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…
Australian filmmaker Clare McCann has announced the launch of her new film festival, Sydney Women’s International Film Festival with the inaugural event set to launch on November 27 at United Cinemas Opera Quays. Festival director McCann conceived SWIFF to help address the gender imbalance in the film industry, and partnered with Marketing Director, Suzie Watt, to…
A US trailer for Seth Larney’s new Australian sci-fi 2067 dropped today. The year 2067: Earth is on the verge of collapse. After years of doing too little to reverse climate change, plant life is extinct and there is a dramatic reduction in available oxygen. With no cure in sight, humanity builds a quantum time machine…
Melbourne-based, multi-award winning physical comedy troupe The Travelling Sisters have released their new micro web series, Meet the Mullets. Meet the Mullets is a mockumentary about a passionate theatre troupe of blokes and their Mums, forced to stop work through a global pandemic. In this twisted character comedy, The Travelling Sisters don various mullets to…
R&R Films has announced that new Australian comedy Never Too Late will hit Australian cinemas on October 29 on approximately 150 screens nationally. Filmed on location in Adelaide, Never Too Late was directed by Mark Lamprell (My Mother Frank, A Few Less Men), was written by screenwriter and crime novelist Luke Preston and produced by Antony I…
Thanks to Umbrella Entertainment we’ve got a stack of Cult Girls DVDs to give away. Written & Directed by Mark Bakaitis, this nightmarish and hypnotic horror stars Jane Badler (V), Saara Lamberg (Innuendo), Dean Kirkright (Charlie’s Farm) and Brendan Bacon (The Faceless Man). Cult Girls is the story of Dalia and her two young sisters, who grew up in a…
It has been a big week for WA films with the announcement that submissions have opened for WA Made Film Festival 2021, the release of the Mystic Pines trailer ahead of the film’s world premiere at BIFF, and now the first trailer has dropped for Perth/Sydney-shot feature film, I Met a Girl. Directed by Luke…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Western Australian female filmmaking trio Zoe Pepper, Adriane Daff and Cody Greenwood are thrilled to announce their short film, Mystic Pines, has been selected to make its world premiere at the 2020 Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF). Mystic Pines…
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