Every Australian feature film and documentary screening at the 2024 Adelaide Film Festival

Richard Roxburgh in The Correspondent

The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has launched its full program for the 2024 festival, to be held from October 23 – November 3.

One hundred and twelve films from 46 countries will be presented at AFF 2024 with 15 world premieres and 34 Australian premieres at venues across Adelaide.

The world premiere of Kangaroo Island, directed by South Australia’s Timothy David, is AFF’s 2024 Closing Night presentation. Starring Rebecca Breeds, Adelaide Clemens, Erik Thomson and Joel Jackson, Kangaroo Island tells of a struggling Hollywood actress who returns home to ruggedly beautiful Kangaroo Island and confronts the love triangle that tore her family apart. Kangaroo Island is an Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund film.

Director and producer Timothy David will be a guest of Adelaide Film Festival, along with two stars of the film, Rebecca Breeds and Erik Thomson, SA-based producers Peter Hanlon, Bettina Hamilton and writer Sally Gifford.

The previously announced Opening Night Gala is Kriv Stenders’ The Correspondent, starring Richard Roxburgh, based on the story of journalist Peter Greste’s imprisonment in Egypt. Kriv Stenders, Richard Roxburgh and Peter Greste will attend Opening Night. Hamish MacDonald will moderate a panel discussion with Stenders, Roxburgh and Greste on Thursday 24th October.

This year’s AFFJury is Claudia Rodríguez Valencia, CEO of Preciosa Media, a company focused on film distribution, alliances, fundraising and media consulting in Latin America and Europe; Leena Khobragade, who was the Director of Film Bazaar, South- Asia’s largest film market, and leader of the Screenwriters’ Lab at NFDC Film Bazaar, which has nurtured acclaimed films; Matthew Bate, the co-director and founder of Adelaide-based Closer Productions, and an award-winning writer and director whose work spans feature documentaries, television drama, virtual reality, factual series and interactive television; Glasgow-born and Melbourne-based film journalist and critic Stephen A Russell; and Penny Smallacombe, who is a member of the Maramanindji people, from the Northern Territory, and formerly Head of the First Nations Department at Screen Australia where she oversaw a large slate of highly successful film and TV projects, before joining Bunya Productions and Netflix. Penny is currently Head of Scripted for Blackfella Films.

The AFF Investment Fund (AFFIF) has supported over 150 projects since 2005, helping to represent South Australian culture on screen, taking it to the world.  AFF 2024 sees eight feature projects premiere, including five films directed by women and four directorial debuts – Lesbian Space Princess (Directors: Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs), Make It Look Real (Director: Kate Blackmore), One Mind, One Heart (Director: Larissa Behrendt), Songs Inside (Director: Shalom Almond), We Bury The Dead (Director: Zak Hilditch) and With or Without You (Director: Kelly Schilling).

The Adelaide Film Festival Board presents the Don Dunstan Award in recognition of an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to Australian screen culture.

Previous recipients include Andrew Bovell, Bruna Papandrea, Judy Davis, Freda Glynn, David Dalaithngu Gulpilil AM, Rolf de Heer, Scott Hicks, Dennis O’Rourke, David Jowsey, Sally Riley and the combined contributions of David Stratton AM and Margaret Pomeranz AM.

The 2024 Don Dunstan Award recipient is legendary cinematographer and director Don McAlpine. Don is known globally for his work in over 50 films, including Predator (1987), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Peter Pan (2003) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). Born in Quandialla, New South Wales, Don still finds time to support local filmmakers as a freelance DOP in films such asThe Dressmaker (2015), Ali’s Wedding (2017) and A Stitch in Time (2022). In 2001 Don was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for his service to Australian Society and Australian Film Production.

Newly announced AFF patron, director Sophie Hyde, will be In Conversation with Don McAlpine. Sophie Hyde is one of South Australia’s most celebrated filmmakers. Her filmsinclude Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Animals, The Hunting and 52 Tuesdays.

You can find your complete list of Australian films screening at the Adelaide Film Festival below. You can find full details about the festival here.

