Trailer of the Day: Drown

Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion in the cloistered surf club just like his father. But when the younger, fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil in the company of another man. Phil is gay. Over the summer, Len forms unexpected, confusing feelings for Phil. When…

Interview: Kriv Stenders

“I think the whole apparatus of theatrical exhibition is being dismantled. It’s not a sustainable business model. It’s twenty dollars to buy a ticket for god’s sake.” Does it feel good to finally be showing Kill Me Three Times to Australian audiences? It feels like it’s been a long time coming. It’s great. It’s a funny…

Full Stream ahead while Justice League doco awaits green light

While awaiting to hear from Warner Bros Studios as to whether or not their proposed Justice League Mortal documentary will be allowed to move ahead; director Ryan Unicomb & producers Steven Caldwell & Aaron Cater have decided to move onto further developing feature film Stream; written by New York based Writer J.E. Clarke. The production has been courting actor Rutger Hauer…

Trailer of the Day: unINDIAN

Beautiful divorcee and single mother of one, Meera (Tannishtha Chatterjee) is an Australian of Indian origin. Smart and independent, she has carved out a successful life for herself and her daughter … despite family pressure to find ‘a nice Indian match’. Then Meera meets Will (Brett Lee)… tall and blonde with a charming smile. But…

Trailer of the Day: Tanna

Tanna Directed by: Bentley Dean and Martin Butler Produced by: Martin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn Johnson Written by: Bentley Dean, Martin Butler and John Collee Release Date: September 2015 Did you know?: Tanna is based on a true story and performed by the people of Yakel in Vanuatu. Tanna is set in the South Pacific where Wawa,…

The Crowdfunders: The Comet Kids

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…

Trailer of the Day: Your first look at Luke Sparke’s Red Billabong starring Dan Ewing, Tim Pocock, Sophie Don and Jessica Green

SparkeFilms have released the first online teaser trailer for their feature film Red Billabong. Starring Home & Away’s Dan Ewing and Dance Academy favourite Tim Pocock, Red Billabong is an Action/Adventure film that is currently in Post Production at the Qld based The Post Lounge studios. Sophie Don, Jessica Green, Ben Chisholm, John Reynolds, Emily Joy, James Straiton…

Cast and crew to walk the red carper for the Australian premiere of The Dressmaker

Liam Hemsworth will return to Australia this October to celebrate the release of the new comedy-drama The Dressmaker, alongside co-stars Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving and Sarah Snook. The Australian Premiere of The Dressmaker will be held on Sunday October 18 at Village Cinemas Crown in Melbourne where the stellar cast will be joined on the red carpet by their highly-acclaimed filmmaking team,…

Cinema Australia announces our new Sunday Shorts program in support of Australian filmmakers

Cinema Australia – a non-profit website dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films through independent news, reviews, features and interviews – is calling for Australian filmmakers to submit their short films for its brand new Sunday Shorts program. Sunday Shorts – screened exclusively at http://www.cinemaaustralia.com.au – aims to showcase a different Australian short…