Release date and trailer revealed for Roderick MacKay’s The Furnace

The first trailer has dropped for Roderick MacKay’s highly anticipated, WA-shot, The Furnace. Set in the 1890s gold rush of Western Australia, The Furnace tells the story of an unlikely hero, navigating greed and the search for identity in a new land. The Furnace illuminates the forgotten history of Australia’s ‘Ghan’ cameleers, who were predominantly Muslim…

Cinema Australia Podcast Episode #49 | Roy Billing

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. If you’ve never seen a film starring Roy Billing, you have no business listening to this Podcast. We’re joking of course, but Billing has been acting since the 80’s and has starring in many Australian films including…

Stan gets festive with new family comedy A Sunburnt Christmas

Australian Christmas movies are few and far between, so today’s announcement that Stan are currently in production on A Sunburnt Christmas is an exciting one. The last festive film released in Australia was Craig Anderson’s brutal horror, Red Christmas. And let’s face it, that film didn’t exactly spread any joy. For what it’s worth, Cinema…

Are you the next festival director at Gold Coast Film Festival?

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. One of the Gold Coast’s key cultural events is recruiting for a new Festival Director, following the resignation of CEO/Festival Director Lucy Fisher. The Board of Gold Coast Film Fantastic Ltd which oversees the Gold Coast Film Festival and a year…

Sunday Shorts: Rabbits

Riley Sugars Director, Writer & Co-Producer Ruby Betts Producer Jon Grosland Producer Danny Field Cinematographer Phoenix Waddell Production Designer Chloe Graham Editor Leon Ross Original Score Gemma Stack Sound Designer Set in late 1960’s Australia, Henry and his father George stand in the field, hunting. They are two different kinds of men and George’s overpowering nature dominates Henry’s life. George envisages success for Henry,…

Interview: Meg Fraser

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. “I had a lot of support with the whole cast and the crew and everyone knowing it was my first feature, but also I just had a ball.” It’s hard to believe Bloody Hell is Meg Fraser’s…

Lucy Coleman’s Hot Mess hits Netflix

Hot Mess is available to stream on Netflix from today. Directed by Lucy Coleman, Hot Mess is funny, charming, rambunctious, and blushingly candid. The independent Australian comedy follows 25-year-old Loz (Sarah Gaul), a wannabe writer who seems intent on sabotaging her own success. Tipped to receive a coveted writer-in-residence gig with a cutting- edge theatre group, the…