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,…
Filmmakers Nick Waterman and Meg Washington (How to Make Gravy) have revealed their next project, the feature film Rosaleen – a gripping, romantic musical inspired by the untold, scandalous affair behind the birth of the Sydney Opera House. The project is being developed through their production company, Speech&Drama Pictures. Set in 1950s Sydney, Rosaleen uncovers…
Screen Australia has today announced $20.4 million of production and development funding across 91 narrative projects, including the first projects through its new Short Film Production Funding Program. Among the titles is a new season of the award-winning children’s series Little J & Big Cuz, an untitled Official Australian/Canadian Co-production feature film marking Cody Fern’s directorial…
The Australian filmmakers of the award-winning, mystery-drama Anno 2020 are celebrating after having inked a worldwide distribution deal with US-based streamer Fawesome TV. Shot for a total budget of only US$6,000 (approx. AU$9,000), this controversial feature film fits into the somewhat romantic-sounding but in-reality-brutal “no budget” category. The streaming milestone follows sold-out red carpet cinema…
The Gold Coast Film Festival is proud to announce acclaimed Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton as the 2026 recipient of the prestigious Chauvel Award presented at the Gold Coast Film Festival Awards Gala at Warner Bros. Movie World, Thursday April 23, 2026. A visionary director, screenwriter and cinematographer, Warwick has built an extraordinary body of work…
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