2019 Revelation Film Festival program announced – 49 Australian films to screen!

Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Revelation Perth International Film Festival has announced its 2019 program which includes over 40 Australian features, documentaries and shorts. Curated once again by Jack Sargeant, the Revelation Perth International Film Festival sees a diverse selection of films drawn from across the…

Development funding announced for Beresford, Young, Stenders and more

Screen Australia has announced seven television series, four online projects and 10 feature films which will share in nearly $700,000 of Story Development funding. The slate includes Monash, a drama about celebrated army officer John Monash from director Bruce Beresford; a thriller from the author of Jasper Jones, Craig Silvey, called Cage in the Wild;…

[Exclusive!] Web Series Wednesday: The Big Spaghetti

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  Directed by Zoe Pepper Written by Adriane Daff, Zoe Pepper and Tim Watts Produced by Susannah Day Article by Zoe Pepper Adriane Daff, Tim Watts and I all studied together at WAAPA a…

Made in Malta Australian premiere announced

Australian born Julian Galea has a lot to owe to his mother country of Malta – the filming location to both his follow up feature film Made in Malta and debut feature Love to Paradise, which won ‘Best Film’ at the Malta International Film Festival. Galea lives in Bondi where he wrote his new screenplay…

Last call for CinefestOZ 2019 film submissions

The deadline is approaching for submissions for the 2019 CinefestOZ Film Festival. Filmmakers have until Monday June 3 to submit their films for official selection at CinefestOZ Film Festival (28 August – 1 September). Official selection categories for Australian films and Australian co-productions are Film Prize ($100,000 award), General submissions for narrative and documentary feature length films, Short…

Review: Standing Up For Sunny

Cinema Australia Original Content: Standing Up For Sunny Written and Directed by Steven Vidler Starring RJ Mitte, Philippa Northeast, Italia Hunt and Sam Reid Produced by Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin and Drew Bailey “Tender, clever and very, very funny.” by Matthew Eeles It’s hard to believe Standing Up For Sunny is director Steven Vidler’s first…