Netflix premiere date announced for Jane Larkin’s The Edge

Interview: Jane Larkin Following a successful world premiere at the Gold Coast Film Festival last month, Jane Larkin’s bold and emotionally charged new film, The Edge, will soon be available on Netflix in Australia and New Zealand. The Edge explores the raw truths behind Australian competitive sport through the lens of three young women. It…

Interview: Yaara Bou Melhem

Having been born in the 1980s and lived my entire life in Western Australia, the devastating legacy of the Wittenoom asbestos mines has always loomed large. This environmental and human tragedy, where more than three million tonnes of deadly mineral waste were dumped over 60 years ago, remains the largest contaminated site in the Southern…

Release date announced for Glenn Triggs’ Ancestry Road

Radioactive Pictures’ latest Australian film, the heartfelt and family drama, Ancestry Road is being shown in select cinemas around the country from June 5, with digital release scheduled for June 12. This anticipated digital release will be through Apple TV, Google Play, Prime Video and Vimeo On Demand.  Directed and written by award-winning Australian filmmaker…

Emerging screen talent to make their mark with Footy Shorts

VicScreen, Melbourne International Film Festival and the AFL today announced the five dynamic short-film projects that have been selected for Footy Shorts. Five emerging Victorian filmmaking teams will each make a short documentary about Australian Rules Football to premiere at MIFF 2025 in August. An initiative of MIFF, the AFL and VicScreen, Footy Shorts offers…

Interview: Justin Rosniak

From amateur porno filmmaker Gary in Mr. Inbetween, to Leslie ‘Squizzy’ Taylor in the original Underbelly series, to Neck in Broke, Ditch in Down Under, and Warney in Packed to the Rafters, Australian character actor Justin Rosniak has been bringing depth, authenticity, and relatability to both the big and small screen for decades. In his…

Interview: Lorcan Finnegan

The obvious question most people will ask about The Surfer is: “Is it an Australian film?” It’s written by Thomas Martin and directed by Lorcan Finnegan – two Irish lads – shot by a Polish cinematographer, produced by Australian Robert Connolly, and stars American actor Nicolas Cage in the lead role. While the film is…

Cinema Australia Podcast #122 | Jacob Richardson

In this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast I’m joined by The Aegean writer, director and co-producer Jacob Richardson to discuss his sweeping and ambitious new film.  The Aegean follows Hector (Costas Mandylor), a widowed Greek fisherman who feels the weight of his age in a world that has started to forget him. Everything changes…