Submissions are now open for the 2027 Australia Independent Film Festival

Entries for Australia Independent Film Festival – Brisbane’s biggest short film festival – are now open! Located in Brisbane, Australia within one of Australia’s best cinemas within one of Brisbane’s coolest precincts is the internationally acclaimed Australia Independent Film Festival. The festival screens at Palace James Street which is a world-class cinema that boasts cutting-edge…

Badlands launches artist-led distribution arm

Interview: James Robert Woods Sydney-based production house Badlands is venturing into the distribution space with the rollout of its critically acclaimed feature The Birthday Trip.  Previously known as Moonrise Over Knights Hill, the unflinchingly funny drama following three millennial couples whose relationships are thrown into disarray when they descend on a Southern Highlands farmstay for…

Capricorn Film Festival 2026 wraps as award winners announced!

The curtains have closed on the 10th Capricorn Film Festival, marking a milestone year for Central Queensland’s premiere screen arts event, with packed screenings, visiting filmmakers, community celebrations and an inspiring lineup of award-winning Australian and international cinema. Held across four days in Yeppoon, Capricorn Film Festival 2026 welcomed audiences to feature films, documentaries, short…

Lenore and Skeleton Girls. A Kidnapped Society selected for Fantasporto

Two new Australian films, Lenore and Skeleton Girls. A Kidnapped Society, have been selected to screen at Fantasporto Film Festival in Porto, Portugal – one of the world’s leading and longest-running genre film festivals. Lenore, the debut feature film by director David Ward, is a haunting psychological drama that explores grief, obsession, and the dangerous…

Release date announced for award-winning climate documentary Floodland

Jordan Giusti’s powerful documentary Floodland, winner of the prestigious Sustainable Future Award at the 2025 Sydney Film Festival, is set to arrive in cinemas nationwide on 26 February. Produced by Mofa Stories, the film brings to the screen an intimate portrait of Australia’s most expensive climate disaster and the community caught in its wake, as…