MDFF Review: Tommy Emmanuel – The Endless Road

Cinema Australia Original Content: Written and Directed by Jeremy Dylan Produced by Jaime Lewis Featuring Tommy Emmanuel, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Sir Barry Gibb, Olivia Newton-John, John Oates, John Petrucci, Steve Wariner, John Knowles and Rick Price “Tommy Emmanuel fans will no doubt get a lot out of this.”   Written by Guest Reviewer Travis Johnson This…

More Australian premieres announced for MIFF including Measure for Measure and Below

The MIFF Premiere Fund delivers seven world and Australian premieres to the 68th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), including Paul Ireland’s gritty reimagining of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure staring Hugo Weaving and Maziar Lahooti’s highly anticipated directorial debut, Below. The Premiere Fund, which provides minority co-financing to new Australian quality theatrical (narrative and documentary) feature films that then premiere at MIFF, has invested in more than…

Blackfella Films awarded the 2019 Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Acclaimed Sydney-based production company Blackfella Films has been awarded the 2019 Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award at the Closing Night of the 66th Sydney Film Festival. The award was presented to Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins and…

Interview: RJ Mitte

Cinema Australia Original Content: Standing up for Sunny will be the fifth Australian feature film released this year featuring a disabled actor in a major role including Reflections in the Dust, Pulse, Kairos and Ride Like a Girl. While the other four films are heavy on drama, Standing up for Sunny reminds us to laugh…

You’ll be happy to know the H is for Happiness trailer is here!

The first trailer for H is for Happiness quietly dropped overnight via Melbourne International Film Festival. H is for Happiness was shot in the picturesque coastal town of Albany, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The colourful film is the debut feature from well-known theatre director John Sheedy, whose feel-good short film Mrs McCutcheon…

Woodstock legend to rock Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival will play host to one of the most memorable figures of Woodstock ‘69 in the lead-up to the iconic festival’s fiftieth anniversary. Lighting designer and M.C. Chip Monck is perhaps best known for his role in one of the most successful documentaries of all time – Woodstock, where he made…