Cinema Australia Podcast #80 | Tiriki Onus & Alec Morgan

Cinema Australia Original Content: Tiriki Onus and Alec Morgan join the Cinema Australia Podcast to discuss their new documentary, Ablaze. Ablaze tells the story of the first Aboriginal filmmaker William ‘Bill’ Onus, a Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri man from Victoria, a truly heroic cultural and political figure who revived his peopleʼs culture in the 1940s and ignited…

5 minutes with Jackson Tozer

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The St Kilda Film Festival kicks off this Friday night, with Riley Sugars’ hilarious comedy short, Hatchback, featuring in the prestigious opening night lineup. A few weeks ago Cinema Australia caught up with Hatchback director Riley Sugars,…

Lily Sullivan sci-fi Monolith now shooting in Adelaide

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Filming is now underway in Adelaide on Monolith, the first feature film to go into production as part of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Adelaide Film Festival’s (AFF) Film Lab: New Voices initiative. Now shooting in the Adelaide Hills,…

Billy Howle, Phoebe Tonkin and Tom Bateman lead the cast of Kid Snow – shooting in Kalgoorlie and Perth

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. UK actors Billy Howle and Tom Bateman have touched down in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia to play Irish brothers in feature film Kid Snow, with principal photography commencing today, thanks to major production investment from Screen Australia in association…

Luke Sparke has announced his new horror Scurry starring Barry Pepper

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment and Luke Sparke’s Sparke Films announce the brand new, genre-raising horror film, Scurry. Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile) will take on a lead role with further casting announcements to come. The film will…

Sexuality, love and relationships on film at Erotica Film Festival

You’ve all heard of Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and Revelation Perth International Film Festival. But have you heard of Erotica Film Festival? It’s an online film festival of consensual and authentic expressions of sexuality, love and relationships. Founded in 2019 by festival director Ilsa Fay, Erotica began as a unique, boutique one-night-only…

Australian films included in Revelation Film Festival’s first highlights reveal

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Revelation Perth International Film Festival has revealed an early look at this year’s lineup of films including three Australian feature films and one Australian short. As always, the curated programme celebrates independent filmmakers and boundary pushing storytellers from around the globe…

Eric Bana and Robert Connolly return for The Dry followup, Force of Nature

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Made Up Stories, Screen Australia and VicScreen today announced that the team behind the box office smash hit and award-winning feature film The Dry return for the feature film adaptation of bestselling author Jane Harper’s Force of Nature, currently shooting in…

Jeremy Piven, Casper Van Dien, Liam McIntyre, Danny Trejo and Tricia Helfer join Occupation: Rainfall Chapter 2 cast

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment and Luke Sparke’s Sparke Films have announced that the next feature films in the sci-fi action thriller Occupation: Rainfall franchise, Occupation: Rainfall Chapter 2 and Occupation: Rainfall Chapter 3. The film stars Jeremy Piven (Entourage) Casper Van Dien…

Cinema Australia Podcast #79 | Renée Webster

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. How to Please a Woman writer and director Renée Webster joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Renée’s recent directing work includes series one and two of the drama serial The Heights for Matchbox Pictures and…