Alena Lodkina’s Petrol will stick to you like glue. If you dive deep enough into the film’s underlying themes and subtext, it will take weeks to shake. In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, Alena joins host Matthew Eeles to take a very deep dive into the making of Petrol which follows Eva (Nathalie…
Writer, director, co-producer, director of photography, editor and composer Ivan Sen and actor Simon Baker join the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss their masterful new film, Limbo. In Limbo, Simon Baker plays Travis, a jaded detective who arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder…
Perth filmmaker Scott Quayle joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss his new documentary, The Grey Line – a powerful, eye-opening WA-shot film which tells the story of Helen Dwyer, also known as Ellen Collard. Taken from her parents during a time when Aboriginal children were removed from their families through…
Legendary Australian filmmaker, Rolf de Heer, joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss his new film, The Survival of Kindness. My first introduction to Rolf de Heer was in the mid-nineties when I was a teenager. A friend and I were sitting in his parents’ shed smoking cigarettes and drinking beer…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Jub Clerc, the director and co-writer of the uplifting coming-of-age road movie, Sweet As. I’ve been looking forward to recording an episode with Jub since I first met her while she was in post-production on Sweet As back in…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. It’s been a while, but now that the chaos of my film festival, the WA Made Film Festival, is over for another year I’m back doing what I love doing the most, and that’s bring you all the best Australian filmmaking stories through cinemaaustralia.com.au and…
Welcome to the very first episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast for 2023. I can’t believe this is the 90th episode, and I couldn’t think of a better guest to celebrate with than esteemed Australian filmmaker, Robert Connolly. I first met Robert back in 2013 when he was in Perth with The Turning. He was my…
In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, host Matthew Eeles is joined by Perth-based filmmaker John V. Soto to discuss Avarice, an action thriller starring Gillian Alexy as a gifted, Olympic-level archer who must rescue her husband, played by Luke Ford, and daughter, played by Téa Heathcote-Marks, after they are abducted during a vicious…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. It gives me great pleasure to bring you this deep dive interview with filmmaker Matthew Holmes. I’ve been following Matthew’s work since the release of The Legend of Ben Hall back in 2016. Since then I’ve eagerly awaited Matthew’s followup films. His passion and tenacity makes…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode, host Matthew Eeles is joined by WA-based filmmaker Sarah Legg whose new film Cherubhead is one of the most unique, beautiful, intriguing, and thought-provoking Australian films you’re ever likely to see. It truly is quite unlike anything else. Here’s the synopsis: Marie…
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