Independent production company Sneaky Films has announced the premiere of Bunny, a haunting and visceral new Australian feature film premiering at SXSW Sydney. Directed by James Branson and produced by Taylor Thompson, the film is set in the aftermath of a climate-collapsed Australia and follows a young woman who roams the ruins of a world she…
The Australian independent feature Break A Leg has been officially selected to premiere at SXSW Sydney 2025, screening on October 16 at Palace Central. Written by and starring Kaitlyn Boyé (Home and Away, The Furies) and Brendan Kelly (Broken Pieces, Dying Art), Break A Leg is a quirky arthouse horror comedy that follows Patrick Flynn, an aspiring actor (emphasis on aspiring), as he arrives for the…
Journey Home, David Gulpilil will screen in cinemas around Australia from 30 October. Narrated by Hugh Jackman and with Baker Boy as the film’s Cultural Storyteller, the film takes audiences on a journey to remote Australia for a celebration of life like you’ve never seen before. When Australia’s most renowned Indigenous actor David Gulpilil passed away…
Following a sold-out world premiere and encore screenings that packed cinemas, the powerful Western Australian documentary, POINTE: Dancing On A Knife’s Edge, is preparing to tour across Australia with screenings confirmed for Canberra, Darwin, Sydney, Melbourne, Launceston, and an additional encore screening in Perth at Windsor Cinema. POINTE: Dancing On A Knife’s Edge is a…
A celebration of splendiferous messiness to open on Fwiday nights only, with special cast and crew Q&A screening at Melbourne’s Cinema Nova on 7 November Sophie Somerville’s award-winning debut directorial feature film Fwends is set to hit cinemas on Fwiday nights only throughout November from the 7th, with the city of Melbourne serving up the…
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has today launched its full program for the 2025 Festival, to be held from October 15 – October 26 at cinemas across Adelaide. Twenty-seven World Premieres and 37 Australian premieres are among the 123 films from 27 countries to be presented at AFF 2025. The Festival is book-ended by the…
The powerful new Australian short film For My Mother will celebrate its world premiere at the Catalina Film Festival in California this September. Produced by Attic Films in association with Sugarland Productions, For My Mother is a moving exploration of the fragile complexities within a parent-child relationship. On the way to a school recital, a…
Submissions have officially opened for the 2026 WA Made Film Festival. WA-based filmmakers are encouraged to submit their feature films, short films, documentaries, student films, web series, television episodes, and Get Smart! Presented by Buy West Eat Best smartphone films to be part of this unmissable event running from February 20 – March 1, set…
Expressions of Interest Now Open Filmmakers in Western Australia for the CinefestOZ Film Festival’s Industry Program – running 4 to 5 September 2025 – will have the opportunity to meet with some of Australia’s leading streamers, broadcasters and practitioners – including Stan, Paramount Plus, BBC Studios, Minderoo Pictures and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF)…
Bina Bhattacharya’s (co-director Here Out West) feature directorial debut From All Sides will celebrate its NSW premiere at the upcoming Queer Screen Film Fest. From All Sides is described as a subversive, sexually frank drama about a seemingly average suburban middle-class family. The film follows Western Sydney married multiracial bisexual couple Anoushka and Pascal who maintain…
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