How Quickly Clouds Move has been announced as one of two $5000 Queer Screen Completion Fund recipients. Directed by Armin Džafić, Richard Jamze and Natalie Rose, How Quickly Clouds Move follows two estranged childhood friends who reunite during a chance drug deal. As the struggling dealer and an addicted realtor catch up, their night morphs…
The Stellar Short Film Festival proudly announced the winners of its 2026 awards last night, celebrating an exceptional lineup of emerging and established filmmakers from around Australia. The annual festival continues to champion bold storytelling, diverse voices, and innovative short-form cinema, proudly boasting the finest lineup of short films in the country. Major winners on…
A total of 27 awards were handed out across this year’s WA Made Film Festival, the highest number in the festival’s seven-year history. The festival, which ran over 11 days and wrapped on Sunday night, awarded three Best of the Fest prizes – Best of the Fest: Film, Best of the Fest: Documentary and Best…
The nominees for the 18th Australian Film Critics Association (Auscritic) Awards have been announced with Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou’s Bring Her Back receiving an impressive eight nominations, including Best Australian Film, Best Director, and three nominations across the gender-neutral acting categories. The 18th Auscritic Awards recognise the best of Australian film for the year…
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…
Written, directed and co-produced by actor-turned-filmmaker Ashley Zukerman, new short film Jason is my Dad follows an Uber driver who finds himself helping a private school kid with a paper route while trying to get a refund for a washing machine that he says never arrived. Ashley Zukerman is most known for his acting work…
by MATTHEW EELES Duncan Ragg and Anna Phillips’ Over is a small film with a big heart, plenty of laughs, and fine performances from its two leads, Adam Dunn (Dad) and James Carey, who plays his Damien Leith–obsessed son, James. The film follows a father who’s forced to confront his apathy towards the world’s big…
After Bark – Flying Bark’s live action label – has announced that it will collaborate with Mad Ones Films and Minor Realm on It’s All Going Very Well… the first project to be officially released under the After Bark banner since the division’s launch in 2022. Written, directed and led by acclaimed South Australian actress…
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…
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…
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