Trailer of the Day: Lazybones

Lazybones Directed by Michael Jones Written and Produced by Caitlin Farrugia
 and Michael Jones Starring Jackson Tozer, Fabiana Weiner, Troy Larkin, Tegan Crowley, Eva Seymour, Francis Greenslade, Maude Davey Why we’re excited We laughed more times during this trailer than we did for the entire duration of most comedy releases this year. We can’t wait. Where you can see it Lazybones…

The Crowdfunders: Mother. Child.

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…

Full program announced for the Made in Melbourne Film Festival

The Made in Melbourne Film Festival will open this year’s festival with Matthew Holmes’ bushranger epic, The Legend of Ben Hall. Launching on December 6, the exciting festival will showcase an additional four feature films including Crime & Punishment, The Trivialist, Lazybones and Innuendo. Made In Melbourne Film Festival promises a diverse lineup, full of Melbourne flavour and covers an…

Interview: Kane Guglielmi

“Everyone wanted to interview Stephen Peacocke,” director Kane Guglielmi told me during an early morning Skype chat, just three days before his new film’s premiere. I was surprised considering Peacocke has only one scene in the film. “Now that he’s done a few studio films there’s a lot more buzz around him, rather than just being…

Retro Review: The Removalists

The Removalists Written by David Morgan-Brown “The screenplay here is one of a few examples of what makes (or what should make) David Williamson a key figure of Australian cinema.” The Australian New Wave began with a number of films written by playwright David Williamson who adapted some of his own plays into scripts for…

Intriguing new trailer revealed for Perth indie, Subject 36

A brand new trailer has dropped for Subject 36. The intriguing new Perth-shot film follows a woman who studies strangers obsessively, until one of her subject changes everything. Subject 36 is written, produced and directed by Alexander Lorian and stars Kassandra Anne Smith and Matthew Nicholas Phillips in lead roles. The trailer’s cinematography certainly got our attention…

“Horrifically horrifying psychological horror” – Living Space to commence filming next week

Tru Dot Films have announced that principal photography on the feature film, Living Space will commence next week. Created by writer & director Steven Spiel, the “horrifically horrifying psychological horror” is set to commence filming in Geelong, Victoria through to mid-December 2016. Living Space will be filmed entirely on location in the state of Victoria, creating jobs for approximately 80 cast, crew…

Lake Mungo announced for next Australian Revelations

Australia has consistently produced genre films of an extraordinarily high quality – Wolf Creek, Road Games, Mad Max and more recently Boys in the Trees. Nestled right there in the middle is Joel Anderson’s excellent and spooky tale Lake Mungo which is set to screen as part of Revelation Perth International Film Festival’s Australian Revelations Sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming…

Epic new teaser trailer launched for Australian sci-fi, Space/Time

Australian Production Company Mohworks Films has launched the teaser trailer for its upcoming feature, sci-fi adventure, SPACE/TIME. SPACE/TIME is the first feature film from Australian director Michael O’Halloran, exhibiting the onscreen talents of Ashlee Lollback (Don’t Tell), Hugh Parker (My Mistress, BBC’s Black Books) and Pacharo Mzembe (Danger Five, Underbelly). Michael, whose passion for grand…