Following the success of A Sunburnt Christmas, Christmas on the Farm and Christmas Ransom, the Stan Original Film Jones Family Christmas continues Stan’s tradition as the home of Australian Original Christmas features. With Ella Scott Lynch, Max McKenna, Neil Melville and Nicholas Denton joining Heather Mitchell, the warm-hearted Stan Original Film Jones Family Christmas will…
Thanks to Transmission Films, we have 10 double passes to give away to The Royal Hotel, a film from director Kitty Davis starring Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick, opening nationally in cinemas on November 23. Americans Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an…
Counting down to the premiere of his sixth feature film, The Switchblade Sisterhood, writer and director Davo Hardy has shared an exclusive clip from the film with Cinema Australia. Set in the present day, the film follows the emotional journey of half-siblings, as their mixed family reels from the revelation of a long-buried secret. Meanwhile,…
Screenwest and Screen Australia have announced that Daisy Ridley (Star Wars sequel trilogy) is set to star in Zak Hilditch’s new survival-thriller film, We Bury the Dead, to be filmed in Western Australia. We Bury the Dead is a terrifying yet moving story about grief, loss and the undead, written and to be directed by…
Production begins next week in Adelaide on the feature film With or Without You, an inspirational mother-daughter story of finding love and safety from tough beginnings – inspired by lived experience from SA director Kelly Schilling. The project is being made with principal production funding from Screen Australia and South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), and…
Adam Morris and Ian Hale, the team behind Edward and Isabella and Frank and Frank, have announced their third feature film collaboration in as many years, the Aussie crime thriller Frederickstown, a dark comedy crime thriller in the tradition of Fargo, Snatch, Sidney Lumet’s Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing.…
Like A Photon Creative in partnership with Sola Mediahave today announced that production has commenced on The Sloth Lane. Another heartwarming addition to the much loved Tales From Sanctuary City franchise, The Sloth Lane is a story of self discovery, family and friendship. Australian and female owned production house Like a Photon Creative will be producing the film and Sola…
Georgia Eyers joins the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss three of her films in this in-depth interview with the very talented actor. Georgia is an Australian actress from Brisbane who has gained some serious recognition recently following her impressive lead role in the supernatural horror film Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism alongside Dan Ewing and Tim…
Following standout performances in Ivan Sen’s Loveland, the Paramount+ series One Night, the ABC surfing drama Barons, and this year’s critically-acclaimed Shayda, Jillian Nguyen has now lent her celebrated talents to the world of voice acting. In the highly entertaining and inspiring animated feature film, Scarygirl, Jillian brings to life the film’s fearless lead character,…
Craig Silvey’s best-selling novel Runt is being made into a feature film in Western Australia with an incredible all-star Australian cast including Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber, Deborah Mailman, Matt Day and Jack Thompson. Leading the picture are two new stars: nine-year-old Lily La Torre who plays the story’s hero Annie Shearer, and rescue dog Squid…
Cinema Australia 