It’s AACTA time again! An important date on the Australian film and television calendar where a handful of our finest filmmaking talent are awarded for their hard work and dedication to their craft. Below are our predictions for this year’s awards. There aren’t too many differences between our ‘will win’ and ‘should win’ predictions this year which is…
YEAH NAH is a new online show, punching out comedy sketches produced by JAZAM Films, starring Luke Morgan and Jarrod White with more cast members to be introduced soon. With two official sketches up on the YEAH NAH Facebook page, the show has been received well and is building a solid fan base with over 9,100 views so…
“The Boys isn’t either horror or documentary, but it feels very much like both.” Written by David Morgan-Brown Before Animal Kingdom and Snowtown, there was another Australian film that portrayed how terrifying and brooding an ordinary suburban setting could be. The boys that are referred to in the title are the Sprague brothers, with eldest Brett…
As a non-profit website dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films, Cinema Australia rarely gets the opportunity to throw cash at crowdfunding projects. Trust us, if we had the money we’d be executive producers on almost every new Australian film calling for supporters through the myriad of crowdfunding platforms available on the interwebs. That’s…
Revelation Perth International Film Festival will celebrate its 20thanniversary in 2017 and has officially announced its dates as 6-19 July. Revelation Festival Director Richard Sowada said the event had quite humble beginnings but was now a mainstay of the WA arts calendar. Revelation commenced in 1997 in a basement backroom in Perth’s Greenwich Club with one person, two…
Voting for the Cinema Australia 2016 Audience Award is now open! This is your chance to vote for your favourite Australian feature film or documentary of the year and win some great prizes thanks to our friends at Umbrella Entertainment. Each vote will go into the draw to win a fantastic Umbrella Entertainment prize pack…
That’s a mighty big bag of clams. We’re very excited about the latest round of funding from Screen Australia. The contemporary re-imagining of Storm Boy sounds particularly interesting. We’re also pleased there are no more dodgy commercial network biopics on the horizon. You can read Screen Australia’s full Media Release below… The latest round of Screen…
West End star and English-born Kit Esuruoso will star in the upcoming feature film Akoni alongside a stellar Australian cast including John Brumpton (2016 AACTA Best ActorNominee), Mal Kennard (2016 Silver Logie Nominee), Genna Chanelle Hayes, Pippa Grandison, Rashidi Edward and Simon Elrahi. Akoni tells the story of a Nigerian refugee who survives an attack by…
Lazybones Directed by Michael Jones Written by Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones Starring Jackson Tozer, Fabiana Weiner, Troy Larkin, Eva Seymour, Tegan Crowley, Francis Greenslade and Maude Davey “A highly enjoyable watch. One of the finest examples of independent filmmaking we’ve seen in years.” by Matthew Eeles It’s hard not to compare the structure of…
Pre-production has began on Silent Man. The neo-noir science fiction thriller follows the journey of an escaped asylum seeker turned vigilante on a mission to find his daughter after she disappears from an immigration detention centre. Shooting is scheduled to commence in mid December with a projected release date during May next year. Written and directed…
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