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…
Set in a small coastal town, SoundBoy follows Connor (William Ladder), a young fisherman torn between family obligation and a secret life as a music producer. “This film has been a way for me to explore some of my own experiences growing up in a house full of intense male figures, often without a shortage…
Stranger, Brother, the new short film from Naarm-based filmmaker Annelise Hickey, is an intimate story about family, distance and the quiet need for connection. The film follows Adam, a millennial drifting through a carefree life, whose world is disrupted when his 10-year-old half-brother Mose unexpectedly appears at his door. The two are strangers in every…
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…
Renegade independent cinema, like Davo Hardy’s erotic dramedy Mothers, Lovers and Others, is generally not regarded as ‘safe’ for winning the favour of film festivals. This unconventional, dialogue-heavy melodrama opens at an orgy, contains explicit sex scenes and juggles multiple plotlines for a solid 135-minute runtime. Around the quirky ensemble cast of unknown actors, there…
Celebrated Australian actors Steve Le Marquand and Pippa Grandison will present a special acting masterclass at the 2026 WA Made Film Festival. This practical session encourages actors to deepen their connection to the text and to each other through two-handed scene work, using contemporary film, television and theatre scripts. Scenes will be provided in advance,…
A new trailer has dropped for The Rules of the Game, a new horror thriller from directors JD Cohen and Lani Castle. Here’s the synopsis: On the dark web where users bet on who will win, a talented chess player is kidnapped and thrown into a game where she is one of the pieces, and…
Stellar Short Film Festival has unveiled its Stellar 12 finalists for 2026, cementing its reputation as Australia’s only invitation-only short film festival and one of the country’s most distinctive celebrations of short-form cinema. Following a sold-out event of 1,200 attendees in 2025, strong early ticket sales indicate Stellar is on track for another sell-out year.…
Pasa Faho, the celebrated feature debut from Igbo-Australian filmmaker, writer and visual artist Kalu Oji, will kick-off its national tour of special event screenings with its NSW premiere at the Sydney Opera House on 21 January. This will be followed by screenings around Australia throughout January and February. Following its sold-out World Premiere screenings at…
Central Queensland’s premier screen arts event, the Capricorn Film Festival, returns to Yeppoon next week from 15–18 January 2026, kicking off four days of films, filmmaker talks and creative events — all celebrating 10 years of storytelling on the Capricorn Coast. Supported by Keppel Coast Arts, Livingstone Shire Council, Screen Queensland, Tourism and Events Queensland, and Bishopp, the festival will…
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