Cinema Australia Podcast #59: Antaine Furlong

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, I’m joined by Antoine Furlong – writer, director and producer of the new Australian sci-fi thriller, Ascendant. Here’s the synopsis: A young environmentalist wakes, trapped, kidnapped in the elevator…

It’s happening! CinefestOZ Albany reveals program for inaugural festival

PRESS RELEASE Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. CinefestOZ Albany has revealed its first ever program, with an offering of live screenings and special events, curated for the brand new festival, which takes place in the Great Southern region next month.  CinefestOZ Albany will take place from…

Crowdfunding campaign launched for new WA film, The Canary

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. WA filmmakers Emilie Lowe and Peter Renzullo are calling on the public to help support their new feature film, The Canary. Lowe and Renzullo are promising audiences a visceral and compelling period drama that utilises Western Australian cast, crew, locations and…

Mentor opportunities for Gladstone region filmmakers

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Three leading Australian film industry professionals will provide mentorship to regional filmmakers via a new Capricorn Film Festival initiative. Proudly supported by Gladstone Regional Council, Meet your Mentors is an online initiative presented through Zoom, where Gladstone region residents will get to…

Stuffings to dish up genre mash this Christmas

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES There has been a noticeable absence of Australian Christmas films over the last few decades. But the upcoming release of Mathew J. Wilkinson’s horror comedy Stuffings indicates a mini Australian Christmas film renaissance with the success of last year’s A…

Here’s where you can see new AFL documentary This is Port Adelaide

This is Port Adelaide – an Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund film – will open in cinemas nationally from April 22 with Q&A event screenings from April 16 with special guests, director/producer Nicole Miller and past Port Adelaide players. Port Adelaide Football Club, one of the world’s oldest and most successful sporting clubs, celebrated 150…

CAPS Short Film Tour to return Gladstone

The CAPS Short Film Tour is coming to Gladstone’s East Shores on Saturday, April 24 where the best short films from the postponed 2021 Capricorn Film Festival will screen outdoor for the first time in Central Queensland. CAPS Short Film Tour travels across Central Queensland, bringing the best of the short films to selected towns…