After an international festival run, Lucy Green’s provocative short film, Disarmed lands on Omeleto (stream below) – redefining how we talk about survival. After premiering at Cinequest Film Festival and winning awards across four continents, Disarmed – a sharp, psychologically layered 7-minute short written, produced, and co-directed by Lucy Green – is now making its global online…
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has today launched its full program for the 2025 Festival, to be held from October 15 – October 26 at cinemas across Adelaide. Twenty-seven World Premieres and 37 Australian premieres are among the 123 films from 27 countries to be presented at AFF 2025. The Festival is book-ended by the…
The powerful new Australian short film For My Mother will celebrate its world premiere at the Catalina Film Festival in California this September. Produced by Attic Films in association with Sugarland Productions, For My Mother is a moving exploration of the fragile complexities within a parent-child relationship. On the way to a school recital, a…
With one month to go before Monster Fest returns to Cinema Nova from October 3 to 11, Monster Fest has announced its final programming for the 2025 Melbourne festival, with a host of world and local premieres of the freshest and most fearless genre cinema from Australian shores and abroad. From local shores, Monster Fest’s final programming features…
Drawing acclaim from industry veterans, Garth Davis (Lion) and Joel Anderson (Lake Mungo), The Offing is a psychological thriller film inspired by true events, following two girls who embark on a scenic coastal escape that spirals into chaos. Struggling to outrun their pasts, Neviah, a tormented recluse, and Freya, an enigmatic stranger, find their friendship…
Production has commenced in country Victoria on Australian filmmaker Genna Chanelle Hayes’ highly anticipated second feature film, Olivia. Set against the vast landscapes of rural Australian life, Olivia follows a young mother navigating domestic violence while raising her child. With raw intimacy and stark beauty, the film examines relational dynamics that lead to abuse, offering…
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by the inspiring Peter Skinner to discuss his debut feature film, Two Ugly People. There’s not much point in me gushing here about how much I love this film, because I do enough of that throughout this interview. But I…
A ferocious new Australian feature, Beast of War takes WWII soldiers from the battlefield into the jaws of the deep. The trailer for Beast of War has dropped, marking the arrival of one of the biggest and boldest Australian films of the year – a high stakes thriller that cranks up the genre into a…
I’m a sucker for a great two-hander, and Australia makes so many of them. But how many two-handers have you seen in which the two leads each share an additional role — a third character? That’s what we get with Samuel Van Grinsven’s excellent and atmospheric sophomore feature film, Went Up the Hill. The film…
CinefestOZ Film Festival audiences will be the first in the world to experience Two Ugly People, the debut feature from writer and director Peter Skinner. A first-look clip from the stunning new drama has been released, which you can watch below. Two Ugly People follows two strangers (Michael Sheasby and Cato Ayyar) who meet by…
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