It’s not every day a filmmaker gets the chance to tell the story of someone they’ve known since childhood—let alone a story as important and politically charged as this one. But that’s exactly what happened to acclaimed Australian director Kriv Stenders (Red Dog, Danger Close) when he was asked to take on The Correspondent, a…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. It’s been a while since the last episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, but for those who enjoy listening I’m happy to let you know I will be publishing more regularly in…
Kriv Stenders has proved he’s the busiest man working in Australian film, releasing two new film trailers in as many days. Last night we were treated to the new trailer for Brock: Over the Top, a documentary about Australian racing legend, Peter Brock. Today, Stenders dropped the trailer for the highly-anticipated Slim & I which recently…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The first trailer has dropped for KOKO: A Red Dog Story. KOKO: A Red Dog Story is the story of the actual dog from Red Dog. The film is a comedy mockumentary starring Toby Truslove as director Kriv Stenders and Felix Williamson…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Transmission Films has released the official trailer and key art for Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, releasing in cinemas August 8, 2019. Starring an outstanding Australian cast including Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Daniel Webber, Nicholas…
Do you enjoy watching new Australian film trailers? Please help us continue to support Australian cinema by making a donation below. Ahead of the national release in cinemas on August 8, 2019, Transmission Films unveils the trailer for the upcoming epic feature film Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, inspired by the true events. Starring an…
2019 is set to be a huge year for Australian cinema with so many great films set for release. Here’s nine films sitting high on our must-see list for the year. It should be noted that our list from last year featured a bunch of films that weren’t released including The Nightingale, Little Monsters and…
“Change the date but also change the system. My worry as an Aboriginal Australian is that after the apology happened everybody assumed that Aboriginal people had equality in this country and it’s just not true.” Actor Shari Sebbens has only four feature film credits to her name, but it feels like she’s been around…
by Matthew Eeles Kriv Stenders’ new drama Australia Day will have a limited theatrical release before screening on Foxtel and Dendy Direct a week later. Dendy and Foxtel hope other films will follow this new route to market distribution model. Back in the day we used to call this ‘straight to video’ and it usually meant…
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the nominees for Best Feature Length Documentary as well as the feature films in competition for this year’s AACTA Awards. Reinforcing a strong year for Australian documentary and following changes to the nominations process to introduce a Documentary Branch, AACTA has announced five nominees…
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