Writer, director and producer Davo Hardy and actor Richard Littlehales join the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss their new film, The Blood of God. Though ostensibly about Christianity, The Blood of God is really about a father/son relationship as their philosophical discussions on faith are put to the ultimate test when the father’s strict doctrines…
Cinema Australia Original Content: In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast host Matthew Eeles chats with filmmaker Andrew Garton about his new documentary Forged From Fire which charts the valleys and peaks of the heartwarming project known as The Blacksmiths Tree. On Black Saturday, 7 February 2009, townships north-east of Melbourne were engulfed by firestorms.…
Welcome to another episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Stevie Cruz-Martin to discuss the beginnings of her career, her creative relationship with writer, actor and producer Daniel Monks and of course, Pulse. Pulse is the story of a gay disabled teenage boy who is devastated when he is neglected…
Cinema Australia Original Content: In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, host Matthew Eeles is joined by director Imogen Thomas to talk about her heartwarming new film, Emu Runner. Emu Runner tells the story of nine-year-old Indigenous girl, Gem Daniels (newcomer Rhae-Kye Waites), who lives in a remote Australian town. As she copes with…
Cinema Australia Original Content: In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast we’re joined by Australian filmmaker Luke Sullivan and veteran actor Robin Royce Queree to discuss their brave, bold, ambitious, unsettling and highly disturbing apocalyptic drama Reflections in the Dust. An unspoken event has caused civilisation to crumble, leaving the survivors to cluster in…
My guest on this episode is David Fairhurst – the writer, director, co-producer and co-editor of the claustrophobic, mind-bending psychological thriller Reaching Distance. Logan, a cynic with a photographic memory, follows his sister’s killer onto a night-rider bus. As the line between past and present begins to blur on the journey, Logan uncovers he has…
In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast host Matthew Eeles chats with The Second director Mairi Cameron and screenwriter Stephen Lance to discuss their seductive thriller. The Second follows the author of a celebrated erotic memoir, whose newfound success is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the truth behind the memoir’s provenance,…
In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, actors Geraldine Hakewill and Michael Whalley and director Tony Prescott discuss their incredible new film, The Pretend One. An adult woman’s imaginary friend from childhood, Hugo, finds his existence threatened when a real person becomes the woman’s love interest. The Pretend One will have its world premiere…
In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast host Matthew Eeles chats with Queensland filmmaker Britt Kynde about her independent, supernatural comedy, Cursed. When a neighbour places a curse on their share house, three housemates, two dead brothers and a delivery man are forced to live together or die trying. Kynde stars in the film…
So Long is an examination of life post breakup. It follows Emily and Ray, played by Kimberly Lisle and Eva Seymour, as they grapple with their new lives without each other around. It’s co-written, produced and directed by Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones who’s last film together was Lazybones which had a successful run on…
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