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…
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…
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…
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…
From award-winning Bra Boys director Macario de Souza, In Pieces Together follows Blake Johnston’s record-breaking surf and mission to spark a national conversation about mental health and suicide. Hype Republic has released the official trailer for Australian documentary, In Pieces Together, written, directed and produced by two-time AACTA award winning filmmaker Macario de Souza (Bra Boys,…
Production has officially wrapped on Last Breakfast with Mum, an audacious “chamber drama” that captures the paralysing intersection of personal grief and global political upheaval. Written by Kian Farzam and directed by Ali Vaziri, the film is a visceral exploration of the Iranian diaspora, filmed with a technical framework designed to mirror the urgency of the modern world. Unfolding…
“What I saw through cinema was magic, and to think I could one day do that myself planted the seed for everything I’ve pursued since.” by Matthew Eeles Benn Wintle’s filmmaking journey began the way it did for most aspiring filmmakers growing up in the early 2000s: by stumbling across the iconic Apple app,…
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