Eight projects have been selected to participate in Stage 2 of VicScreen’s dynamic development initiative Originate Genre aimed at nurturing new voices in commercial cinema. Originate Genre is a two-phase development program designed to elevate live-action genre movie projects from concept to market-ready screenplays. The first stage of the program presented over four sessions earlier…
Expressions of Interest Now Open Filmmakers in Western Australia for the CinefestOZ Film Festival’s Industry Program – running 4 to 5 September 2025 – will have the opportunity to meet with some of Australia’s leading streamers, broadcasters and practitioners – including Stan, Paramount Plus, BBC Studios, Minderoo Pictures and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF)…
Bina Bhattacharya’s (co-director Here Out West) feature directorial debut From All Sides will celebrate its NSW premiere at the upcoming Queer Screen Film Fest. From All Sides is described as a subversive, sexually frank drama about a seemingly average suburban middle-class family. The film follows Western Sydney married multiracial bisexual couple Anoushka and Pascal who maintain…
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has announced the first six films to screen at the 2025 Festival, with five of them directed by Australian women. These must-see films include the outstanding documentaries Journey Home, David Gulpilil, by directors Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas, and – having their World Premieres in Adelaide – The Colleano Heart from director…
A moving new Western Australian documentary, Pointe, is set to captivate audiences with its intimate and unflinching portrait of acclaimed dancer and choreographer Floeur Alder — daughter of ballet luminaries Lucette Aldous and Alan Alder — as she confronts trauma, family legacy, and the redemptive power of dance. At just 22 years old, on the…
A new trailer and an official release date have been announced for Luke Sparke’s Australian dino-actioner, Primitive War. Based on the popular novel The Primitive War by Ethan Pettus, Primitive War is set in Vietnam in 1968 and follows a recon unit known as Vulture Squad who are sent to an isolated jungle valley to…
Independent filmmaking is not for the faint of heart. What does one need to succeed in this industry? Adaptability? Resourcefulness? A thick skin? Arguably, the answer is ‘yes’, to all these things. To be an indie filmmaker, one has to wear many hats to get the job done. It can be a sobering experience to leap…
The NT premiere of the powerful new documentary, Journey Home, David Gulpilil will open the Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) on Thursday 11 September with filmmakers, family and special guests in attendance at Darwin’s spectacular Deckchair Cinema to celebrate an extraordinary homecoming. The 11-day Darwin International Film Festival is presented by the Darwin Film Society, NT Government Community…
Think you can make a movie in just one weekend? Quick Takes is calling your name. Presented for the first time by the Newcastle Comedy Festival and Newcastle Film School, and proudly sponsored by FilmInk and Cinema Australia, Quick Takes is a brand new 44-hour short film competition open to creatives of all backgrounds and…
This article was written by Crossroads writer, director and actor, Michael Papaeleftheriou Most short films start with a burning desire to tell a story. Crosssroads started with a burning desire to make a film. The road to becoming a professional filmmaker has many components to it, but transparency is not one of them. My goal…
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