Competition: Win a copy of Escape and Evasion! (Closed)

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Thanks to our friends at Defiant Screen Entertainment, we’ve got a bunch of copies of Escape and Evasion up for grabs. A lone soldier returns home from a mission in Myanmar with traumatic PTSD. Trying to save his relationship…

Ambitious VR series ecosphere releases via Facebook’s Oculus

PHORIA, an award winning immersive technology studio, today announced the worldwide online release of ecosphere, their groundbreaking VR nature documentary series produced in partnership with Facebook’s Oculus, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Silverback Films. The series is narrated by Emmy Award winning actress and WWF Ambassador, Anna Friel, and will be available…

There’s a Shane Warne documentary in the works

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. PRESS RELEASE Screen Australia has announced $2.1 million of production funding for 12 projects funded through the Producer Program and two through the Commissioned Program. Projects include SHANE, a feature documentary about cricketer Shane Warne, and Woven Threads –…

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…