He Ain’t Heavy, It Only Takes a Night and Violett lead the race for the 2023 WA Screen Culture Awards

Western Australia produces more than just Tim Winton adaptations; it’s a treasure trove of diverse creativity and innovation, and the annual WA Screen Culture Awards are a great reminder of that. The recently announced nominees are no exception. Presented by Revelation Perth International Film Festival, the WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) embrace all forms from…

Arlo by the Sea to premiere at SF3

Arlo and the Sea, a new LGBTQ+ short from filmmakers Damian Overton and Ruben Russo, will premiere at the SmartFone Flick Fest in Sydney this month. The Queensland-based filmmakers told Cinema Australia recently that they’ve been wanting to work with each other for a long time but are often constrained by budgets. After a coffee…

What’s On: Bus Stop Films’ 2023 Showcase

18 inclusively made short films to screen in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney and Launceston Eighteen inclusively made short films produced through Bus Stop Films’ Accessible Film Studies Program will tour nationally, kicking off with a gala event in Perth on Sunday December 3, hosted by Julia Hales, an acclaimed Perth actor who lives…

Cinema Australia Podcast #105 | Dane McCusker

Writer and director Dane McCusker joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss his new film, The Big Dog. The Big Dog follows Richard Morgan, a stockbroker, suburban family man – and secret findom addict.  On the morning of his son’s graduation party, Richard discovers his dominatrix has cleaned out all of his…

Competition: Win a double pass to see A Savage Christmas

Thanks to Bonsai Films, we have 10 double passes to give away to A Savage Christmas, a film from director Madeleine Dyer opening nationally in cinemas on 15th November. For the Savage family, Christmas day is always held at their decadent regional Queenslander Brenda Savage, a resentful and ageing-in-denial ‘WAG’ wife, and James Savage Snr,…

New Trailer! Discover the musical minds of superstar musicians in Scott Hicks’ The Musical Mind… A Portrait In Process

The Musical Mind… A Portrait In Process is a vivid glimpse into the private worlds and elite musical processes of four superstar musicians, brought together through their connection with the Academy Award-nominated movie Shine and its director Scott Hicks. We meet international rock star Daniel Johns, one of Australia’s greatest musical talents. Accessing his subconscious, he…

Interview: Lily Sullivan

In Monolith, the always impressive Lily Sullivan plays a disgraced journalist who turns to podcasting to try and rebuild her career, but her rush to generate headlines soon uncovers a strange artefact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story. Sullivan’s transition from the Hollywood blockbuster Evil Dead Rise to…