As far as acting gigs go for someone just starting out in their career, Rebecca Leafe has hit the jackpot. The Perth-based actor has just wrapped filming on Adam Morris’ Frank and Frank (or The Valley and The Walrus: Ruminations on the Mystery from Soup to Nuts) starring opposite Myles Pollard in the Albany-shot drama which also…
Over the weekend, the highly regarded Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival rolled out the red carpet at the Gympie Pavilion to celebrate filmmakers from around the world at their inaugural Awards Ceremony The awards were presented by a star-studded industry lineup, including Festival Patron, filmmaker and actor extraordinaire Leah Purcell and Vanessa Gazy,…
Senses of Cinema explores the history of the co-op film movements of Sydney and Melbourne. This incredibly insightful and highly important documentary comes from two of the major figures in Australian documentary who were intimately involved in the filmmaking groundswell that first emerged in the 1960s, John Hughes and Tom Zubrycki. Featuring the like of Philip…
A new trailer has dropped for Jane Hammond’s Black Cockatoo Crisis. Black cockatoo numbers have fallen dramatically over the past few decades and all three species in the south-west of WA could become extinct in just 20 years unless something is done to protect their habitats. With the loss of the banksia woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain to housing, Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos…
Cinema Australia was recently treated to an early look at Robert Connolly’s Blueback and we’re thrilled to report that the film is a triumph. Perth audiences will be treated to the Australian premiere of the new film when it opens Lotterywest Films as part of Perth Festival on November 21. Connelly’s stunning big-screen adaptation of…
This November, the Australian feature documentary Volcano Man will screen in Palace Cinemas in major cities across the country to drive awareness and fundraising for men’s mental health in partnership with Movember – the global leading men’s health charity. Premiering at the 2022 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) where it received 3rd in the Audience…
CinefestOZ Broome – Western Australia’s First Nations Film Festival – today announced that beloved Australian actor and proud Nyikina man Mark Coles Smith as Ambassador for the inaugural festival presented by Goolarri Media, which kicks off next week 3-6 November in Broome in WA’s beautiful Kimberley region. Fresh from roles in ABC drama Savage River and soon…
Love by the Glass, a new romantic feature starring Susie Abromeit (Love In Bloom, Jessica Jones) and Tim Ross (Romance on the Menu, Dive Club, Wonderland), is currently shooting in Brisbane, Australia. The eighth romance film from The Steve Jaggi Company (SJc), Love by the Glass tells the story of an unlikely pairing – Allee and…
AACTA nominated short film Stonefish is now available to stream ahead of the award announcements on Wednesday, 7 December. Directed by Megan Smart and written by George Pullar who also stars in the film alongside Ben Oxenbould, Stonefish is a thrilling black comedy about an anxious young poet (Pullar) who accidentally sparks a war with his…
18-year-old Jay has had enough of life. 28-year-old Liz can’t get enough of it. And as Jay (Jordan Dulieu) stands on a cliff top contemplating putting an end to the meaningless fog of his existence, Liz (Freyja Benjamin) lands in town on the latest leg of her endless adventures backpacking the globe. After a sliding doors moment brings…
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