‘It’s Great Short films, It’s On Tour, It’s The Vibe ’ Celebrating 32 years in 2023 Flickerfest remains Australia’s leading Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA Recognised short film festival, ensuring that we continue to present A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world with films hand-picked from the festival’s record 3,200 entries! Flickerfest, Australia’s largest…
Saara Lamberg’s Westermarck Effect will celebrate a special Q&A screening at LIDO Cinemas in Melbourne next month. Never one to shy away from controversy, Lamberg’s new film is said to “take on the taboo of genetic of sexual attraction”. Here’s the synopsis: Sally (Lamberg) gave her son, Sam (Jayden Denke), up for adoption twenty years…
What started as an experimental YouTube video in 2014 has developed into the first Maltese immigrant story to ever hit the big screen. Maltese-Australian film director Julian Galea has teamed up with his brother, actor and magician James Galea, for the raucous road trip comedy, Brothers From Malta, which will have its Australian premiere with…
RELATED: Vulnerability, tragedy and a pandemic: The making of A Pencil to the Jugular Australian New Wave screenings supported by Cinespace Inc. will showcase two feature-length films by Matthew Victor Pastor at the Thornbury Picture House over the coming weeks – In Heaven They Sing Karaoke will screen on November 15 and A Pencil to the Jugular will screen…
Renowned Australian composer Ross Edwards will join celebrated director Bruce Beresford on stage at the NFSA for a Q&A following a screening of Beresford’s 1997 film Paradise Road on Sunday, October 30 at 2pm. This powerful and moving cinematic testament to the power of music, following a group of foreign women – including an educated British…
Madman Entertainment has announced that zero-waste innovator Joost Bakker will participate in a series of special Q&A events around Australia ahead of the theatrical release of Greenhouse By Joost in November. Joost Bakker will be joined after screenings of the film for an on-stage discussion with a variety of special guests including Damon Gameau, Sarah Wilson, Jack Thompson,…
RELATED COVERAGE: Filmmaker Damon Smith writes exclusively for Cinema Australia about the making of Mental as Everything. Damon Smith’s new documentary Mental As Everything will have a special screening at the Thornbury Picture House this coming International Mental Health Day on October 10. Join Mental As Everything filmmaker and singer-songwriter Damon Smith as he shares…
Galup VR Experience will screen as part of XR:WA – an experiential and thought-provoking conference and exhibition for VR and AR industry professionals, artists, businesses and the wider general public. Galup VR Experience invites WA Museum Boola Bardip visitors on a special virtual tour of an iconic Perth wetland to share an important history obscured…
Smart St. Films has announced the September 29th national cinema release of the fully restored legendary documentary feature NINGLA-ANA. On January 25th 1972 Prime Minister William McMahon declared that under his government land rights would never be granted to First Nations people. The following night, Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Bertie Williams and Tony Coorey travelled…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Samuel Gay’s A Guide to Dating at the End of the World will have a limited cinema run in Brisbane this month. Filmed entirely in Brisbane with an all-Queensland cast and crew, A Guide To Dating At The End of The World is…
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