The trailer launch of Genna Chanelle Hayes’ highly-anticipated debut feature film Akoni marks the beginning of the film’s cinema journey in Australia, New Zealand and West Africa. Akoni follows the journey of a homeless Nigerian refugee after he is forced to flee conflict in his homeland and integrate into the West. With the number of…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Joy Hopwood has announced a national release date for her upcoming romantic dramedy, Get a Life, Alright – a followup to last year’s Rhapsody of Love. Directed by Hopwood, and co-produced and co-written by Hopwood and Shamini Singhal, Get a Life,…
Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… MumLife, a pop musical about post-natal anxiety, has been selected for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in the La Cinef section. Directed by Ruby Challenger and written by Gerard Dewhurst from a story by Ruby Challenger and Claudia Shepherd – all 2021 AFTRS Master of Arts Screen students – the…
Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… Madman Entertainment have today released the official trailer for Bosch & Rockit ahead of its Australian cinema release on August 18, 2022. Filmed at iconic Byron Bay, against the canvas of Australia’s famous east coast surf beaches and rain forests, Bosch & Rockit is a raw and unapologetic exploration…
Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… Writer, director and producer Steven J. Mihaljevich has just dropped a teaser trailer for his latest film, Violett. Worlds away from Mihaljevich’s previous film, coming-of-age drama The Xrossing, Violett is a psychological horror about a sick mother who fears unspeakable evil is about to take her child. However, she…
Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… A fresh trailer has dropped for new Australian thriller Dome House Six. Set in the near future after a significant collapse of civilisation, Dome House Six is a sci-fi thriller about trust, mischief, lust and control; that follows four seemingly unconnected people as they try to survive in a…
Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… We go to the arcades, play the games and feel the nostalgia of the 80s and 90s, have a laugh and go home. But how often do we stop and think about how these iconic pinball and arcade games got there? Independent South Australian documentary film, Still Standing, shares…
Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… It’s not just the weather that’s hot in Western Australia at the moment. The local filmmaking community in the sandgroper state is on fire. With the WA Made Film Festival ready to launch into its second weekend, micro-budget indies like Have You Heard About Charlie? and Homo Ignarus playing to…
Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… A new trailer and an official release date have been announced for Celina Stang’s debut feature film, Mother Mountain. Written, directed and co-produced by Stang, Mother Mountain follows a young, restless Jewish mother and her family as they move to an idyllic country property at the base of a…
Enjoy Cinema Australia? Click below to… Filmmaker Lee Galea has revealed the trailer for his new film, Sexagenarian. Written and directed by Galea, Sexagenarian follows Sadie (Chris Perkins), a lonely 60-year-old woman who begins to see life from a fresh perspective when troubled teenager Buddy (Mason Frost) appears on her doorstep unexpectedly. This new-found friendship forces Sadie…
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