Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Ellie and Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt) set to be the first Australian feature to open Mardi Gras Film Festival in its 27 year history. Queer Screen’s 27th Mardi Gras Film Festival will open with an Australian feature for the first…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Romance on the Menu, the new romantic comedy from The Steve Jaggi Company has commenced shooting this week in Brisbane and surrounds. This feel-good, culinary rom-com is directed by Rosie Lourde (Deadhouse Dark, Breach, Starting from Now) and written by Casie…
The annual Cinema Australia Audience Award has returned for 2019. 2019 has been a great year for Australian cinema which included big films like Hotel Mumbai, The Nightingale and Ride Like a Girl, independent gems like Reflections in the Dust, Suburban Wildlife and Locusts, and some of the best documentaries of the last decade with…
As the western sun sets on the 2019 Capricorn Film Festival, its time to celebrate the films and documentaries screened to the Central Queensland community and importantly its winners. CAPS Jury includes the six feature films and documentaries screened over the four day event, with Bellbird named the winner. Kiwi hit Bellbird screened as part…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Undertow, the acclaimed first feature by award winning director Miranda Nation is releasing nationally on February 27, 2020. A MIFF Premiere Fund film, written and directed by Miranda Nation and produced by Lyn Norfor (Hot Mess), Undertow stars Olivia DeJonge (Elvis, The Visit), Laura Gordon (The Reckoning), Rob Collins (Total Control)…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. South Australian Film Corporation and Screen Australia announced today production investment for writer/director Anthony Garland’s feature film debut Alternate. The high-concept sci-fi thriller will be produced by Anna Vincent (Demonic, I Am Mother), Ali Mueller (Category Five, Ophelia) and Anita Gou (The…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Award-winning production company Aquarius Films, in partnership with Jude Troy’s Wooden Horse have acquired the rights to multi-talented writer, comedian, actor and presenter Matt Okine’s debut novel Being Black ‘n Chicken, & Chips, to be developed into a feature film. Based…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. St Kilda Film Festival is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Sowada as Festival Director for 2020. Richard is a highly respected film festival director, programmer and curator who brings over two decades’ experience in the screen culture sector. Richard founded the Revelation Perth…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Accounts of a Nuclear Whistle Blower is a documentary that uncovers Australia’s dark history of nuclear testing. In the film, Avon Hudson describes the atomic tests undertaken by the British Government within the area of Maralinga, SA, in the 1950’s and…
The 2019 Australia Independent Film Festival, set in the heart of the Brisbane CBD, spanned three sensational days across six incredible screening sessions. With films submitted from over fifty countries it was a true smorgasbord of viewing delights second to none. Brisbane film lovers were treated to world class Australian and international short films, documentaries,…
Cinema Australia 