Cinema Australia Podcast #74 | Davo Hardy & British Flower

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the first Cinema Australia Podcast episode for 2022. In this episode, I’m joined by Public Eye writer, producer, director and lead actor, Davo Hardy, and his co-star British Flower.  Public Eye follows Elliot Sinclaire,…

My five favourite Australian films of 2021

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. I’m a little late to share my favourite Australian films from 2021, but better late than never as they say. I managed to see over 70 Australian feature films and documentaries last year, as well as an endless stream of short…

What’s On [Perth]: Good for Nothing Blues at Telethon Community Cinemas

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Perth’s Telethon Community Cinemas continues to throw its support behind independent WA filmmakers by including Good For Nothing Blues in its summer program. Alexander Lorian’s WA-shot crime comedy follows Calvin and his group of dole-bludging friends who suddenly come into money…

What’s On [Perth]: Have You Heard About Charlie? world premiere and Q&A screening

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. 90s-set coming-of-age drama, Have You Heard About Charlie?, will have its world premiere in Perth next month. Written, directed and co-produced by Perth-based filmmaker Anya Pia Kenner who also stars in the films, Have You Heard About Charlie follows 18-year-old Charlie who…

Cinema Australia Podcast #73 | Brendan Fletcher

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Welcome to the final episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast for 2021. My guest in the episode is filmmaker Brendan Fletcher who join the Podcast to discuss his new series Firebite which he co-created and co-directed with…

5 minutes with Myles Pollard

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Myles Pollard might be best known for his performances in much-loved television shows like McLeod’s Daughters and Home and Away, but more recently Pollard has proved he’s more than just an actor by directing two short films – Christine and the…

Release date, trailer and poster revealed for Here Out West

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. RELATED CONTENT: Cinema Australia Podcast #66 | Arka Das & Bina Bhattacharya Here Out West is one of the best Australian films Cinema Australia has seen in recent memory, and you should do whatever you can to see it when it is…

New Trailer: Leigh is a compelling look at the extraordinary life of chainsaw artist, Leigh Conkie

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Melbourne filmmaker, Ryan Gaskett will premiere his compelling documentary on the extraordinary life of renowned chainsaw artist, Leigh Conkie, this weekend at ACMI in Melbourne. Titled Leigh, the feature-length film has won multiple film festival awards for Best Documentary, including Los…

Rob Collins and Shantae Barnes-Cowan are vampire hunters in Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher’s Firebite

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Following his impressive work on the latest season of Mystery Road, Australia’s most celebrated Indigenous auteur voice Warwick Thornton has continued his television run with new AMC+ TV series, Firebite. Created, directed and written by Thornton alongside Brendan Fletcher (Mad Bastards), the eight-episode…

New Trailer: Shane gives us an inside look at the king of spin

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. A trailer for the film Shane has been released today, giving a first look at the highly anticipated film which celebrates the life and career of Shane Warne, one of Australia’s most iconic sports personalities. Shane features never-before seen interviews with;…