Melbourne filmmaker Dayna Di Fulvio makes their directorial debut with Urban Nipple, a thought-provoking documentary exploring how technology, censorship and social media policies affect women and gender-diverse people. The film centres on multidisciplinary artist Michelle Kometz, whose artwork focuses on nipple sculptures. Despite the artistic nature of her work, it is repeatedly removed or censored…
Homo, the latest short film from award-winning Filipino-Australian filmmaker Vonne Patiag will have its world premiere at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival this week. Homo follows two best friends, Mark and Rem, on a road trip. When Mark, a straight actor, books a queer role, he calls up his old best friend Rem to…
With two films already released through film festivals this year, the feature documentary The Femme Fatales of West Australian Wrestling and the short film Through the Lens, filmmaker and educator Zeke Morgan-Hind is set to premiere his latest film, Prompt: Make a Documentary, which explores one of the most talked-about topics in modern filmmaking: artificial…
A new Australian documentary following artist Michelle Kometz’s provocative public art project will premiere at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival this weekend, exploring the gendered censorship of bodies online. Dayna Di Fulvio’s Urban Nipple follows contemporary artist Michelle Kometz, whose nipple sculptures challenge the censorship of female bodies both in public space and online. Installed…
CinefestOZ today announced four bold and distinctive Australian films are in the running to win Australia’s richest $100,000 film prize, to be awarded by a Jury of prominent national and international filmmakers at the 2026 CinefestOZ Film Festival, which is being held in Western Australia’s spectacular South West from 29 August – 6 September. The…
Thanks to Badlands, Cinema Australia is giving readers the chance to win one of 10 double passes to see The Birthday Trip, the acclaimed feature film written and directed by James Robert Woods. The Birthday Trip is an unflinchingly funny drama following three millennial couples whose relationships are thrown into disarray when they descend on…
Cinema Australia is thrilled to share an exclusive first look at new feature documentary, Hard As Puck. Watch it now below. Behind every local sporting club are volunteers giving up their time, solving problems and doing whatever it takes to keep the doors open. It’s a story that will be familiar to sporting communities across…
Principal photography has begun in Melbourne on the feature film Written in the Stars. Based on Su Dharmapala’s popular novel The Wedding Season and adapted for the screen by Melbourne’s own Menik Gooneratne, Written in the Stars is a heartwarming rom-com set in Melbourne’s vibrant Sri Lankan community. Directed by Fawzia Mirza (The Queen of…
What happens when Melbourne’s biggest commitment-phobe meets it’s most emotionally unavailable bachelor, who also happens to be a literal demon? I Fell in Love with My Sleep Paralysis Demon follows Sarah, a woman who is so scared of commitment that she decides to pursue the most emotionally unavailable guy she can find – her sleep…
Australian filmmaker Serhat Caradee (Cedar Boys, A Lion Returns) has wrapped production on his third feature film, Valley Dogs, following a location shoot in regional NSW. After the staggering cinematic one-two punch of the gritty crime thriller Cedar Boys and the powerful family-themed drama A Lion Returns, Australian writer/director Serhat Caradee is back with the…