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…
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…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The world has been given its first look at The Flood – an intriguing new Australian film from writer and director Victoria Wharfe McIntyre that just had its world premiere at the Vision Splendid Outback…
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…
Two new Australian horror films are set to enjoy world premieres next weekend. Sam Curtain’s The Slaughterhouse Killer and Josh Reed’s We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders will screen back-to-back on Saturday, 26 September during A Night of Horror International Film Festival – an annual horror film feast in Sydney. The Slaughterhouse Killer follows a young parolee, with girlfriend in tow,…
Directed by Nicholas Cleary and Andrew Shanks Produced by Jodie Kirkbride Written by Andrew Shanks, Nicholas Cleary and Daniel Vink Starring Eduard Geyl, Lisa Fanto, Shabana Azeez and Walter Buckley “At its heart it’s a small and sweet love story, but that didn’t stop us from pitching it as Notting Hill with guns!” When an International…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Welcome to the first ever Get to Know – a new feature where we put a series of simple questions to an up-and-coming screen industry talent. Recently released online, Riley Sugars’ latest short film Rabbits…
Sweet As, the debut feature film from writer/director Jub Clerc, has received major production funding from Screen Australia, with filming to take place in Western Australia. Inspired by Clerc’s own experiences growing up in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia, Sweet As is co-written by Steve Rodgers, with Arenamedia’s Liz Kearney (Paper Planes)…
What’s it about: 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, unrelentingly pushing him to achieve. Yet when Henry does fulfil his father’s vision, his efforts are simply not…
This screening has now been cancelled. Thanks to Luna Palace Cinemas in Perth, we’ve got five double passes to a special screening of Measure for Measure up for grabs. Please note, this screening will take place on Saturday, October 3 from 10.30am at Luna Leederville. An unlikely love ignites between a modern Muslim girl and…
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