Video | Behind the scenes of Dirt Music

WA-shot Dirt Music hits Australian cinemas today and we’ve been treated to a behind-the-scenes look at the film with stars Kelly MacDonald and Garrett Hedlund and director Gregor Jordan. Georgie Jutland (Kelly Macdonald) is barely holding it together these days without a drink. Once a nurse, now she’s trapped in the backwater fishing port of…

Review: Bloody Hell

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Bloody Hell Directed by Alister Grierson Written by Robert Benjamin Produced by Joshua Paul and Brett Thornquest Starring Ben O’Toole, Meg Fraser, Travis Jeffery, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland and Jack Finsterer “Hilarious, completely bizarre, brutal and bloody…

Mental health workshop for regional artists

Capricorn Film Festival in partnership with Queensland Mental Health Week will present a free virtual mental health workshop for regional artists. This will be an important and timely conversation with mental health professionals Erin Fisher and Jane Endacott, Rockhampton based writer and performer Jodie van de Wetering, and Luke Graham, Capricorn Film Festivals founder and…

Brazen Hussies in cinemas nationally this November

Five years in the making, the enlightening feature documentary Brazen Hussies, chronicling the Australian Women’s Liberation Movement, will be released in cinemas nationally on November 5. This follows the film’s world premiere at Brisbane International Film Festival on October 3 and screenings at Antenna Selects (Sydney), and Adelaide Film Festival. Brazen Hussies introduces contemporary audiences…

Interview: Andrew Traucki

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In 2007, writer, director and producer Andrew Trauki burst onto the Australian film scene with Black Water – a low budget crocodile nightmare that had massive bite. Thirteen years later, Trauki has returned to the…

Australia Independent Film Festival 2020 winners announced

The 2020 Australia Independent Film Festival located in the heart of the Brisbane CBD spanned two sensational days across three incredible screening sessions at the iconic Elizabeth Picture Theatre. Operating under an approved Covid safe plan the festival sold out both International Shorts and Australian Short film sessions. During the festival Brisbane film lovers enjoyed…

Occupation: Rainfall – See the epic new trailer and our exclusive images!

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The teaser trailer for Occupation: Rainfall, one of Australia’s biggest ever sci-fi films has today been released ahead of the film’s World Premiere screenings at Monster Fest 2020 on Friday 30 October in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Australian distributor Monster Pictures will…

New Australian horror Bloody Hell will hit cinemas in October

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Gold Coast-shot horror film Bloody Hell will hit Australian cinemas early next month. Described as Fargo meets Fight Club, Bloody Hell  is a quirky fun horror with levity set between Boise in Idaho and Helsinki in Finland and follows Rex…