Directed by Farshid Akhlaghi Written by Afshin Soleymani and Farshid Akhlaghi Produced by Farshid Akhlaghi and Sammi Ghafar From Music into Silence explores the spiritual journey undertaken by Peter Roberts, a man who has had one of the most unusual jobs in Australia. As the only Australian Music Thanatologist, he plays the harp for people who…
Transmission Films has dropped a new trailer for Rachel Griffiths’ Michelle Payne biopic Ride Like A Girl. As a little girl, Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) 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 (Sam Neill). She leaves school…
Inspired by the real-life plight of workers sold into Southeast Asia’s fishing industry and featuring a powerful performance from its first-time star, this gripping high seas drama was awarded the Panorama Prize by Berlinale’s Ecumenical Jury. Tired of toiling in the rice fields, 14-year-old Chakra (a magnetic Sarm Heng) leaves Cambodia in search of a…
KGB, a comedy web series created by Western Australian indigenous filmmaker brothers, Luke and Dan Riches, will premiere on ABC iview on Sunday 7 July and nightly on ABC Comedy from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July during NAIDOC Week 2019. Set in Perth’s notorious KGB (Koondoola, Girrawheen, Balga), the series follows two rookie…
The first trailer for H is for Happiness quietly dropped overnight via Melbourne International Film Festival. H is for Happiness was shot in the picturesque coastal town of Albany, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The colourful film is the debut feature from well-known theatre director John Sheedy, whose feel-good short film Mrs McCutcheon…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Transmission Films has released the official trailer and key art for Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, releasing in cinemas August 8, 2019. Starring an outstanding Australian cast including Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Daniel Webber, Nicholas…
Australian born Julian Galea has a lot to owe to his mother country of Malta – the filming location to both his follow up feature film Made in Malta and debut feature Love to Paradise, which won ‘Best Film’ at the Malta International Film Festival. Galea lives in Bondi where he wrote his new screenplay…
Camino Skies is a story about life, love and loss on the Camino de Santiago. It’s an inspirational journey of six antipodean pilgrims between the ages of 50 and 80 who embark on the historic 800 kilometre Spanish pilgrimage. In the face of overwhelming odds, the Camino forces the group to defy their age and…
Following a successful film festival run, Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale finally has a trailer ahead ion its August release. The trailer and poster has been released by US distributor IFC Film. There’s no word yet if the Australian poster and trailer from Transmission Films will be the same. Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish…
Directed by Jeremy Cumpston Written by Hal Cumpston Starring Hal Cumpston, Frederick Du Rietz, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Holly White, Malcolm Kennard, Alan Dukes, Rhys Muldoon and Jeremy Sims A wild ride through the last days of year 12 with our anti-hero Hal alongside his slacker/jock mates. Amongst the hilarious universal teenage stupidity and chaos of the…
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