Trailer of the Day: Happy Sad Man

Happy Sad Man, a charming and uplifting insight into the lives of five very different Australian men, will premiere across Australia from October 31. Following her smash hit I Am Eleven, Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey was inspired to find more diverse and positive portrayals of men exploring their emotional selves. We journey from Bondi Beach…

A frightening new trailer has dropped for Awoken

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  A disturbing new trailer has dropped for Awoken, and we’re getting serious The School vibes from it. The new Australian horror/thriller/mystery is directed by Daniel J. Phillips and co-written by Phillips and Alan Grace. Awoken stars Sara West as a young medical student who…

Exclusive Clip! Beast No More

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Cinema Australia readers have been given an exclusive first-look at a fresh clip from new Australian horror film, Beast No More. Directed by Aaron Warwick from a script by Jennifer Van Gessel and Matthew J. Schelle, Beast…

Under the Cover of Cloud is coming to VOD next month

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Following successful film festival screenings at Melbourne International Film Festival, Brisbane International Film Festival, Screenwave International Film Festival and Breath of Fresh Air Festival, Ted Wilson’s Under the Cover of Cloud will be available for audiences to watch on SBS On…

Ladies and gentlemen, the Judy & Punch trailer has arrived

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  A trailer has dropped for director Judy & Punch – arguably one of the best films of the year. Writer and director Mirrah Foulkes delivers a knockout blow with the terrifically bonkers Judy & Punch. It’s rare for a first-time feature filmmaker…

Review: Outback

Cinema Australia Original Content:  Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Outback Directed by Mike Green Written by Mike Green and Brien Kelly Starring Taylor Wiese, Lauren Lofberg and Brendan Donoghue “This is a film where an entire country is the villain and its machete is snakes, scorpions,…

Trailer of the Day: The Dustwalker

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Written and Directed by Sandra Sciberras Produced by Grace Luminato, Sandra Sciberras and Megan Wynn Starring Jolene Anderson, Stef Dawson, Talina Naviede, Harry Greenwood, Chloe Brown and Ben Mortley Filmmaker Sandra Sciberras offers up both thrilling sci-fi action and intense…

Screenwest Announces 2019 Brian Beaton Award Recipients

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Screenwest has announced Brooke Silcox and Mat de Koning and Sam Lara and Cathy Henkel as the recipients of the 2019 Brian Beaton Award. The 2019 Brian Beaton Award Recipients will receive $8,000 in production, development and outreach campaign funding…

Outback: Here’s what you need to know about the new survival nightmare

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  by Matthew Eeles Outback’s main characters Wade Kelly (Taylor Wiese) and Lisa Sachs (Lauren Lofberg) should know better than to wander off alone into the vast, unpopulated areas of Australia. Haven’t they seen Wolf Creek, Wake…

Things get creepy in the trailer for The Light

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  New WA-shot feature feature film The Light will enjoy its premiere in Perth at the end of the month. The Light is a micro-budget, independent, coming-of-age thriller shot in Kalgoorlie and Perth. The Light is written and directed by…