Full CinefestOZ program announced! Tickets now on sale!

Australian film fans who will be making the journey to WA’s beautiful south west this August are in for a real treat! CinefestOZ has revealed its full festival program, available online now. The festival brings film premieres, documentaries, French features, Indigenous and family film events, Side Bar short film sets and more to the South West from August…

Australian premiere announced for Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country – First stop Venice

Warwick Thornton’s latest feature Sweet Country has been selected in Official Competition at the Venice Film Festival in September and will have its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October, it has been announced. Inspired by real events and starring Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Ewen Leslie, Thomas M. Wright, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Anni Finsterer, Matt Day and…

Trailer of the Day: Namatjira Project

An extraordinary firsthand account of the international battle to reclaim the artwork and heritage of one of Australia’s most important Indigenous figures: Albert Namatjira. Albert Namatjira was one of those rare artists who actually changed the course of history. The founder of the Indigenous art movement, he became an international icon and was the first…

An extended look at The Unhallowed

A full-length trailer has dropped for Casper Jean Rimbaud’s The Unhallowed. The bloody Australian slasher film was shot in WA’s wheatbelt. Set during the summer of 1967, the disturbing story follows a group of youths who uncover a homicidal blood cult. This new The Unhallowed trailer stirs memories of Tobe Hooper’s original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Check…

Special guest lineup announced for CinefestOZ

Australian film fan? You’re going to want to get to this year’s CinefestOZ. This year’s talent list is an added drawcard in the lead up to the full program release on July 28 and begins with internationally acclaimed and Academy Award nominated writer and director, Scott Hicks, who will attend in the role of this year’s Film Prize…

Marion Pilowsky to call action on her feature film debut The Call Back

“This is a film about finding your true home, love, sex, food and bloody good Shiraz, as well as being my own personal ode to Australia.” Producer, writer and director Marion Pilowsky (My Last Five Girlfriends, Sleuth) will make her feature directorial debut with comedy The Call Back after securing production investment funding from Fox International…

Actor Focus: Clyde Boraine

“I know this feeling all too well. It’s almost like people with anxiety pursue the creative industry.” NAME: Clyde Boraine AGE: 28 NATIONALITY: African and Asian CREDITS: Trip For Biscuits, Neighbours, Angry Boys, Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows Interview by Joanne Kmaid True or false – Actors carry a sense of egoism… True to…

The Crowdfunders: Stiletto Sex

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…

Sunday Shorts: The Artifice

The Artifice Written, Produced and Directed by Matthew Holmes Starring Jushua Jaeger, Nadia Holmes, Bailey Barbour, Gregory Quinn, Adam Wilson and Michael Resce Article written by Matthew Holmes In a way, The Artifice was the short film that launched The Legend of Ben Hall. Nearly all the crew on this film formed the team for…

Rip Tide trailer drops in

While the world is being hammered with trailers for the latest Hollywood blockbuster like Thor, Justice League and Stranger Things, we’ve been delivered the first trailer for Rhiannon Bannenberg’s family drama Rip Tide. Rip Tide is the second feature film for Bannenberg after the young director’s debut, Ambrosia. Rip Tide is due for release Australia wide…