New Australian psychological thriller Sweet River to premiere on Netflix

The new Australian psychological thriller and Scream-Fest International Film Festival winner, Sweet River – distributed by Filmink Presents – will make its debut in Australia and New Zealand as a Netflix Film.  In the haunting Sweet River, Hana (Lisa Kay, Heartbeat, Vera, DCI Banks and Indian Summers) returns to the sleepy town of Billins, nestled deep in the…

Intersection: See the trailer for the new Australian kidnap thriller

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Intersection will have its Australian premiere during the Sydney leg of Monster Fest next week. Written and directed by Samuel Bartlett (Found Footage), Intesection is a tense, nail-biting Australian thriller about a conman, played by Matt Doran (Home and Away, The Matrix)…

The Dry gets a release date and a first-look trailer!

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Robert Connelly, The Dry is an Australian crime thriller based on Jane Harper’s bestselling internationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning novel.  Directed by Robert Connelly, The Dry stars Genevieve O’Reilly (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Glitch), Keir O’Donnell (Ray Donovan, Fargo) and…

Cinema Australia Podcast #51 | Mark Lamprell

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. In this episode Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles is joined by Mark Lamprell – the director of new Australian comedy, Never Too Late. Never Too Late follows four Vietnam veterans, famous for escaping out of a POW camp,…

Cinema Australia Podcast #50 | Jeremy Sims

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. We’re beyond thrilled to be presenting the 50th episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast – and who better to join us for it than Jeremy Sims – arguably one of Australian best contemporary filmmakers. This is an…

YA comedy Sweethurt explores love, friendship and fear – See the trailer here!

Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. New Australian YA comedy Sweethurt will have its world premiere in Sydney next month. Written and directed by Tom Danger (Lead Me Astray), Sweethurt explores two interwoven stories of love, friendship, and the paralysing fear of dying alone. Jacob (Rav Ratnayake) embarks…

Get to Know: Zachary Wan

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films and festivals by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.   Young Sydney actor Zachary Wan has launched his feature film career with Never Too Late, co-starring alongside some of the biggest names in Australian film including Jacki Weaver, Jack Thompson, Roy Billing, Max Cullen and…

Retro Review: The Games

Directed by Michael Winner Written by Erich Segal and Hugh Atkinson Starring Michael Crawford, Stanley Baker, Ryan O’Neal, Charles Aznavour, Athol Compton Written by Gavin Bond While there are a handful of well documented international film productions that were shot on Aussie soil back in the day (The Sundowners, Summer of The Seventeenth Doll, On…