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We love Australian films, and we think you should watch more of them.
Adam C. Briggs’ weird and wonderful new film, Phillip Philadelphia, plays like wild fever dream. How did he bring it all to life? Listen below.
Cinema Australia Podcast #137: Adam C. Briggs
Adam C. Briggs I love a film that evokes the same symptoms as a fever dream, or if you’ve dabbled in acid in your past, an acid trip. That’s how I’d describe the feeling of watching Adam C. B…
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With his debut feature, Pure Scum, Melbourne-based writer and director Gideon Aroni has crafted one of the year’s most shocking and intense films. Find out how he did it here: wp.me/p3Wh0s-BJo
Interview: Gideon Aroni
Gideon Aroni One of the great pleasures of my job is getting to watch so many debut feature films from exciting new talent, and right now the Australian film industry is absolutely brimming with it…
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Natalie Erika James' Saccharine with Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald and Madeleine Madden is heading to Stan. The new body horror follows a lovelorn medical student who becomes terrorised by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight-loss craze: eating human ashes.
Natalie Erika James’ body horror Saccharine set for streaming release
Midori Francis as Hana in Saccharine. Filmed in Melbourne, the Stan Original Saccharine with Midori Francis (Grey’s Anatomy) and Australian actors Danielle Macdonald (The Tourist) and Madelei…
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Juli Coffin’s inspiring story is celebrated in Sean O’Reilly’s debut documentary, Guided by Horses, which is set to screen at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival and CinefestOZ.
Interview: Sean O’Reilly and Juli Coffin
Professor Juli Coffin Horses are among the most majestic of creatures. While their immense strength and power have long been exploited throughout Australia’s history, particularly within the racing…
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The film follows an incarcerated father who discovers hope and renewal through an assistance dog rehabilitation program, forming a bond with a puppy, and rediscovering what it means to be a parent.
▶️ Now Streaming! Aron Attiwell’s In the Doghouse
Tristan Balz in In the Dog House. Aron Attiwell’s latest short film, In the Doghouse, is now available to stream below. The film follows an incarcerated father (Tristan Balz) who discovers ho…
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Melbourne actor, Isabel Dickson, is challenging the film industry's traditional path by making 12 films in 12 months, completely solo.
Actor Isabel Dickson is doing it on her own terms
Isabel Dickson Melbourne actor, Isabel Dickson is challenging the film industry’s traditional path by making 12 films in 12 months, completely solo. Her self-initiated solo-filmmaking project…
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Following a decorated 27-year career as a Navy and emergency services paramedic, WA author, actor and producer Skeeta Newman has announced that his 2025 debut novel, Ghost in the Gears: Beyond the Law, is officially being adapted into a feature film.
Skeeta Newman takes on new action thriller Ghost in the Gears: Beyond the Law
Skeeta Newman Following a decorated 27-year career as a Navy and emergency services paramedic, Western Australian author, actor and producer Skeeta Newman has announced that his 2025 debut novel, G…
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Mia Wasikowska (Leviticus, Club Zero) stars as a Polish-Australian satirical novelist who travels from Sydney to Sarajevo to write a war novel but finds herself within a startling mystery, forcing her to question her role as a storyteller.
Kuba Dorabialski’s Agata the Writer starring Mia Wasikowska to premiere at Venice Film Festival
Mia Wasikowska in Agata the Writer The debut feature film from Polish-born Australian visual artist and filmmaker Kuba Dorabialski, Agata the Writer, and Australian producer Alex White (B…
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𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗣 🎙 Writer and director Mia’Kate Russell joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast to talk all things Penny Lane is Dead - one of the most anticipated horror films of the year. 🎧 LISTEN NOW: wp.me/p3Wh0s-BGi
Cinema Australia Podcast #136 | Mia’Kate Russell
Mia’Kate Russell Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. On this episode, I’m joined by writer and director Mia’Kate Russell to discuss her very excellent, highly enter…
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The Adelaide Film Festival has announced a 30th anniversary celebration screening of Scott Hick’s Oscar®-winning Shine as part of an early look at this year’s program.
