Under the Volcano will celebrate WA premiere at CinefestOZ ahead of digital release

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. CinefestOZ has announce the inclusion of Under The Volcano to its Official Selection program. The music documentary comes from WA producer Cody Greenwood (The Beeman) with direction from Gracie Otto (The Last Impresario), and will screen to CinefestOZ audiences after it’s successful World…

Things get loose in the new Cooked trailer

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. A new trailer has dropped for coming-of-age comedy, Cooked. The debut feature film of 22-year-old writer, director and editor Cameron Utiger, Cooked follows Ethan (Zane Menegazzo) and his mates as they deal with the reality of post high school life. Keen…

There’s a new Two Hands TV series in development

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Screen Australia has announced 12 feature films, 13 television dramas and three online projects will share in $975,000 of Story Development funding. The projects include a television series inspired by the 1999 film Two Hands from director Gregor Jordan, and a family feature…

[World First] Review: Streamline

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Tyson Wade JohnstonWritten by Tyson Wade JohnstonProduced by Blake Northfield, Nathan Walker and Jay DouglasStarring Levi Miller, Laura Gordon, Robert Morgan, Tasia Zalar, Jake Ryan, Jason Isaacs, Steve Bastoni, Hunter Page-Lochard and Sam Parsonson “A…

Who is Wanita Bahtiyar? Find out by watching the new I’m Wanita trailer here!

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The unconventionally brilliant new Australian documentary I’m Wanita will have its Australian Premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) on 7 August with director Matthew Walker and the film’s unforgettable star Wanita Bahtiyar in attendance*. Confirmed for national release on September 23, I’m Wanita is the story of a chaotic,…

Shelter ups commissioning slate with new Australian productions exclusive to streamer

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Shelter, the Australian-based streaming service dedicated to all things architecture, home and design, has commissioned four new factual series to be available in all territories, exclusively on Shelter.  Shelter launched globally in July 2020 with Shelter Original series Inspired Architecture, a…

Traditional Owners fight to protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River in Stephanie King’s Voices of the River

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Documentary web series Voices of the River will be released next week, featuring ten Traditional Owners fighting to protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River from large-scale water extraction. Following acclaim on the international festival circuit, Voices of the River will premiere next…

Features, shorts, masterclasses – VFest is go!

Capricorn Film Festival will present a virtual screen festival this August called VFest. VFest will celebrate Queensland and international stories by screening home-made feature films, international and Australian-made experimental short films, as well as a series of discussions and masterclasses hosted by Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles. “Cinema Australia is proud to partner with Capricorn Film Festival…

New trailer and release date for Gracie Otto’s Under the Volcano

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Under the Volcano, the untold story about the studio that changed the world from an isolated island paradise, will be on available on digital release in Australia on September 21. Directed by Gracie Otto (The Last Impresario) and produced by Cody…