Genna Chanelle Hayes’ debut feature film Akoni will re-commence production in Sydney this week, and the film has added award-winning actor Mark Coles Smith and emerging young talent Marlikka Perdrisat to its cast. Coles Smith recently won a Helpmann Award for his work on the Belvoir play A Drover’s Wife. Marlikka Perdrisat is an indigenous…
Enzo Tedeschi’s Event Zero will hit a number of Australian cinemas from August 31. The Australian action thriller stars Ash Ricardo and Zoe Carides will screen across New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. When a terrorist attack hits the Sydney subway releasing a highly contagious virus into the population, Detective Leyla…
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the nominees for Best Feature Length Documentary as well as the feature films in competition for this year’s AACTA Awards. Reinforcing a strong year for Australian documentary and following changes to the nominations process to introduce a Documentary Branch, AACTA has announced five nominees…
by Matthew Eeles Post-production has wrapped on Tracy and Cinema Australia has been given a handful of images from the film to share with readers. Directed by Derek Erskine, the new Australian psychological thriller explores a drug and alcohol fuelled psychotic rampage by a married couple, Tracy (Cassanda Leopold) and Daz (Derek Erskine) living in…
Written by Matthew Eeles Cameras are set to roll on an intriguing new Australian short film that’s sure to polarise audiences. Taya Calder-Mason’s, Fight Like a Woman, has a unique storyline which pits Calder-Mason’s Lanie Ray against fellow boxer Ricky, played by actor Matthew Clarke. “I have been wanting to mix my two passions, boxing…
“Rob Schneider is one of the most intelligent people I have ever met, although the characters he plays are anything but that.” NAME: Monty Franklin AGE: 34 NATIONALITY: Australian CREDITS: The Comic’s Lounge, New Girl (Fox), Real Rob (Netflix) Interview by Joanne Kmaid Any grand story behind your unique name? Not really, it’s basically a dog’s…
Australia’s Funniest Shorts has announced its 2017 comedy sketch and short film program which will screen as part of CinefestOZ on Saturday, 26 August. Selected from over 100 entries from across Australia, the 15 short films will be eligible for the prizes including a $500 cash prize for Funniest Sketch and $500 cash prize for…
by Matthew Eeles Ahead of the film’s availability on Netflix later in the year, audiences will be treated to the world premiere of Cargo at the Adelaide Film Festival in October. The highly-anticipated Australian zombie film is directed by Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling and based on the filmmakers’ Tropfest winning short film of the…
As a non-profit website dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films, Cinema Australia rarely gets the opportunity to throw cash at crowdfunding projects. Trust us, if we had the money we’d be executive producers on almost every new Australian film calling for supporters through the myriad of crowdfunding platforms available on the interwebs. That’s…
Indigenous filmmakers aged 18-35 can now apply for RAW, a new initiative that will develop skills through the production of a TV pilot that will be pitched to Australia’s ABC. The initiative is backed by industry celebrated Leah Purcell and Wayne Blair as Mentors and Executive Producers. RAW comprises two phases. In the first phase up to three…
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