See the trailer for new short thriller Grounded

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. A new trailer has dropped for short thriller, Grounded. Here’s the synopsis: An empty plane, all passengers departed, the crew having locked up and sealed the cabin. Hidden from sight and alone a woman wakes to find herself trapped. The doors…

Here’s where and when you can see Palazzo di Cozzo

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. If you’re after a little joy in your life, then Madeleine Martiniello’s documentary about a larger-than-life furniture salesman is here to deliver. Palazzo di Cozzo follows aging patriarch, Franco Cozzo, who holds court over an iconic furniture empire. A pioneer of…

5 things you need to know about I’m Wanita

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Matthew Walker’s new film about a renegade middle-aged Australian country music singer who attempts to hold things together long enough so she can get to Nashville, record her definitive album and fulfil a lifelong dream opens in select cinemas around Australia…

Australia Independent Film Festival is back!

The Australia Independent Film Festival will return next month, and the festival’s organisers tell Cinema Australia this year’s event will be bigger and better than ever before. The Brisbane-based festival will run over two days in October at Metro Arts West End. Join filmmakers and film lovers for one of Queensland’s biggest annual celebrations of…

Cinema Australia Podcast #68 | Erik Thomson

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Erik Thomson is one of my favourite actors. I’ve enjoyed most of Erik’s work, with Packed to the Rafters, Aftertaste and The Furnace being among my favourites.   Thomson is one of Australia’s most beloved actors, becoming…

Occupation filmmaker Luke Sparke developing Axis of Time trilogy

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Sparke Films has secured the television rights to the Axis of Time trilogy, the best-selling novels by John Birmingham. The epic drama television series, tentatively titled Weapons of Choice after the first book in the series, is in late development with…