Thanks to our friends at The Curb, we we’re giving away one signed edition of The Australian Film Yearbook – 2021 Edition! The Australian Film Yearbook features the work of the flourishing Australian film industry, with over one hundred Australian feature, non-fiction, and short films released to cinemas, streaming platforms, and film festivals during 2021.…
Central Queensland’s premiere film arts festival returns with new feature film and documentary premieres, art experiences and much more. The 2023 Capricorn Film Festival is presented by Livingstone Shire Council, Tourism Events Queensland, Screen Queensland, Regional Arts Australia, Keppel Coast Arts and will be held from Wednesday the 18th to Saturday 21st of January 2023…
Cinema Australia is proud to host the new back comedy, Deadpan, which you can now watch in full below. Deadpan follows no-hoper Ryan who’s desperate to salvage his relationship with his girlfriend, Chloe. Ryan’s perfectly planned weekend away is turned upside down by an unexpected tragedy, forcing him to decide how far he’ll go to save…
Freedom Swimmer, directed by Olivia Martin-McGuire and co-produced by No Thing Productions and Sacrebleu Productions, is now available to stream on SBS On Demand. Freedom Swimmer tells the story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong that parallels his granddaughter’s own quest for a new freedom. The 15 minute short film is…
Primetime Emmy Award-Winner and Golden Globe Nominee, Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Maze Runner) takes the lead in feature film Bring Him to Me, currently shooting in Queensland, Australia with director Luke Sparke (Occupation Rainfall) and writer Tom Evans. Barry Pepper first shot to fame with his break-through role of a bible-quoting sniper in Stephen Spielberg’s drama, Saving Private…
In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, host Matthew Eeles is joined by Perth-based filmmaker John V. Soto to discuss Avarice, an action thriller starring Gillian Alexy as a gifted, Olympic-level archer who must rescue her husband, played by Luke Ford, and daughter, played by Téa Heathcote-Marks, after they are abducted during a vicious…
Award-winning First Nations filmmaker Warwick Thornton’s spiritual drama The New Boy wraps this week in regional South Australia, with major production funding from Screen Australia’s First Nations Department alongside Fremantle and Gretel Packer’s Longbridge Nominees, who join producers Kath Shelper for Scarlett Pictures; and Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton, Georgie Pym and Coco Francini for Dirty…
In 2017, Tristan Barr launched his feature filmmaking career by co-directing, co-writing, co-producing and co-starring in Watch the Sunset. The fast-paced one-shot action thriller was a hit on the festival circuit around the world and was quickly picked up by Australian streamer Stan where the film is still available to watch. With Barr’s Watch the…
An all-inclusive film series made by people living with disability, about people living with disability, is shining a light on the value of diversity in the workforce. Fearless Films Season 4 features six people who are engaged in meaningful employment – be it entrepreneurial or within a business – normalising disability in the workforce and…
Cheeky comedy-drama How to Please a Woman scooped a pleasing four awards (out of six nominations) at the 2022 WA Screen Culture Awards held on Sunday 4 December at Luna Cinemas Leederville – including Innovation in Narrative Feature Film with a budget over $1m; Outstanding Achievement in Editing – Merlin Eden; Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Hayley…
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