The Australia Independent Film Festival 2020 is open for submissions

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. With the easing of Covid19 restrictions it’s lights, camera and action for the Australia Independent Film Festival Join filmmakers and film lovers this September at the iconic Elizabeth Cinemas in the heart of the Brisbane CBD for one of…

Hang onto your undies! The Fracketty Frack trailer is here

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The first trailer has dropped for new sci-fi comedy web series, Fracketty Frack. Set in the Northern Territory, Fracketty Frack is a satirical look behind the curtain of politics, corporate greed, land ownership and activism revolving around the fracking controversy. Part satire, part…

Competition: Win a copy of Below! (Closed)

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. To celebrate the release of Maziar Lahooti’s WA-shot Below on DVD, we’ve got a stack of copies to give away to Cinema Australia readers. Starring Ryan Corr and Anthony LaPaglia, Below is a pitch-black comedy with a uniquely provocative take on Australia’s…

Ready for some serious scares? This groundbreaking Australian horror film will be performed live online

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Horror fans and cinephiles around the world will be treated to a unique and groundbreaking online viewing experience next month. Award-winning director Michael Beets (Virtual Reality film The Unknown Patient), will premiere In the Shadow it Waits live online with the film…

First trailer released for romantic drama Dirt Music

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES The first trailer and poster have dropped for Dirt Music, the latest film adaption of a book by Fremantle-based author, Tim Winton. Filmed throughout Esperance and the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia, Dirt Music follows Georgie (Kelly Macdonald)…

Learn Acting Essentials Online

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Capricorn Film Festival in partnership with Livingstone Shire Council and Regional Arts Development Fund will proudly present a four-day online Screen Acting Essentials workshop with four of Australia’s best acting tutors. With the world still restricted to their homes, we have structured our activities…

Sunday Shorts: Sammy the Salmon

Written and Directed by Jake Shannon Produced by Chris Luscri Starring Liam Maguire, Mark Mitchell, Liz Esguerra and Edward McCullough Spencer, while weeping uncontrollably on a beach starts a conversation with a talking salmon. Spencer explains that he is secretly gay but is due to marry his female fnance. The salmon ofers to help Spencer break up…