LGBT streaming platform Dekkoo.com has announced its newest release, Davo Hardy’s romantic coming-of-age drama A Silent Agreement, with this racy screen-grab of the two leads in one of the more intimate scenes of the movie. Since its release in 2017, A Silent Agreement has fascinated and pulled at the heartstrings of Australian independent cinema lovers,…
We’ve got a stack of Revelation Film Festival double passes up for grabs. Curated once again by Jack Sargeant, the Revelation Perth International Film Festival sees a diverse selection of films drawn from across the world. Boasting Revelation’s commitment to signature works, independent cinema, genre film, world cinema, and unique breathtaking movies, this year is no exception with a…
Gizmodo Australia has dropped the first trailer for Kiah Roache-Turner’s Nekrotronic and it’s absolutely batshit crazy. As you’d expect from the makers of Wyrmwood, Nekrotronic is described as a brain-meltingly insane sci-fi extravaganza where demonic possession is possible through your smartphone and the Nekromancers – a group of demon hunters hellbent on restoring order. “This was such a…
Cinema Australia Original Content: by Matthew Eeles Davo Hardy is one of the hardest working independent filmmakers in Australia. Since 2015 Hardy has written, edited, directed and produced an impressive four feature films including family drama The Lives We Lead, supernatural horror Hunting for Shadows and A Silent Agreement – the first Australian feature film…
Transmission Films has dropped a new trailer for Rachel Griffiths’ Michelle Payne biopic Ride Like A Girl. As a little girl, Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing’s toughest two-mile race. The youngest of 10 children, Michelle is raised by single father Paddy (Sam Neill). She leaves school…
Thanks to Defiant Screen Entertainment we’re giving away copies of supernatural thriller The School, out now on DVD and digital. When a doctor looking for her missing child awakens to find herself in an abandoned school, she must survive the supernatural terror and face her own demons if she is to find the truth about…
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Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The Naked Wanderer will make its world premiere at a star-studded red-carpet event at this year’s CinefestOZ. In a major coup for the festival, the WA-made film about a man who treks the WA coastline – mostly…
Cinema Australia Original Content: “Life is not simple for me, so why would I make simple films?” Written by Matthew Eeles Independent filmmaker Saara Lamberg has dropped a new teaser trailer for Westermarck Effect, a followup to her Cinema Australia Audience Award-winning feature film, Innuendo. As the title suggests, Westermarck Effect is not your average Australian film.…
Hot Mess, the debut feature from Sydney writer and director Lucy Coleman, is gearing up for its festival run at Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July. A labour of love, the micro budget film tells the story of Loz, a 25 year-old aspiring playwright who thinks she’s finally found the answer to all her…
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