The Correspondent 

Directed by Kriv Stenders
Written by Peter Duncan
Produced by Carmel Travers
Starring Richard Roxburgh, Julian Maroun, Rahel Romahn, Yael Stone and Mojean Aria

The riveting true story of the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste – a pawn in the brutal war on truth.

Based on the true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste’s imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, The Correspondent is a gripping biographical thriller, a story about the brutal war on truth. While working for Al Jazeera, Greste (Richard Roxburgh) arrives in Cairo to cover for a colleague over Christmas. The political temperature is high as Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s military takeover of the Egyptian government is all but complete. Greste, a veteran of Middle East conflict, is alert but not alarmed – but he’s unaware of the depth of Sisi’s hatred of his current employer, for its reporting of the coup. From the moment he steps foot in Egypt, a plan is set in motion to arrest Greste and his crew. What unfolds is a descent into a Kafkaesque nightmare in which Greste is seen as collateral damage.

Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog, Boxing Day), Greste’s memoir The First Casualty forms the basis of Peter Duncan’s exceptional screenplay. Since 2005 more than 1700 journalists have been killed worldwide in connection with their work. In 2023 alone, 779 journalists were jailed for doing their job and 547 remain detained in 45 countries.

Peter Greste will be a guest of AFF, alongside director Kriv Stenders, lead actor Richard Roxburgh, producer Carmel Travers and other special guests to be announced. Join them at the AFF 2024 Opening Night Gala to mark the world premiere.

Full details here.

The Wolves Always Come at Night

Directed by Gabrielle Brady
Produced by Julia Niethammer, Ariunaa Tserenpil and Rita Walsh
Written by Davaasuren Dagvasuren, Otgonzaya Dashzeveg and Gabrielle Brady
Starring Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg

When a devastating storm wreaks havoc, a young Mongolian couple is forced to leave their home and adapt to city life.

Young couple, Davaa (Davaasuren Dagvasuren) and Zaya (Otgonzaya Dashzeveg) live a nomadic life, tending their animals by day in the vast Bayanhongor region of Mongolia and telling ghost stories at night. When a sudden storm wreaks havoc on their flock, they face the difficult decision of moving to the city with their four children. Dislocated from their traditions and their animals, the family must adapt to the new urban life while being haunted by their animals.

The Wolves Always Come at Night is a hybrid film which uses observational documentary footage along with re-enacted and created scenes co-written with Davaa and Zaya. Made over five years, this film weaves an intimate portrait of the effects of climate change and urban migration on an increasing number of nomadic herders.

In her second feature, Gabrielle Brady (The Island of the Hungry Ghosts) continues her collaborative filmmaking approach to telling transformative stories.

Full details here.

The Wolves Always Come at Night

Every Little Thing

Writen and directed by Sally Aitken
Produced by Bettina Dalton P.G.A., Oli Harbottle and Anna Godas
On the outskirts of Los Angeles, a retired teacher finds solace and wonder in rehabilitating injured hummingbirds.

For almost twenty years, retired writer and teacher Terry Masear has been running Los Angeles Hummingbird Rescue. From her home in West Hollywood, Terry answers hundreds of calls from concerned LA residents requesting her help with motherless birds, broken wings and malnourishment; traumas that find resonance with Terry’s own life.

In Every Little Thing, Sally Aitken, director of Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story and David Stratton: A Cinematic Life, takes us deep into another side of LA. Inspired by Terry’s book Fastest Things on Wings, this film follows Terry over a season as she rehabilitates these small but feisty beings with names such as Cactus, Jimmy, Alexa and Larry Bird in the hope that they might just make it back into the wild.

This visually stunning film shows how rich a life can be when guided by compassion and care.

Full details here.

Every Little Thing

Aquarius

Directed by Wendy Champagne
Written by Wendy Champagne and Karin Steininger Ase
Produced by Sam Griffin

A revelatory chronicle of the 1973 Aquarius Festival in Nimbin, which changed Australia forever.

Aquarius is an enthralling documentary directed by Wendy Champagne, chronicling the transformative Nimbin Aquarius Festival of 1973. This festival left an indelible mark on participants and established Nimbin as a global countercultural hub.

