Aussiex26: The 2026 Australian Film Challenge
As we step into a new year and in a bid to get you to open you up to more Australian films, filmmakers, and storytellers, I’m throwing you down a challenge: In 2026, I want you to watch 26 Australian…
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Kate Winslet on why her directorial debut Goodbye June needed to be set at Christmas time
Academy award winning actor Kate Winslet makes the leap to directing duties with her feature debut film Goodbye June. Kate has talked about what reading her son Joe Anders script meant to her, and why…
We want to know what your favourite Australian film of 2025 is
Hi folks, I hope you're keeping safe and sane in these last few days before Christmas. I'm looking forward to catching up on some of the Australian films I've missed from this year befor…
The Blue Trail director Gabriel Mascaro on his ode to living a full life in your older years
Gabriel Mascaro's filmography embraces narrative perspectives that we rarely see on screen. His 2019 film Divine Love is a neon soaked dance experience that amplifies love and unity against…
Anthony O’Connor on Angst: The story about Australia’s most stolen movie
Over on Letterboxd, I’ve been quietly maintaining a personal list of lost or unavailable Australian films. Since I started the list a few years back, one film that sat at the top of the list was Danie…
A Christmess of Aussie Xmas Films
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of a scrooge when it comes to Christmas. ‘A bit’ is putting it lightly, as I mentioned in passing to someone the other day that by calling myself ‘a scrooge…
The Mastermind director Kelly Reichardt on the importance of art that represents home
If there's one filmmaker who has left a mark more than any other on my life, it's been Kelly Reichardt. Through her work, I've gleaned an understanding of what American life through…
Emmanuel Courcol on the universality and emotion of My Brother's Band (En Fanfare)
Emmanuel Courcol's heartwarming and heartbreaking film My Brother's Band, aka En Fanfare or The Marching Band, is a film about Thibaut (Benjamin Lavernhe), a conductor who discovers he h…
Laughing on the Inside: Frank Lotito’s Wog Boys Forever and Multicultural Comedy
Noel Cleary on directing Tales from Outer Suburbia
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Shaun Tan on the journey of bringing Tales from Outer Suburbia to life as an ABC animation series
Shaun Tan is many things. He's an Academy Award winning animator, he's an artist who has taken the fantastical to suburbia and made both feel real and otherworldly, and he's someone…