MDFF Review: Living in the Time of Dying

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Written, directed and produced by Michael Shaw Featuring Jem Bendell, Dahr Jamail, Catherine Ingram and Stan Rushworth Living in The Time of Dying is an unflinching look at what it means to be living in the midst of climate catastrophe and finding…

New Trailer: There’s a killer on the loose in Mark Hartley’s new thriller, Girl at the Window

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Starring Radha Mitchell (Olympus Has Fallen, Silent Hill), Girl at the Window is a psychological thriller that follows a teenage girl’s quest for the truth when she becomes convinced that her mother’s new boyfriend is the serial killer terrorising their town, and will…

MDFF Review: Who Would You Tell?

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Dery Sultana Review by Gavin Bond This appropriately titled documentary is yet another sobering and chilling account of child abuse.  Who Would You Tell? chronicles the tragic true story of a family of post-war migrant children who were sent…

Alena Lodkina’s Petrol to premiere in Locarno ahead of MIFF screenings – See the trailer here

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Arenamedia is delighted to announce that Australian director Alena Lodkina’s new feature film Petrol will have its World Premiere in the Locarno International Film Festival’s prestigious Cineasti del Presente section on August 5, followed by its premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 11. Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente (‘directors of the…

Get to know the cast of The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Platon Theodoris’ The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour will screen at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival next week. Directed by Theodoris, and co-written by Theodoris and Nitin Vengurlekar, The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour follows verbose radio host Neville Umbrellaman (Nitin Vengurlekar). When…

See the trailer for new sharksploitation thriller The Reef: Stalked

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. A new trailer has dropped for The Reef: Stalked which will release exclusively to Shudder on July 29. The Reef: Stalked stars an all-Australian cast, Teressa Liane (The Vampire Diaries), Ann Truong (Cowboy BeBop), Saskia Archer (Boshack), Kate Lister(Clickbait) and Tim…

Meet the cast and crew of Edward & Isabella

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Micro-budget indies – we love them! While on programming duties for the WA Made Film Festival, Cinema Australia came across and absolute beauty – Adam Morris’ Edward & Isabella. A micro-budget indie in every sense, Edward & Isabella is a…

Taryn Brumfitt’s body image documentary Embrace: Kids has a new trailer

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Internationally recognised body-image advocate Taryn Brumfitt has launched the trailer for her new film Embrace: Kids, to be released by Transmission Films nationally on September 1. Brumfitt is a best-selling author and speaker and the film director behind the break-out documentary…

CinefestOZ $100,000 Film Prize finalists revealed – Here’s why we can’t wait to see these new films

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. There’s some big film festival news coming out of Western Australia this morning with CinefestOZ announcing its $100,000 Film Prize finalists. Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red, Matt Nable’s Transfusion, Jub Clerc’s Sweet As and Goran Stolevski’s Of An Age are all in the…