Shine 30th anniversary screening announced for the 2026 Adelaide Film Festival
Noah Taylor in Shine. The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has announced a 30th anniversary celebration screening of Scott Hick’s Oscar®-winning Shine as part of an early look at this year’s program.&n…
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Mad Rush follows a young woman who receives a call advising her of fraudulent activity on her bank account. What begins as a routine day quickly spirals into a strange and unsettling journey as she follows a series of bizarre instructions designed to "protect" her savings. wp.me/p3Wh0s-BES
Interview: Maddelin McKenna
Maddelin McKenna. Not that long ago, all you’d have to do to avoid being scammed was to trash an email from a Nigerian prince offering a family inheritance. Nowadays, we’re facing increasingl…
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Thanks to our friends at Umbrella Entertainment, we're giving you the chance to win a double pass to new Australian horror, Penny Lane is Dead.
Competition! Win a double pass to new horror Penny Lane is Dead
Penny Lane is Dead Thanks to our friends at Umbrella Entertainment, we’re giving you the chance to win a double pass to see Penny Lane is Dead. Penny Lane is Dead is the rip-roaring debut fea…
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Evading the hard truth of their religious matriarch’s death, three sisters gestate dark ecstasies of faith and folk horror in Peter Firebrace’s Of Womb.
Blessed be Mother. See the new trailer for Peter Firebrace’s Of Womb
Of Womb. Peter Firebrace’s debute feature film, Of Womb, will celebrate its world premiere at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival. Three young women have been raised in innocen…
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Willems and Davida discuss the psychological and technical development of Aphelion, the challenges of making such an ambitious feature on a tiny budget, and why experienced intimacy coordinator Trish Spears became such an essential part of the production.
Interview: Steve Willems and Tal Davida
Steve Willems and Tal Davida Australia remains in the grip of a family, domestic and sexual violence crisis. I won’t go too deeply into the statistics here, but they’re confronting, and…
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Screening at Revelation Film Festival this weekend, Silenced follows the powerful fight of Australian human rights lawyer and free speech defender Jennifer Robinson against the weaponisation of defamation laws by alleged perpetrators to silence survivors and journalists.
Official trailer debuts for Selina Miles’ Silenced
Jennifer Robinson, Brittany Higgins, Catalina Ruiz-Navarro. Photo by Michael Latham. Sharmill Films and Stranger Than Fiction have shared the official trailer for Silenced, the critically acclaimed…
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Harvey Zielinski's Sweet Milk Lake will have its world premiere at MIFF before heading west to CinefestOZ where it will be in contention for the coveted CinefestOZ Film Prize.
New teaser trailer: Sweet Milk Lake
Harvey Zielinski as Jake in Sweet Milk Lake. Photo by Jane Zhang. A striking new voice in Australian cinema, Harvey Zielinski, makes his feature film debut with Sweet Milk Lake. The tender story of…
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𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗗 The Melbourne International Film Festival's 2026 program has been unveiled including an incredible selection of Australian short films, feature films, documentaries and special events.
Your guide to MIFF’s 2026 Australian film lineup!
French Girls. Tonight, the 74th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) unveiled its full 2026 program including more than 300 screen works spanning features, shorts and XR experiences, and sp…
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Following celebrated festival screenings, a theatrical season at Cinema Nova, and being named by film critic Matthew Donlan in the Sydney Morning Herald as one of Australia's top new films to watch, From All Sides will make its national television premiere on SBS World Movies.
Bina Bhattacharya’s From All Sides premieres nationally on SBS World Movies
From All Sides Following celebrated festival screenings, a theatrical season at Cinema Nova, and being named by film critic Matthew Donlan in the Sydney Morning Herald as one of Australia’s t…
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Melbourne filmmaker Dayna Di Fulvio makes their directorial debut with Urban Nipple, a thought-provoking documentary exploring how technology, censorship and social media policies affect women and gender-diverse people.
5 minutes with filmmaker Dayna Di Fulvio
Dayna Di Fulvio. Melbourne filmmaker Dayna Di Fulvio makes their directorial debut with Urban Nipple, a thought-provoking documentary exploring how technology, censorship and social media policies …
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Homo, the latest short film from award-winning Filipino-Australian filmmaker Vonne Patiag will have its world premiere at the Revelation Film Festival this week.
