Two new Australian films, Lenore and Skeleton Girls. A Kidnapped Society, have been selected to screen at Fantasporto Film Festival in Porto, Portugal – one of the world’s leading and longest-running genre film festivals. Lenore, the debut feature film by director David Ward, is a haunting psychological drama that explores grief, obsession, and the dangerous…
After 13 years of championing the Australian screen industry, Cinema Australia is proud to launch the Cinema Australia Film Festival Submissions Fund – a brand new initiative designed to help emerging and established filmmakers get their work seen on the big screen. This exciting new fund will allow filmmakers to apply for small grants to…
Pasa Faho, the celebrated feature debut from Igbo-Australian filmmaker, writer and visual artist Kalu Oji, will kick-off its national tour of special event screenings with its NSW premiere at the Sydney Opera House on 21 January. This will be followed by screenings around Australia throughout January and February. Following its sold-out World Premiere screenings at…
Jordan Giusti’s powerful documentary Floodland, winner of the prestigious Sustainable Future Award at the 2025 Sydney Film Festival, is set to arrive in cinemas nationwide on 26 February. Produced by Mofa Stories, the film brings to the screen an intimate portrait of Australia’s most expensive climate disaster and the community caught in its wake, as…
Welcome to the very first episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast for 2026! It’s great to be back. It wasn’t until the back end of 2025 that I realised how few episodes of this Podcast I recorded last year with a focus on more written interviews. I’m going to make it a priority in 2026…
Central Queensland’s premier screen arts event, the Capricorn Film Festival, returns to Yeppoon next week from 15–18 January 2026, kicking off four days of films, filmmaker talks and creative events — all celebrating 10 years of storytelling on the Capricorn Coast. Supported by Keppel Coast Arts, Livingstone Shire Council, Screen Queensland, Tourism and Events Queensland, and Bishopp, the festival will…
by Matthew Eeles 2025 saw only a few new films from Australian filmmaking heavyweights. Bruce Beresford’s The Travellers, Justin Kurzel’s Ellis Park and Robert Connolly’s Magic Beach are the only ones that come to mind. (Even though it enjoyed a festival screening, Warwick Thornton’s Wolfram isn’t officially due for release until next year, so I’m…
Central Queensland’s premier screen arts event, the Capricorn Film Festival, will return to Yeppoon from 15–18 January 2026, marking a major milestone as the festival celebrates 10 years of championing film, creativity and community on the Capricorn Coast. Presented by Keppel Coast Arts, and supported by Livingstone Shire Council, Screen Queensland, Tourism Events Queensland, Bishopp and a broad network of regional…
Production has begun in South Australia on the supernatural horror feature film Ruby, Ruby – from director Ursula Dabrowksy and producer Antony I. Ginnane. Supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and in association with Headgear Films and Arterial Films, Ruby, Ruby marks the fourth horror project for Dabrowsky, a pseudonym of Barossa Valley…
YAS Studio is set to become Melbourne’s first dedicated multi-disciplinary youth screen studio, with the launch of YAS Studio in Kensington in February 2026. For YAS Studio founder and acting teacher Daniel Fischer, the vision is clear: build a highly credible, industry-connected creative environment that empowers young people to explore, express and grow, while establishing…
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