▶️ Stream Here! Disarmed is a provocative short that challenges the myth of the “strong woman” who fights back

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…

World premiere set for Marc Vecchio’s For My Mother

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…

First look at Genna Chanelle Hayes’ sophomore feature Olivia

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…

Cinema Australia Podcast #125 | Peter Skinner

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…

Interview: Dacre Montgomery and Samuel Van Grinsven

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…

Two Ugly People first-look clip!

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…