Selected for both the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Raindance Film Festival in the UK, Claudia Dzienny’s Zombucha! is ready to hit the road for a series of Q&A screenings on the East Coast of Australia and Adelaide. As oddly relatable to millennial struggles and wellness obsessions as it is uproariously funny, Zombucha! centres…
Pickpockets, a love letter to screwball romances and crime capers from around the world, releases in cinemas from November 9 and kicks off a national Q&A screening tour on the same date at Sydney’s Randwick Ritz. Pickpockets, co-written, directed, edited by and starring D.C. Fairhurst, and co-written, produced and starring Lucy Green, is a new…
In 1965, a group of university students boarded a bus and embarked on a 15-day journey through regional New South Wales, confronting the racial discrimination and segregation experienced by First Nations people. Known as the Freedom Ride, the journey became a pivotal moment in Australian activism and helped bring national attention to injustices that had…
It was supposed to take a year. It took three. Made through COVID lockdowns, changing restrictions and the smell of an oily rag, Plan Bea is the remarkable Australian school musical that has gone from a Sydney school hall to international film festivals – and now to audiences worldwide on Amazon Prime Video. And despite…
Based on the smash hit spy book series, Zac Power is reporting for duty this Summer! Zac Power strives to maintain his position as the top junior spy at GIB after a cooler new agent arrives. When his recklessness allows a maniacal magician to steal a high-tech super weapon, Zac is forced to confront his own flaws…
After a devastating professional betrayal, ex-lawyer Samara has rebuilt her life from the ground up – trading courtrooms for creativity as the owner of her own event-planning business. When her longtime friend hires her to plan her parents’ lavish 40th wedding anniversary celebration aboard a luxury yacht in tropical Queensland, Samara thinks it’s the perfect…
War doesn’t always end when soldiers come home. The powerful new Australian documentary Invisible Injuries explores the unseen wounds carried long after service and will celebrate its World Premiere at CinefestOZ on Saturday 5 September, before a national and international cinema season. Directed by Western Australian filmmaker Kelly Bergsma, Invisible Injuries follows Australian veteran Andy Fermo as he confronts the invisible wounds…
Maslow Entertainment has launched the trailer for Tina Arena: Unravel Me, ahead of its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival on 12 August and a nationwide cinema release on 27 August 2026. Marking 50 years in the spotlight, Tina Arena: Unravel Me is an intimate and cinematic portrait of one of Australia’s most…
Robbie Studsor’s latest short film The Retained has released an official trailer after recently signing with acclaimed international sales agent Radiator IP Sales. The Retained is described as a tense psychological drama that explores the complexities of family, power dynamics and guilt within an idyllic Australian setting. The plot concerns the youngest daughter of a…
Peter Firebrace’s debute feature film, Of Womb, will celebrate its world premiere at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival. Three young women have been raised in innocence on a remote, dilapidated homestead, alone with their bedbound, intensely religious mother. Fuelled by a heady brew of existential terror, dogmatic belief and desire to dominate, The Eldest…