What’s On: Vonne Patiag’s Homo to celebrate its world premiere at Revelation
Rem (Vonne Patiag) and Mark (Max Brown) in Homo. © In-Between Pictures / Julia Firak. Homo, the latest short film from award-winning Filipino-Australian filmmaker Vonne Patiag will have its world p…
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Zeke Morgan-Hind's Prompt: Make a Documentary explores one of the most talked-about topics in modern filmmaking: artificial intelligence.
Interview: Zeke Morgan-Hind
Zeke Morgan-Hind. With two films already released through film festivals this year, the feature documentary The Femme Fatales of West Australian Wrestling and the short film Through the Lens, filmm…
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A new Australian documentary following artist Michelle Kometz’s provocative public art project will premiere in Melbourne this weekend, exploring the gendered censorship of bodies online.
Premiere announced for Dayna Di Fulvio’s short documentary Urban Nipple
Michelle Kometz A new Australian documentary following artist Michelle Kometz’s provocative public art project will premiere at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival this weekend, exploring the g…
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CinefestOZ today announced four bold and distinctive Australian films are in the running to win Australia’s richest film prize, to be awarded by a Jury of prominent national and international filmmakers at the 2026 CinefestOZ, which is being held in Western Australia’s spectacular South West.
CinefestOZ Film Prize finalists announced
CinefestOZ today announced four bold and distinctive Australian films are in the running to win Australia’s richest $100,000 film prize, to be awarded by a Jury of prominent national and internatio…
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𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟❗️ Cinema Australia is thrilled to share an exclusive first look at new feature documentary, Hard as Puck!
Exclusive Trailer Reveal! Hard as Puck shines a light on the people behind the game
Cinema Australia is thrilled to share an exclusive first look at new feature documentary, Hard As Puck. Watch it now below. Behind every local sporting club are volunteers giving up their time, so…
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Principal photography has begun in Melbourne on Written in the Stars. Based on Su Dharmapala’s popular novel The Wedding Season and adapted by Melbourne’s own Menik Gooneratne, Written in the Stars is a heartwarming rom-com set in Melbourne’s vibrant Sri Lankan community.
Stars align for Australian Canadian co-production Written in the Stars
Principal photography has begun in Melbourne on the feature film Written in the Stars. Based on Su Dharmapala’s popular novel The Wedding Season and adapted for the screen by Melbourne’s own Menik …
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What happens when Melbourne’s biggest commitment-phobe meets its most emotionally unavailable bachelor, who also happens to be a literal demon? Find out in Matthew J. Thompson's I Fell in Love with My Sleep Paralysis Demon.
▶️ Now Streaming! Matthew J. Thompson on his award winning short I Fell in Love with My Sleep Paralysis Demon
What happens when Melbourne’s biggest commitment-phobe meets it’s most emotionally unavailable bachelor, who also happens to be a literal demon? I Fell in Love with My Sleep Paralysis Demon follows…
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Australian filmmaker Serhat Caradee (Cedar Boys, A Lion Returns) has wrapped production on his third feature film, Valley Dogs, following a location shoot in regional NSW.
Serhat Caradee wraps production on third feature Valley Dogs
Australian filmmaker Serhat Caradee (Cedar Boys, A Lion Returns) has wrapped production on his third feature film, Valley Dogs, following a location shoot in regional NSW. After the staggering cine…
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Following its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, a European premiere in the Berlinale Special Section, and sold-out screenings at the recent 2026 Sydney Film Festival, Saccharine opens nationally next month.
New trailer! Natalie Erika James’ psychological horror Saccharine opens nationally next month
Following its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, a European premiere in the Berlinale Special Section, and sold-out shows at the recent 2026 Sydney Film Festival, Saccharine opens nation…
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𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗣 🎙 Mockbuster follows Anthony, a struggling filmmaker at the time, and his chance at redemption as he navigates the eccentric world of the notorious Sharknado production house, The Asylum.
Cinema Australia Podcast #135 | Anthony Frith
Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Australia really does punch above its weight when it comes to documentary filmmaking. Over the past 18 months alone, this country has …
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