Interview: Mark Lamprell

Director Mark Lamprell joins Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles at the Cottesloe Civic Centre in sunny Perth to discuss his new film, A Few Less Men. Mark’s other directing credits include My Mother Frank and Goddess as well as writing duties on Babe: Pig in the City.  Don’t forget to head over to our YouTube channel…

The Crowdfunders: Mutt

As a non-profit website dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films, Cinema Australia rarely gets the opportunity to throw cash at crowdfunding projects. Trust us, if we had the money we’d be executive producers on almost every new Australian film calling for supporters through the myriad of crowdfunding platforms available on the interwebs. That’s…

A new Hounds of Love trailer is doing the rounds

Ben Young’s Perth-shot Australian feature film Hounds of Love has a brand new trailer ahead of its SXSW screening this week. Looking more and more like a film based on the Bernie’s reign of terror on Perth during the 1980’s, the new trailers comes via the US for the film’s American release. The film’s next Australian screening will…

Interview: Angourie Rice

Angourie Rice sits down with Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles to discuss her role as Eliza Wishart in Rachel Perkins’ new Australian hit, Jasper Jones. Jasper Jones is in cinemas across Australia now. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel while you’re there. Featured Image Source: IMDb

Interview: Rolf de Heer

“People are interesting, everybody is interesting.”  Rolf de Heer was in Perth recently for a Perth International Arts Festival Film Masterclass where de Heer and collaborator Molly Reynolds discussed their work with Fenella Kernebone. Audiences enjoyed hearing their experiences filming in remote Australia and collaborating with Indigenous communities – and hearing what it means to be a…

Chasing Asylum an Australian Revelation

Revelation Perth International Film Festival in association with Cinema Australia proudly present a celebration of Australian film – past present and future – through a program of monthly screenings. Chasing Asylum exposes the real impact of Australia’s offshore detention policies and explores how ‘The Lucky Country’ became a country where leaders choose detention over compassion and governments deprive the…

Actor Focus: Nicholas Jaquinot

“It’s definitely a one man journey, but that journey is littered with relationships that can and will support you along the way, if you allow them to.” Interview by Joanne Kmaid Love your hat trends! Is that your funky charisma or a public persona? [Laughs]. Probably a bit of both! I consider myself to be pretty…

Exclusive! Your first look at the Silent Man teaser

Space Tourist Films have given Cinema Australia readers an exclusive first look at the teaser trailer for their upcoming short film, Silent Man. Director Joseph Russell’s Silent Man follows the journey of an escaped asylum seeker turned vigilante on a mission to find his daughter after she disappears from an immigration detention centre. Check out the…

Cinema Australia 2016 Audience Award winner announced!

After hours of counting votes, the Cinema Australia 2016 Audience Award winner can finally be revealed. The Cinema Australia Audience Award, now in its third year, celebrates the range of films released throughout the year and the people who see them – you. With endless ‘Top Film’ lists doing the rounds across multiple forms of media,…