New Thornton, Soda Jerk and Cairnes Brothers: Every Australian feature film screening at the 70th Sydney Film Festival

The momentous 70th Sydney Film Festival program was officially launched today by Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley, with a bumper line-up featuring the Australian premieres of new films including Warwick Thornton’s latest masterpiece The New Boy, starring Cate Blanchett; Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City; Celine Song’s highly anticipated Past Lives; films direct from the Cannes…

Audrey Napanangka will have an Alice Springs premiere followed by national Q&A screening.

RELATED: Read our interview with filmmaker Penelope McDonald here. Penelope McDonald’s tender and revealing new film, Audrey Napanangka, will have an Alice Springs premiere on May 23 followed by national Q&A screenings. A tender story of one of Australia’s most unique families, Audrey Napanangka tells of Warlpiri woman, Audrey, and her Sicilian partner Santo as they navigate…

Cinema Australia Podcast #93 | Rolf de Heer

Legendary Australian filmmaker, Rolf de Heer, joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss his new film, The Survival of Kindness. My first introduction to Rolf de Heer was in the mid-nineties when I was a teenager. A friend and I were sitting in his parents’ shed smoking cigarettes and drinking beer…

Alena Lodkina’s Petrol to open in Australian cinemas

Fresh from its return from New York’s New Directors/New Films festival, and  a glowing review from The New Yorker, Australian audiences will have an opportunity to see Alena Lodkina’s new feature film Petrol at a series of special screenings accompanied by Q&A’s in Sydney, Perth and Canberra ahead of its release at Sydney’s Golden Age…

Screen Inc. to distribute Serbian-shot Australian drama, Here Be Dragons

Adding to its impressive slate of upcoming films, Sydney-based distributor Screen Inc. has picked up the Australian and New Zealand rights to Alastair Newton Brown’s gripping debut, Here Be Dragons. “We’re so excited about acquiring the Australian and New Zealand distribution rights to Here Be Dragons,” says Screen Inc. managing director Dov Kornits, fresh off…

New romance One Perfect Match is now filming in Brisbane

Canadian actor Merritt Patterson (The Royals) and Joshua Sasse (Love Is In The Air, Monarch) come together in the new feature romance, One Perfect Match, now shooting at locations across Brisbane. This latest feature film from Jaggi Entertainment is written by Ansley Gordon and directed by Jo-Anne Brechin (When Love Springs, Zelos) and further cements Queensland’s…

Interview: Laurence Billiet and Rachael Antony

With their new documentary, The Giants, filmmakers Laurence Billiet and Rachael Antony have created an affectionate portrait of one of Australia’s most recognisable identities – former leader of The Greens Party, staunch environmental activist, folk hero and gay icon, Bob Brown. A follow up to their television hit, Freeman, Laurence and Rachael inject The Giants…