Chris Sun’s long-awaited Ozploitation horror film, Boar, will have its Australian premiere at this year’s Monster Fest. Boar is one of six Australian films announced as the first wave of programming announced for Australia’s premier cult festival Monster Fest, Australia’s premier genre film festival, today announces its first wave of programming for its annual Melbourne event, to be…
Welcome to Cinema Australia’s new feature series we’re calling In Focus. The point of In Focus is to introduce you to an upcoming Australian feature film which may not be on your radar yet. If you’re currently filming an Australian feature film, or if you have one in the early stages of development, pre production or…
Award winning Australian documentary The Last Goldfish will get a limited national release from October 31. The Last Goldfish, written and directed by Su Goldfish, and produced by Carolyn Johnson documents a daughter’s search for her lost family. Rich with archival images, this suspenseful and surprising story – stretching from Australia to Trinidad, North America…
Filming has commenced on Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship winning film My Boy Oleg directed by Goran Stoleveski produced by Jessica Carrera of Dollhouse Pictures. The film shoots over four days in and around Footscray. My Boy Oleg follows Ukrainian actress Irina who arrives in Melbourne with her son Oleg for a theatre festival performance.…
A world premiere has been announced for Nicolas Champeaux’s Lieutenant Jangles following a lengthy stint in post production. After his partner is killed in a gun fight, cowboy detective Lieutenant Jangles (Matt Dickie) goes on a mission to bring the men responsible to justice. The red carpet event will be held on Saturday, 28 October at Dendy…
Subject 36 is the story of a woman who studies strangers obsessively, until one of her subjects changes everything. “I’ve never done anything like what Gwen does in this film, but some of her unhealthy and antisocial behaviour, and her fears and insecurities are drawn from my experiences as a teenager and young adult.” Interview…
Lucy Durack’s debut web series, Lift, has secured $70,000 production funding through Screenwest’s Elevate program. The web series, set entirely in an elevator, will be an intimate look at the literal and metaphorical ups and downs of artist Olivia (Lucy Durack) and uptight Simon (Charlie Garber) as they travel the floors of their corporate office…
Film Art Media and Generator Pictures have released the trailer for their documentary film Paper Trails, which follows the beloved Australian broadcaster, writer, activist and mental health advocate Anne Deveson AO as she reflects on her life, memory and history while racing against time to pack her 85- year paper trail into boxes destined for…
Red Christmas stars scream queen Dee Wallace as a matriarch who has invited her children to celebrate one last Christmas in their family home before it’s sold. Amid celebrations and domestic drama, they receive a visit from a mysterious stranger. Disfigured and cloaked, they feel sorry for him until they discover his extreme religious motives…
The Cinema Australia team were lucky enough to catch an early screening of The Pretend One and it left us speechless. We haven’t been this impressed with an Australian feature film since The Babadook. Just sayin’… Stay tuned for our full review. The Pretend One is eyeing a 2018 release. You can keep up to…
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