Cinema Australia is giving our readers the chance to win one of ten in-season double passes to see Joe Cinque’s Consolation. In early 1997 Anu Singh, a beautiful law student at the Australian National University, confides in friends that she plans to kill herself to put an end to a mysterious illness. With doctors unable or…
After a successful world premiere at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival, Australian indie feature Sacred Heart by Kosta Nikas starring AFI award winning actor David Field will have its Australian premiere at the Greek Film Festival on October 12th, Palace Cinema Leichhardt in Sydney and October 17th Palace Cinema Como, in Melbourne. Australian acting legend…
Earlier in the year, Revelation Perth International Film Festival held a screening on Heath Davis’ Broke to a sellout crowd. If you missed it you’ll be happy to know another screening is being held next month at Event Cinemas, Innaloo on Wednesday, 12 October at 6.30pm. Ticket details below. An ageing rail worker, Cec, finds…
New Australian documentary, Hotel Coolgardie will be having its Perth premiere next month as part of Australian Revelations – a celebrations of Australian film presented by Revelation Perth International Film Festival in association with Cinema Australia. After screenings at the Sydney Film Festival and the internationally regarded Canadian documentary festival Hot Docs, Hotel Coolgardie comes to town…
“Pete Murray’s song, Opportunity, was the first song I taught myself to play on guitar when I was 16, so meeting him to work on a film 8 years later was bizarre and awesome!” by Joanne Kmaid Acting, singing, songwriting… Is there anything else you hope to embark on? Oh definitely entrepreneurship and philanthropy! I…
Top Knot Detective is set to hit the airwaves this week. Developed within SBS’s 2015 Comedy Runway initiative to find emerging talent, and financed by Screenwest, Screen Australia and SBS, Top Knot Detective is your favourite cult 90’s samurai TV series that you’ve never heard of.* Created by Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce, Top Knot…
The Australian Film Future Foundation today announced that popular Australian actress and producer Claudia Karvan has joined their team as part of its new AFFF Ambassador program. The AFFF Ambassador program will see Karvan campaigning to raise $10 million in funds to digitise 1000 classic Australian films for future generations, equating to around $10,000 per film. The Australian…
Iron Spyder. a short film directed and produced by Melbourne film makers Christopher Mitchell and Yoav Lester. will receive its world premier on September 25 in Austin, Texas, at this years Fantastic Fest, one of the worlds biggest genre film festivals. Shot at an underground wrestling event in Melbourne, Australia, Iron Spyder is described by Fantastic…
The long weekend is upon us with some states enjoying it this weekend, while other states are preparing for their turn next weekend. Long weekends are a great time to catch up on movies, especially those Australian films you’ve been ‘meaning to see’. To help you out, Cinema Australia have compiled a list of Australian films you…
The Howard Years by Matthew Eeles A few minutes into my conversation with John Howard the busy actor enthusiastically tells me he’s working on a new show with the ABC called The Warriors. Ironic considering the nature of our conversation. We’re here to discuss The Club – his first feature film about an AFL football…
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