Trailer revealed for Lee Galea’s moving music drama Filterphonic

by Matthew Eeles Writer, director and producer Lee Galea, who’s best known for his 2017 comedy/drama The Neon Spectrum, has revealed the first teaser trailer for his new film, Filterphonic. With Filterphonic, Galea adds musical to a long list of genres he’s explored throughout his career which also includes the 2009 drama Less Adolescent, and the…

Interview: Ben Hackworth

Did you enjoy reading this interview? Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below.  “It’s not heavy on plot. It’s all about character, and these characters are complex and real,” Australian director Ben Hackworth tells Cinema Australia about Celeste. Since the early 2000s Hackworth has directed…

5 things you need to know about Celeste

Please help us continue to support Australian cinema. Celeste (Radha Mitchell) was once Australia’s most beloved opera singer. Yet she threw it all away to follow the man she loved to live on a crumbling property deep in the rainforests of Tropical North Queensland. Ten years after his tragic death, Celeste is ready to make one final…

Trailer of the Day: The Meaning of Vanlife

Help us continue to support Australian cinema. Love is Now director Jim Lounsbury returns to our screens with his new documentary The Meaning of Vanlife. The Meaning of Vanlife is an adventurous, revealing look into the Vanlife community through the eyes of nomads who have chosen to live a life of freedom on the road. A movement…

Interview: Louise Alston

Cinema Australia Original Content: Game On Since graduating from AFTRS Louise Alston has produced television, worked in theatre and directed two feature films – All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane and Jucy, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010. Despite this success, Alston still had to prove her value to…

Competition: Win yourself a copy of The Pretend One!

Thanks to Bonsai Films, Cinema Australia are giving you the chance to win yourself a copy of one of the year’s best films, The Pretend One! The Pretend One is a feature length magic realist drama following Charlie and her imaginary friend Hugo who growing up on an isolated cotton farm. When a new man…