World premiere announced for Aussie indie Crushed

The Australian mystery thriller feature film Crushed will have its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival being held 27 August – 7 September 2015. Crushed will screen in the First Films World Competition for debut filmmakers. The independent film, shot in the wine region of Mudgee, New South Wales is the feature directorial debut of…

PERTH! Win tickets to Kill Me Three Times starring Simon Pegg, Luke Hemsworth and Bryan Brown

Thanks to Luna Leederville, Cinema Australia is giving readers the chance to win a double pass to a special screening of Kill Me Three Times which includes a Q&A with the film’s director, Kriv Stenders (Red Dog). When: Monday, 31 August Where: Luna Leederville Hosted by: Travis Johnson – X-Press Magazine and celluloidandwhiskey.com Kill Me Three Times, a…

Get your weekly dose of Stage Mums – Latest episode now online

Stage Mums is a comedy web series which takes a tongue in cheek look at the lives of two stage mothers. Think Kath and Kim meets Dance Moms meets Absolutely Fabulous. Shaz and Trace are besties with ‘super talented, triple threat’ teenage daughters, Shenaya and Abcde. They are bogan, Aussie Stage Mums who tackle all the important issues: pretentious…

Actor Focus: John Orcsik

“Keep the flame alight and don’t be delusional… Network properly and meaningfully. Don’t just go to the ‘opening of a door’ to be seen for the sake of being seen.” TAFTA is your ambitious achievement. What makes your workshops unique? I have always believed that a school has a greater responsibility than just educating people towards…

The Crowdfunders: Crush

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: Observance

In the grip of grief following the death of his young son, his marriage on the rocks and nearing bankruptcy, Parker reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. Embarking on an unusual assignment to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment, Parker witnesses bizarre happenings surrounding her, unaware that the derelict building that he…

Ryan Corr heads to Luna and CinéfestOZ for Holding the Man – All the details here! 

Transmission Films is proud to announce the advance Q&A screening of Holding the Man with actor Ryan Corr at Luna Cinemas Leederville on Wednesday August 26 ahead of the cinematic release of the film across Australia on August 27. Network Ten News presenter Narelda Jacobs will host a question and answer session with Ryan in the cinema following a 6.30pm session of the film. Ryan will also…

Trailer of the Day: Oddball

The story of Allan “Swampy” Marsh and his Maremma dog Oddball. Swampy convinced local authorities to allow Oddball to protect a colony of Little Penguins on Middle Island from wild cats and dogs. Oddball succeeds in his campaign and becomes a front runner for Maremma dogs being used to protect other endangered Australian wildlife. Oddball…