Luke Sparke has announced his new horror Scurry starring Barry Pepper

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment and Luke Sparke’s Sparke Films announce the brand new, genre-raising horror film, Scurry. Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile) will take on a lead role with further casting announcements to come. The film will…

Sexuality, love and relationships on film at Erotica Film Festival

You’ve all heard of Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and Revelation Perth International Film Festival. But have you heard of Erotica Film Festival? It’s an online film festival of consensual and authentic expressions of sexuality, love and relationships. Founded in 2019 by festival director Ilsa Fay, Erotica began as a unique, boutique one-night-only…

Australian films included in Revelation Film Festival’s first highlights reveal

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Revelation Perth International Film Festival has revealed an early look at this year’s lineup of films including three Australian feature films and one Australian short. As always, the curated programme celebrates independent filmmakers and boundary pushing storytellers from around the globe…

Eric Bana and Robert Connolly return for The Dry followup, Force of Nature

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Made Up Stories, Screen Australia and VicScreen today announced that the team behind the box office smash hit and award-winning feature film The Dry return for the feature film adaptation of bestselling author Jane Harper’s Force of Nature, currently shooting in…

Jeremy Piven, Casper Van Dien, Liam McIntyre, Danny Trejo and Tricia Helfer join Occupation: Rainfall Chapter 2 cast

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment and Luke Sparke’s Sparke Films have announced that the next feature films in the sci-fi action thriller Occupation: Rainfall franchise, Occupation: Rainfall Chapter 2 and Occupation: Rainfall Chapter 3. The film stars Jeremy Piven (Entourage) Casper Van Dien…

Cinema Australia Podcast #79 | Renée Webster

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. How to Please a Woman writer and director Renée Webster joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Renée’s recent directing work includes series one and two of the drama serial The Heights for Matchbox Pictures and…

Fast track your film career with Mentoring our Region

Australian film professionals, including Wonderland and Home and Away actor Tim Ross, will provide online education and mentorship for regional filmmakers in the Livingstone Shire and greater Central Queensland. Presented by Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal in association with Regional Arts Development Fund and Livingstone Shire Council, Mentoring our Region is a detailed three…

First look at Danny and Michael Philippou’s new horror Talk to Me

Umbrella, Maslow and 387 have today unveiled a first look image for Talk to Me, the directorial debut from YouTube sensation filmmaking twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou a.k.a. RackaRacka which recently wrapped production in Adelaide, Australia. International sales agent Bankside Films will be showing a promo of the high-concept horror to buyers in Cannes. Here’s the synopsis:…

5 minutes with Riley Sugars

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Regular Cinema Australia readers may remember this publication spruiking Riley Sugars’ last short film, Rabbits – a heavy-hitting family drama set in late 1960’s Australia. If you watched the film, you will be excited to know that Sugars’…