Around 10,000 individuals, including students, artists, and activists, converged on Nimbin for a 10-day festival. They lived, created, and explored new social paradigms together, despite resistance from locals and interference from law enforcement. The festival ignited enduring activism that continues to influence First Nations rights, women’s issues, and environmental movements in Australia.

Champagne’s documentary is crafted from 95% archival footage, much newly unearthed. She collaborated with groups including Bush Video Archive, Aquarius Filmmakers Collective, Anthony Lupi Archive, and the University of NSW Architecture Students Project, to assemble a compelling narrative. Interviews with festival participants and organisers provide vivid, first-hand accounts.

Aquarius is a poignant celebration of collective action. It’s a must-see for anyone interested in transformative grassroots movements and the vibrant history of counterculture.

Full details here.

Wake in Fright

Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Written by Evan Jones
Produced by George Willoughby
Starring Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty and Sylvia Kay

A young teacher’s descent into madness is vividly restored in stunning 4K.

Wake in Fright is a cornerstone of Australian cinema, and we’re thrilled to present the stunning new 4K restoration of this nearly lost classic. Originally premiering on the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival in 1971, Ted Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright is a visceral, unflinching exploration of a man’s descent into madness in the unforgiving Australian outback.

The story follows John Grant, a young schoolteacher whose plans for a holiday in Sydney take a nightmarish detour when he becomes trapped in a remote mining town. As he loses everything in a brutal game of two-up, John is drawn into a harrowing spiral of excessive drinking, disturbing friendships, and a savage kangaroo hunt. The film’s tension is relentless, and Kotcheff’s direction masterfully captures the stark, oppressive atmosphere that defines this pivotal film of the Australian New Wave.

This 4K restoration breathes new life into its haunting visuals, making the film’s raw power and unsettling themes even more impactful. As Martin Scorsese said, Wake in Fright “left me speechless.” Don’t miss this chance to experience one of the most important films in Australian cinema history as it was meant to be seen.

Full details here.

Make it Look Real

Written and directed by Kate Blackmore
Produced by Bethany Bruce and Daniel Joyce
A pioneering intimacy coordinator is hired to guide actors through the process of simulating sex for a new film, Tightrope.

Claire Warden is a pioneering intimacy coordinator, working with filmmakers and actors to produce the illusion of sex on screen. Hired to work on a new Australian film, Tightrope, Claire is apprehensive about how the director, Kieran Darcy-Smith, will respond to her presence on set. As she blocks scenes, designs modesty garments, and runs through nudity riders, it becomes apparent that one of the cast is uncomfortable performing a proposed threesome. 

As the first day of the shoot approaches, Claire and Kieran must work together to reshape the scene in a way that respects the actors’ boundaries, without compromising the story. Make It Look Real immerses the audience in the funny, occasionally horrifying reality of simulating sex on screen, offering a spin on the ‘tough jobs’ genre to explore how film and television can safely represent one of the most fundamental aspects of human experience: sex and intimacy.

Full details here.

Make it Look Real

With or Without You

Directed by Kelly Schilling
Written by Kelly Schilling
Produced by Su Armstrong and Carolyn Johnson
Starring Marta Dusseldorp, Melina Vidler and Albert Mwangi

A young woman, her alcoholic mother and a West African man find themselves on an unexpected road trip that leads to emotional transformation.

With or Without You marks the debut feature film from talented South Australian writer/director, Kelly Schilling (MaveriX, Two Twisted), starring Melina Vidler (800 Words, Elvis), and Albert Mwangi (Bump, Blueback) with award-winning actress Marta Dusseldorp (Bay of Fires, Janet King, Jack Irish) in a powerful Australian ensemble cast.

Inspired by Schilling’s own experiences, With or Without You tells the mother-daughter story of Chloe (Melina Vidler), a young woman with a traumatic past, who is intent on helping her alcoholic mother, Sharon (Dusseldorp), recover from lifelong addictions.

