100,000 cash prize awarded to the best film as voted by a jury…

Cameras roll on This Little Love of Mine in Far North Queensland

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Production on romantic feature film This Little Love of Mine has kicked off this week in Cairns, Far North Queensland. The film sees Australian actors Saskia Hampele (The Heights) and Liam McIntyre (Spartacus) stepping in to the lead roles,…

11 Queensland short films will stream for free during Screensland

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. ‘SCREENSLAND’ TO SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON QUEENSLAND FILM TALENT Films screening: These Walls – Susanna Van Aswegen Here There Be Monsters – Drew MacDonald Sea Rogue – Matt Blyth and Alaneo Gloor Zombies V the C.W.A – Travis Bain Two…

A complete list of Australian films screening during the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. This year, the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival heads online with a mammoth lineup of Australian content available for your viewing pleasure including the award -winning documentary, Descent, and the quirky art doc, D’art. Here’s your complete list of Australian films available…