Cinema Australia are proud supporters of short filmmaking and believe they’re the backbone of the Australian film industry. West Side Shorts was recently brought to our attention so we thought we’d share it with our readers. West Side Shorts began in 2008 and is the longest running monthly film event in Melbourne. Held on every second…
The Melbourne International Film Festival revealed a sneak peak of its 2015 program today and it’s got the Cinema Australia team very excited. Some highlights of the program include Grant Scicluna’s Downriver, Neil Armfield’s highly anticipated Holding the Man, and short film The Nice House, following 2015 Australian of the Year and domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty. The…
Australia’s longest-standing and publicly owned short film festival, St Kilda Film Festival, has today announced this year’s award nominees who are in the running for more than $50,000 worth of cash and prizes across 16 categories. As an ACADEMY AWARDS® qualifying event, the winners of this year’s Best Short Film and Best Documentary are eligible for consideration in the OSCARS® Short Film and OSCARS® Documentary…
Hamartia, the second feature film by Perth filmmaker Emma Humphreys, will premiere at The Backlot Perth on July 8. Featuring a cast of West Australian actors and entirely W.A. made, Hamartia is Emma Humphreys’ second feature after her 2011 debut Inner Circle, an official selection of the Arizona International Film Festival. Hamartia tells the story of a…
The Sydney Underground Film Festival programs unique, quality independent films that transgress the status quo and challenge the conservative conventions of filmmaking. The festival is devoted to renewing local interest in independent and experimental film as part of an international underground film culture and aims to change an ingrained culture of cinematic complacency and revitalise an…
In what has been seen as a bleak time for Australian Cinema, Revelation Perth International Film Festival is leading the charge to demonstrate that a change is afoot. Opening the 18th Revelation Film Festival in 2015 will be Last Cab To Darwin, an extraordinary film of depth and perception. Directed by Jeremy Sims and featuring…
“It was a surreal, occasionally out-of-body experience.” Written by Matt Holcomb exclusively for Cinema Australia: I have made only a handful of short films – far less than I would have liked to have made at this point. I don’t consider myself to be a natural short-form storyteller; it’s just not something that comes easily to…
Director Luke Griffiths has announced a one-time-only screening of his Perth shot short The Scarlett Sapphire. The action/thriller will be showing at Cinema Paradiso in Northbridge on the 11th of June, from 7:00pm to 8:30. When Scarlett’s son is kidnapped by an enigmatic organisation she is forced down a bloody path of murder and mayhem in a…
“Anyone familiar with the attention span of a seven-year-old will understand this was no easy task.” Written by Alister Grierson exclusively for Cinema Australia: Imagination Game began, like many ideas, as a conversation on a bus. My wife, Skye, had stumbled across a cult of conspiracy theorists online who had bought into the idea that…
Submissions for the 2015 Made In Melbourne Film Festival are now open! MIM highlights Melbourne filmmakers and showcases the best short films, independent features, and high school films from Melbourne and Victoria. Now in their seventh straight year, MIM continues to innovate and grow and celebrate local creativity and 2015 will be no exception. This year…
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