Nominated for two awards at the upcoming Sydney Film Festival, a rare co-production between Australia and New Zealand directed by Matasila Freshwater and Lachlan McLeod, Sukundimi Walks Before Me is an urgent plea by Indigenous people about their existential fight through lyrical expressions of existence, resistance and life along the mother river. The Sepik River…
Interview: Zoe Pepper Birthright is one of the best Australian films we’ve seen so far this decade! Don’t miss your chance to see this pitch-black generational satire of Australia’s housing crisis when it hits the road for a Q&A tour around the country. With the funny and twisted Birthright, Australian writer-director Zoe Pepper makes an…
The 73rd Sydney Film Festival program has officially launched, and it includes a stellar line up of Australian feature films, documentaries and short films. “We want to invite you to join us at SFF this year, where each moment offers an opportunity for discovery and empathy,” said Festival Director Nashen Moodley. “Art and cinema help…
Written and directed by Stephen De Villiers and starring Callan Mulvey, Charlotte Maggi and Felix Cameron, The Run is a gripping action thriller set in the near future, in a dystopian world that is crippled by global lockdowns and a mysterious infertility crisis. An ageing smuggler, Mac, a man with secrets and a tragic past,…
Radheya Jang’s Trading Cards has been selected for SXSW London, and not just as part of the broader programme. The film is one of only ten shorts worldwide selected for the SXSW London Screen Competition for Short Films, placing it in contention for one of the festival’s top honours. From its world premiere at Flickerfest in…
For the third time, the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) will take part in the Goes to Cannes initiative at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, presenting a curated selection of Australian films to the international industry. Organised by the Marché du Film, the showcase provides a platform for festivals to introduce new work and support emerging…
Bus Stop Films is thrilled to announce that celebrated Australian actor Daniel MacPherson has come on board as a proud Ambassador, joining a community dedicated to creating meaningful opportunities for people with disability in the screen industry. Daniel is no stranger to Bus Stop Films. He stars in Hopeful Romantic, a short film produced through…
VicScreen, Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and the AFL today announced the five filmmaking teams selected for the second round of Footy Shorts, a short-form documentary initiative celebrating the stories, communities and traditions surrounding Australian Rules Football. Footy Shorts offers emerging Victorian screen storytellers the chance to create short documentaries exploring Australian Rules Football on…
I was first introduced to Dylan Randall during the selection process for the 2022 WA Made Film Festival. It was late December 2021 when a short film titled Get the Girl landed in my inbox. It was a romantic comedy set in 1985 that immediately stood out. What struck me was Randall’s ambition. Here was…
In a milestone moment for Western Australian film, 26-year-old Emilie Lowe has become the first cinematographer from WA to win the prestigious John Leake OAM ACS Emerging Cinematographer Award. The prize was awarded to the young filmmaker this week at the Australian Cinematographers Society’s National Awards in Adelaide, a celebration of the country’s finest visual…
Welcome to the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this very mini episode, I’m joined by Under a Bamboo Sky filmmaker Serge Ou, to discuss his confronting and revealing new documentary which hits Netflix this week after a successful run of Q&A screenings across the country recently. A tale of human connection, hope and resilience in the…
Australian filmmaker Rafael Star is stepping into territory rarely explored on home soil with his micro-budget feature Manhunt, a tightly wound paranoia thriller that stands out in a local industry not often drawn to the genre. Set against the backdrop of sunny Queensland, the film follows Max (Harry Duckworth), a successful young property developer whose…
Sydney arthouse film production and distribution company Badlands is teaming up with beloved Perth-based advocates of cinema, Black Maria Film Collective, to present the WA premiere of forthcoming Australian feature film The Birthday Trip at Luna Leederville. The Luna Leederville screening will be followed by other Q&A screenings at locations including Sydney Cinémathèque and the…
Kelly Bergsma’s new feature documentary Invisible Injuries explores the hidden cost of trauma, service, PTSD, and the long road toward healing. Through deeply personal stories, expert insight, and cinematic re-enactments, the film looks beyond the surface of survival and into the human process of rebuilding identity, connection, and purpose after trauma. Centred around the experiences…
WildBear Entertainment has announced that their groundbreaking new Australian feature documentary Under a Bamboo Sky, will be available on Netflix from May 8, following the success of event screenings at over 100 cinema locations nationally in the lead up to ANZAC Day 2026. Using footage colourised for the first time, the film tells a powerful and…
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