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;…

Edward and Isabella, Girl Like You and Two Sands clean up at the WASCA

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Cinema Australia was thrilled to attend the WA Screen Culture Awards last night, and we extend our congratulations to all winners and nominees. Here’s how the night unfolded. A true DIY indie feature from Albany-based writer-turned-director-and-producer, Adam Morris, Edward and Isabella,…

New photos and trailer! Your first look at paranormal horror Surrogate starring Wolf Creek’s Kestie Morassi

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. A horrifying trailer has been revealed for Surrogate along with a 2022 release date. Directed by David Willing, Surrogate is a frightening paranormal horror that follows Natalie Paxton (Kestie Morassi), a single mother and nurse, who falls mysteriously ill and struggles to stop…