A series of chance encounters sees Chloe cross paths with Dalu (Albert Mwangi), a struggling West African man. Sparks fly and together, Chloe, Sharon and Dalu find themselves on an unexpected road trip that leads to new possibilities of love and self-realisation, hope and healing.

By turns touching and hilarious, With or Without You is a South Australian road movie with a difference – featuring emotionally compelling performances from Dusseldorp as the free-spirited but troubled Sharon, Vidler as the resilient Chloe and Mwangi as the charismatic Dalu.

Full details here.

With or Without You

The Pool

Directed by Ian Darling
Produced by Mary Macrae and Ian Darling

A captivating film celebrating the iconic Bondi Icebergs pool and the community it nurtures.

The Pool, directed by Ian Darling, is a captivating exploration of Bondi Icebergs, the world’s most photographed pool. With over 250,000 swimmers each year, this iconic Sydney landmark serves as the backdrop for a documentary that resonates on both a personal and universal level.

Darling delves into the lives of the diverse individuals, from dedicated swimmers who brave the winter chill to those who find peace and purpose in its waters. The pool transcends its role as a place for exercise to become a meeting ground where lives are intertwined, showcasing the power of shared experiences to bring people together.

The cinematography and direction immerse you in the stunning beauty of Bondi. Complemented by a stellar soundtrack featuring artists including Kylie Minogue and Cream, The Pool is an inspiring celebration of the importance of belonging and the unifying power of community. This film will leave you uplifted, with a smile that lingers long after it ends.

Full details here.

Future Council

Directed by Damon Gameau
Written by Damon Gameau and Jimmi James Wright
Produced by Quintin Baker, Anna Kaplan and Damon Gameau
Starring Damon Gameau, Karla Winding Albjerg, Clemence Currie, Hiva Tavaki Tuki Grube, Aurvi Jain, Joaquin Minana, Skye Neville, Ruby Rodgers and Joseph Arjuna Chudasama Wijaya

The Future Council takes its vegetable-oil-powered school bus on the road, seeking solutions to our greatest ecological challenges.

Filmmaker Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) takes eight kids on the ultimate road trip across Europe to seek solutions to our greatest ecological challenges.

Travelling in their vegetable-oil-powered school bus, these young innovators hold candid, wise-beyond-their-years discussions with each other and the CEOs of major polluters. Along the way, they divulge their fears for the future whilst grounding each other in their still-childlike qualities. Bringing their school desks with them, the kids learn from Gameau, other activists and nature, but most of all from one another.

Gameau’s passion for the environment and social justice might have inspired this film, but the kids’ youthful spirit and insightful thinking drive it. Eight young minds from around the world (including Australian Ruby Rodgers, the granddaughter of rock legend Jimmy Barnes) are brought together in this optimistic portrait of the future they will continue to fight for.

Full details here.

Damon Gameau (top centre) and the Future Council

Lesbian Space Princess

Written and directed by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese
Produced by Tom Phillips
Starring Shabana Azeez, Gemma Chua-Tran, Bernie Van Tiel, Richard Roxburgh, Aunty Donna, Kween Kong, Madeleine Sami, Jordan Raskopoulos, Demi Lardner and Reuben Kaye

An introverted space princess is forced to leave her home planet on an inter-gay-lactic mission to save her ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.

A laugh-out-loud adventure through the far reaches of queer outer space, Lesbian Space Princess showcases the incredible talents of South Australian writers/directors, Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs.

Daughter to the flamboyant lesbian Queens of Planet Clitopolis, introverted Princess Saira is devastated when her bounty-hunter girlfriend, Kiki, suddenly breaks up with her for being too needy.

After Kiki is kidnapped by forgotten incels of the future, the Straight White Maliens, Saira must leave the comforts of gay space to deliver their ransom: her royal labrys (the most powerful weapon known to lesbian kind). Only problem is… she doesn’t have it!

With just a 24-hour window to get her labrys and save Kiki, Princess Saira finds herself on an inter-gay-lactic journey of self-discovery that includes encounters with a problematic spaceship and a new-found friendship with gay-pop runaway Willow.

