Jack Dignan’s new Australian horror, After She Died, will be available via video-on-demand next Friday, 13 January. After She Died follows Jen, a young woman who’s mother suddenly dies. Her relationship with her father, John, is fractured beyond repair. Her friends, all recent high school graduates, are moving on with their lives and leaving behind…
Welcome to the very first episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast for 2023. I can’t believe this is the 90th episode, and I couldn’t think of a better guest to celebrate with than esteemed Australian filmmaker, Robert Connolly. I first met Robert back in 2013 when he was in Perth with The Turning. He was my…
2022 has been an incredible year for Australian cinema with so many quality films released. If you’re looking to watch more Australian films from 2022, but you don’t know where to begin, we’ve put together this list of 84 new Australian films we watched throughout the year. Consider it a check list for films that…
Of An Age is one of the best Australian films I’ve seen in years, and one of the very best Australian films so far this century. Few films, Australian or international, have ever come this close to portraying such an accurate romance on screen. Writer and director Goran Stolevski’s ability to put the viewer into…
by Matthew Eeles Back in September, Cinema Australia announced that HALO Films had partnered with Adelaide’s Wallis Cinemas Piccadilly to screen the WA distributor’s slate of quality productions. In more exciting news coming from the industrious distributor, HALO Films has now cast its distribution net even wider by adding Five Star Cinemas in New Farm,…
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…
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