Prepare to meet your new favourite screwed-up superhero, The Dark Blackness. The new comedy CAPES has been released on YouTube today, following its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival in October. The short film hails from a country not known for caped crusaders – Australia – and takes a typically Aussie, irreverent look at…
Brave, bold, passionate filmmakers thinking outside the box, turning a simple idea into one of the most interesting filmmaking concepts in recent memory. We don’t hear enough of these stories coming out of the Australian film industry. Sarah Jayne and her partner, Ivan, are in post-production on their new film, Friends, Foes and Fireworks – a fully improvised comedy/drama set…
“Seeing my name on the Oscars website next to many of my composing heroes such as Alan Silvestri, Mark Isham, John Williams and Hans Zimmer, was an amazing feeling,” Swiss-born, Australian based composer Ronnie Minder told Cinema Australia. His first feature film score for Matthew Holmes’ The Legend of Ben Hall is one of 145 scores to…
by Matthew Eeles Cinema Australia readers have been given an exclusive first look at JJ DeCeglie’s hilarious new Australian film, Can’t Win. Do Try. The Perth-shot comedy is the second film for the eclectic filmmaker after his micro-budget debut, Jugular. Influenced by his best mate Jez (Christopher Millington), Gordan (Harry Quinlan) convinces his rather bitchy finance,…
2016 saw another great year for Australian films in terms of quality. Cinema Australia was lucky enough to catch a lot of great films from this year and next via cinema, home release, preview screeners and film festivals. Here are our Top 5 for 2016 including the winner of the Cinema Australia 2016 Best Film…
After hours of counting votes, the Cinema Australia 2016 Audience Award winner can finally be revealed. The Cinema Australia Audience Award, now in its third year, celebrates the range of films released throughout the year and the people who see them – you. With endless ‘Top Film’ lists doing the rounds across multiple forms of media,…
Looking like a born again Living like a heretic Listening to Arthur Lee records Making all your friends feel so guilty About their cynicism And the rest of their generation Not even the government are gonna stop you now But are you ready to be heartbroken? Lloyd Cole “Our TV industry grew on the quota…
by Matthew Eeles Cinema Australia readers have been given an early look at Joseph Russell’s neo-noir science fiction thriller, Silent Man which recently wrapped filming for the year. Filming on Silent Man will recommence in late February or early March next year. “The hiatus is due to prior cast and crew commitments in January,” director Russell told…
Australian film fans are being treated to two exciting releases today. While Red Dog: True Blue rolls into cinemas around Oz, a new trailer has dropped for the upcoming Dance Academy movie. Tara Webster was destined to become one of the top dancers of her generation before a devastating injury crippled her career. In her quest to…
A brand new teaser trailer has dropped for Ben Young’s critically acclaimed festival favourite, Hounds of Love. The trailer for the Perth-shot drama couldn’t have come at a more surreal time with news breaking today that WA police have charged a man with the murders of Ciara Glennon and Jane Rimmer and attacks on two teenagers in 1995 and…
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