Filming set to commence on Roger Scott’s The Marshes

28 Productions today announced that principal photography starts on their feature film The Marshes  on the September 6 and shoots for 4 weeks until the October 3. The film will be shot primarily in The Macquarie Marshes in western NSW. The Marshes has a talented cast including Dafna Kronental, Sam Delich, Matt Cooper, Zach Drayson and Eddy Baroo. The film…

Trailer of the Day: Sam Klemke’s Time Machine

In 1977, Sam Klemke started obsessively documenting his entire life on film. Beginning decades before the modern obsession with selfies and status updates, we see Sam grow from an optimistic teen to a self-important 20-year-old, into an obese, self-loathing thirty-something and onwards into his philosophical 50s. The same year that Sam began his project, NASA…

The Crowdfunders: Broken

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…

Review: Kill Me Three Times

Kriv Stenders’ (Red Dog) latest film, Kill Me Three Times, primarily set in the stunning scenery around Lancelin, is a tale of murder, blackmail and fraud in a small surfing village. Starring Teresa Palmer, Callan Mulvey, Simon Pegg, Alice Braga and Luke Hemsworth with an appearance by audience favourite, Bryan Brown. Originally meant to be…

Trailer of the Day: Pinch

A light-fingered teen living in industrial suburbia struggles in the shadow of his Mother’s desperate need for an organ donor. When he skips school to take a job at a second hand car yard he soon uncovers a front for a local crime syndicate. Convinced he can buy his Mother a second chance at life,…

Trailer of the Day: Play it Safe

Play it Safe is the debut feature film from writer/director Chris Pahlow. The film follows Jamie, a 26-year-old musician, who is out of work and down on his luck. Play it Safe explores a generation caught between endless opportunity and the pressures of conformity. Drawing inspiration from the observational tone of directors Richard Linklater and Mike…