Stan gets festive with new family comedy A Sunburnt Christmas

Australian Christmas movies are few and far between, so today’s announcement that Stan are currently in production on A Sunburnt Christmas is an exciting one. The last festive film released in Australia was Craig Anderson’s brutal horror, Red Christmas. And let’s face it, that film didn’t exactly spread any joy. For what it’s worth, Cinema…

Sunday Shorts: Rabbits

Riley Sugars Director, Writer & Co-Producer Ruby Betts Producer Jon Grosland Producer Danny Field Cinematographer Phoenix Waddell Production Designer Chloe Graham Editor Leon Ross Original Score Gemma Stack Sound Designer Set in late 1960’s Australia, Henry and his father George stand in the field, hunting. They are two different kinds of men and George’s overpowering nature dominates Henry’s life. George envisages success for Henry,…

Interview: Meg Fraser

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. “I had a lot of support with the whole cast and the crew and everyone knowing it was my first feature, but also I just had a ball.” It’s hard to believe Bloody Hell is Meg Fraser’s…

Lucy Coleman’s Hot Mess hits Netflix

Hot Mess is available to stream on Netflix from today. Directed by Lucy Coleman, Hot Mess is funny, charming, rambunctious, and blushingly candid. The independent Australian comedy follows 25-year-old Loz (Sarah Gaul), a wannabe writer who seems intent on sabotaging her own success. Tipped to receive a coveted writer-in-residence gig with a cutting- edge theatre group, the…

Video | Behind the scenes of Dirt Music

WA-shot Dirt Music hits Australian cinemas today and we’ve been treated to a behind-the-scenes look at the film with stars Kelly MacDonald and Garrett Hedlund and director Gregor Jordan. Georgie Jutland (Kelly Macdonald) is barely holding it together these days without a drink. Once a nurse, now she’s trapped in the backwater fishing port of…

Review: Bloody Hell

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Bloody Hell Directed by Alister Grierson Written by Robert Benjamin Produced by Joshua Paul and Brett Thornquest Starring Ben O’Toole, Meg Fraser, Travis Jeffery, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland and Jack Finsterer “Hilarious, completely bizarre, brutal and bloody…

Mental health workshop for regional artists

Capricorn Film Festival in partnership with Queensland Mental Health Week will present a free virtual mental health workshop for regional artists. This will be an important and timely conversation with mental health professionals Erin Fisher and Jane Endacott, Rockhampton based writer and performer Jodie van de Wetering, and Luke Graham, Capricorn Film Festivals founder and…