The new Locusts trailer is the best one yet

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  A new trailer has dropped for Locusts ahead of its theatrical release. An outback crime-thriller from writer and producer Angus Watts and director Heath Davis, Locusts follows two estranged brothers who are reluctantly reunited in their remote hometown…

Sunday Shorts: Superheroes

Superheroes is a live action / animated short film which tells the story of a boy’s connection to his imagination. Surrounded by family violence, ten year old James uses the power of his imagination as a sanctuary for himself, his brother and mother from a disturbing reality. Written and Directed by Chris Busuttil Produced by…

Roderick MacKay’s The Furnace to go into production next month

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Director Roderick MacKay will make his feature film debut with The Furnace with TIFF rising star, Ahmed Malekand Australia’s David Wenham to headline the cast. Set in Western Australia’s 1890s gold rush, The Furnace is an unlikely hero’s tale, navigating greed…

Retro Review: The Plumber

Directed by Peter Weir Written by Peter Weir and Harold Lander Starring Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Robert Coleby, Candy Raymond Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Written by Gavin Bond One may be surprised to learn that Aussie auteur Peter Weir followed up his…

New Dirt Music clip sweeps in

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  A new clip has dropped for Dirt Music ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The stunning landscape of Western Australia is the backdrop for an impassioned tale of love and grief in…

34 films in competition for the 2019 AACTA Awards

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the thirty-four feature films in competition for this year’s AACTA Awards – Australia’s highest screen accolade. In an industry first, The King, a Netflix Original, has been…

Interview: Sophie Hyde

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles caught up with director Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays) to discuss her new film, Animals. Directed by Hyde, written by Emma Jane Unsworth based on her acclaimed novel of the same…

Trailer of the Day: Redemption

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Written and Directed by Uttam Mukherjee Produced by Sabin Gnawali and Uttam Mukherjee Starring Ben Hamilton, Shezly, Sonny Bhatti, Francis Edwards and Serena Pallacordi In her quest for freedom, Zoya must escape from her protective and domineering father and overcome a family of…

An official Turbine trailer blows in

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  An official trailer has dropped for new Australian horror/thriller, Turbines. Co-directed by first-time feature filmmaker Shane Borza and Igor Breakenback, who’s best known as a stunt coordinator on films like I, Frankenstein and Alex & Eve, Turbines follows immigrants Attila…