Did you enjoy reading this interview? Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. “It’s not heavy on plot. It’s all about character, and these characters are complex and real,” Australian director Ben Hackworth tells Cinema Australia about Celeste. Since the early 2000s Hackworth has directed…
The first season for Genna Chanelle Hayes’ new series Sisters has been released online via Youtube. Starring Tariro Mavondo, Gemma Forsyth, Marlikka Perdrisat, Genna Chanelle Hayes, Mark Coles Smith, Martin Sacks, Travis Jeffrey, Natasha Wanganeen and Denise Richards, Sisters explores the deep friendship between four unique Australian twenty-something girls as they navigate modern society and…
Crowdfunding a film can be a daunting experience. It’s not easy to ask the hardworking public to part with their cash, especially in today’s unforgiving economic climate. Nevertheless, a few films caught our eye recently which we’d encourage you to consider backing – mainly because we know the filmmakers behind the projects. They’re a hardworking,…
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Setting the standard for event-style cinema, Luna Palace Cinemas in Leederville have just announced an incredible lineup of Australian film Q&A screenings with special guests including Damon Gameau, Thomas M. Wright and Chantelle Barry. Check out the screening details below and make sure you get along to support these great Australian films. Readers should also…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by Matthew Eeles Cinema Australia readers have been given an exclusive, early look at new Australian feature film, Rage, from Prima Lux Films. Currently filming in Melbourne, Rage is a passion project for director John Balazs whose credits includes the action packed shorts Night Shift and Dancer. After a violent home…
As a little girl, Michelle Payne dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing’s toughest two-mile race. The youngest of 10 children, Michelle is raised by single father Paddy. She leaves school at 15 to become a jockey and after early failures she finds her feet, but a family tragedy, followed by her…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by Matthew Eeles As a young couple struggle with the demands of life with a new baby, they plow forward on production for their latest self-funded independent feature film. Maybe Tomorrow is directed by Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones. 1. This is Michael Jones and Caitlin Farrugia’s fourth feature film Filmmaking runs through…
War Mothers: Unbreakable, the second short documentary in the War Mothers project by Australian filmmakers Stefan Bugryn and Steven Zelko, has been accepted into the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. War Mothers: Unbreakable follows 18 year old Yana Zinkewych who, when war came to her country Ukraine in 2014, created a local chapter…
Written and Directed by Russell Wyatt Roberts Starring Stewart Mulligan and Paul Davey Article written by Russell Wyatt Roberts Long before the film’s festival success, the humble beginnings of All Through The Night began as a passion project of mine, with a desire to create a character piece, set entirely inside a car and attempt to employ…
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