An animated comedy like no other, Lesbian Space Princess is a riotous, candy-coloured joy from start to finish: a locally made animation by emerging creatives that embraces LGBTQIA+ and culturally diverse voices, on and off-screen.

Full details here.

Lesbian Space Princess

Dancing Against the Odds

Directed by Matt Byrne
Produced by Boram Lee, Ruth Rentchler and Matt Byrne

In a stunning documentary accompanying the dance film Counterpoise, Dancing Against The Odds, we follow the making of the dance video; the highs and lows and the determination of all the artists to continue to collaborate to make great art, cross culturally.

The documentary shows the dedication and tenacity of all involved. Through online technologies and face to face rehearsals, the creative team blurred the boundaries of separate identities, global challenges and cultural barriers to create a new dance work for screen.

Full details here.

Dancing Against the Odds

Songs Inside

Written and directed by Shalom Almond
Produced by Katrina Lucas, Lauren Drewery, Shalom Almond and Nancy Bates (Co-Producer)
Doing time is hard, but healing is harder.

Adelaide filmmaker Shalom Almond’s artistry in offering audiences unique access to a closed world shines through in her latest exceptional documentary. A group of incarcerated women signs up to learn an instrument and write their own songs, as part of a unique music program in an Australian prison. The women come to the program low in confidence and self-worth but are thrown into a world of creativity and find a blossoming self-determination. The music becomes a tool for self-discovery and their stories become deeply personal songs about love, pain, freedom, motherhood and hope. But the process opens deep scars around trauma and addiction, putting at risk the opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime prison performance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Can the women prove that music has the universal power to heal, even in the complex world of prison? Almond’s intimate, direct style and dedication to her participants results in a journey that is both confronting and deeply moving.

Join Nancy Bates, members of the Songbirds and ASO for a special performance accompanying the world premiere.

Full details here.

Songs Inside

Carnage for Christmas

Produced and directed by Alice Maio Mackay
Written by Alice Maio Mackay and Ben Pahl Robinson
Starring Jeremy Moineau, Zarif, Dominique Booth, Tumelo Nthupi, Olivia Deeble and Joe Romeo

Naughty, nice, they all get… Carnage for Christmas.

Lola, a transgender true-crime podcaster and sleuth, visits her hometown for Christmas only to uncover a bloody urban legend has come down the chimney to kill again. Lola must solve the case before the Santa-costume-clad ‘Toymaker’ killer slaughters the whole town.

Directed by 20-year-old Alice Maio Mackay, Carnage for Christmas is a sassy, indie, no-budget spin on holiday horror — with a dash of Black Christmas (1974) and a sprinkle of teen detective.

Full details here.

Carnage for Christmas

We Bury the Dead

Written and directed by Zak Hilditch
Produced by Kelvin Munro, Grant Sputore, Ross Dinerstein, Joshua Harris and Mark Fasano
Starring Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites and Mark Coles Smith

Following a catastrophic military incident, a woman joins a body retrieval unit to find her husband – only to discover that the dead are rising.

We Bury the Dead is a gripping new survival thriller that brings a fresh perspective to the Australian horror genre. From Australian writer/director Zak Hilditch known for his work on Netflix’s 1922 (2017) and These Final Hours (2013) the film reinvigorates the apocalyptic zombie genre.

Starring Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens), Brenton Thwaites (Titans) and Mark Coles Smith (Mystery Road: Origin) the story unfolds after a catastrophic American military experiment results in mass casualties across Tasmania. Ava (Ridley) joins a body retrieval unit to help identify the dead and search for her husband on the southern part of the island. As Ava makes her way south, across the ravaged landscape, she soon learns that some of the victims of the disaster are coming back to life…

With a standout performance by Ridley as the quick-thinking and determined Ava, We Bury the Dead blends apocalyptic horror with familial and psychological drama, delivering unexpected twists that will have audiences on the edge of their seats.

Full details here.

We Bury the Dead

Moviejuice

Moviejuice presents two debut features by Australian independent filmmakers Audrey Lam and Jordy Pollock, who will be in attendance for a screening at The Mercury, followed by a night of local music.

