Thanks to Luna Palace Cinemas, Cinema Australia is giving our readers the chance to win one of ten double passes to a special Q&A screening of new Australian horror film, Killing Ground. Entry details below. Luna Palace Cinemas is delighted to announce a special Q&A screening with Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road, Goldstone), acclaimed Australian actor…
Mushroom Pictures has announced an August 24 release date for Damien Power’s debut feature, Killing Ground. Powers will be joined by the film’s star Harriet Dyer and other key cast in a series of Q&As taking place in the film’s opening week. Killing Ground wowed audiences and critics at its International Premiere at the Sundance…
Killing Ground Written and Directed by Damien Power Produced by Joe Weatherstone and Lisa Shaunessy Starring Harriet Dyer, Aaron Pedersen, Stephen Hunter, Tiarnie Couplans, Maya Stange, Ian Meadows, Aaron Glenan and Mitzi Ruhlmann Ian and Samantha head to a national park, hoping the bush will give them space for some quiet time together. They arrive at an…
2016 saw another great year for Australian films in terms of quality. Cinema Australia was lucky enough to catch a lot of great films from this year and next via cinema, home release, preview screeners and film festivals. Here are our Top 5 for 2016 including the winner of the Cinema Australia 2016 Best Film…
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the feature films in competition for this year’s AACTA Awards – Australia’s highest screen acknowledgement. AACTA also today launched the 6th AACTA Awards presented by Presto | Official Screenings Program, a four- week program that brings Australia’s leading screen professionals together with screen fans…
Bad Girl Written and Directed by Fin Edquist Starring Samara Weaving, Felicity Price, Benjamin Winspear, Sara West and Liam Graham Secrets and lies will change lives in this pulse-pounding psychological thriller. Sullen, defiant and on probation following her release from juvenile detention, 16-year-old foster child Amy Anderson struggles with her new life in the countryside…
A stunningly gorgeous trailer has dropped for Ivan Sen’s Mystery Road sequel, Goldstone. Not one to let anyone else get in the way of his creative genius, Sen is credited as the writer, director, composer and cinematographer on the film. What a legend! Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think.…
A brand new trailer has dropped for Stephen Page’s Spear. The film will be distributed through Robert Connolly’s CinemaPlus. While you’re hear check out the official poster below – easily one of the best Australian film posters we’ve ever seen. Spear Directed by: Stephen Page Written by: Justine Monjo & Stephen Page Produced by: John Harvey Starring: Hunter…
With our cinemas littered with horror reboots full of fright-less protagonists getting horny over bare-boobed bimbos Warwick Thornton’s The Darkside is brimming with the key ingredient those Hollywood cookie cutter same olds are lacking; hair-raising scares. This beautifully shot, hypnotic documentary is an eerie compendium of 13 unnerving stories told by either the original teller…
ABC1 will be celebrating Australia Day by screening Ivan Sen’s outback thriller, Mystery Road on Sunday 26th January at 8.30pm. Indigenous cowboy detective Jay Swan returns to his outback home town, to solve the murder of a teenage girl whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town. You can read our review…
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