Moviejuice is an Adelaide-based film collective dedicated to the screening, distribution and celebration of alternative and experimental cinema. Formed in 2022, they have run film and music events in both theatrical and DIY spaces, showcasing everything from curated short programmes and feature-film premieres to rare retrospectives and live score performances. Moviejuice works to foster a local screen culture that celebrates the intersection of art and community, with a focus on the independent Australian film scene and its future.

Moviejuice presents two debut features by Australian independent filmmakers Audrey Lam and Jordy Pollock, who will be in attendance for a screening at The Mercury, followed by a night of local music. Featuring Wabi Sabi Rendezvous (Pollock), a warm and whimsical ode to the beauty of imperfect things and the endless possibilities that can spring from simple conversation and Us and the Night (Lam), an experimental, genre-blending feature film set in the hushed labyrinth of a university library.

Full details here.

Us and the Night

One Mind, One Heart

Written and directed by Larissa Behrendt
Produced by Michaela Perske

One Mind. One Heart. One Soul.

In One Mind, One Heart, Larissa Behrendt uncovers the extraordinary story of the three landmark Yirrkala Bark petitions that sparked the flame towards recognition of Aboriginal rights. In August 1963, two bark petitions – traditional documents prepared and signed by Yolngu people – were sent to the Australian parliament and became the first documentary recognition of Indigenous people in Australian law.

When a fourth bark petition is found in Derby, Western Australia in 2022, the community begin the ceremony of guiding its journey back to Yolngu Country. The repatriation provides the opportunity to track the long political campaign — through petition, song, dance, campaigning — to keep culture strong and to have a voice for country.

Full details here.

One Mind, One Heart

Went Up the Hill

Directed by Samuel Van Grinsven
Written by Samuel Van Grinsven and Jory Anast
Produced by Vicky Pope, Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton
Starring Vicky Krieps, Dacre Montgomery and Sarah Peirse

Jack travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, where he meets her grieving widow, Jill. But his mother’s spirit returns, inhabiting both Jack and Jill – instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance.

Abandoned as a child, Jack (Dacre Montgomery) travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, Elizabeth. There he meets her grieving widow, Jill (Vicky Krieps) who offers him a place to stay.

Over the nights that follow, Elizabeth’s spirit returns and possesses Jack and Jill, using each of their bodies to speak to the other, but leaving them with no memories of what was said (and done). Caught in a life-threatening nocturnal dance, Jack and Jill must find a way to let go of Elizabeth’s hold before she pushes them to the edge.

Director Samuel Van Grinsven draws on memories of his childhood in New Zealand’s South Island to inspire this psychological drama. Went Up the Hill is an original ghost story that explores the extremities of grief in pursuit of letting go.

Full details here.

Went Up the Hill

Kangaroo Island

Directed by Timothy David
Written by Sally Gifford
Produced by Peter Hanlon, Timothy David, Bettina Hamilton, Daniel Rosenberg and Leona Cichon
Starring Rebecca Breeds, Adelaide Clemens, Erik Thomson and Joel Jackson

A struggling Hollywood actress returns home to ruggedly beautiful Kangaroo Island and confronts the love triangle that tore her family apart.

In a feature debut imbued with emotional depth and natural humour, South Australian Timothy David explores the fragile balance between the destructive and healing powers of family. Actor Lou Wells (Rebecca Breeds) has hit rock bottom after a promising start to a career in Hollywood. Her ex needs her to move out, her friends are distancing themselves from her and her talent agency “just isn’t excited by her anymore”. 

Truth is, Lou Wells isn’t excited about Lou Wells either. Broke and aimless, she reluctantly accepts a ticket from her estranged father, Rory, to return home to South Australia’s ruggedly beautiful Kangaroo Island. But what begins as a reunion to foster reconciliation turns complicated when Lou and her sister Freya (Adelaide Clemens) learn their father’s secret. Years of tension come to the surface, and Lou must decide whether she will continue to run away from her problems or confront the traumatic events that tore her family apart.

Full details here.

Kangaroo Island

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