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Tropfest Returns in 2026

Press Releases Sep 1, 2025 5 min read
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PRESS RELEASE The teasing is finally over as the world’s largest short film festival, Tropfest, is set to return to Centennial Park, Sydney on Sunday 22 February, 2026. Filmmaker submissions open fro…

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Australian Women’s Film Festival and M+C Saatchi Group proudly celebrate five successful years

Press Releases Aug 28, 2025 2 min read
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PRESS RELEASE Celebrating its fifth year, the Australian Women’s Film Festival (AWFF) is set to return in September 2025. Proudly presented by M+C Saatchi Group, tickets are on sale now. AWFF’s driv…

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Nansie set to screen in cinemas during Dementia Action Week

Press Releases Aug 26, 2025 2 min read
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PRESS RELEASE Anna Trichet Laurier’s intimate and deeply moving Australian documentary Nansie – about two sisters who care for their grandmother with dementia – will screen in Western Australia, NSW…

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From WWII wreckage to survival at sea: trailer surfaces for Beast of War 

Press Releases Aug 26, 2025 1 min read
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PRESS RELEASE A ferocious new Australian feature, Beast of War takes WWII soldiers from the battlefield into the jaws of the deep. The trailer for Beast of War has dropped, marking the arrival of on…

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2025 Focus On Ability Short Film Festival To Screen Powerful Stories Around Australia

Press Releases Aug 21, 2025 1 min read
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PRESS RELEASE The Focus on Ability Short Film Festival is set to inspire audiences nationwide this September and October, with a series of free public screenings showcasing this year’s remarkable ent…

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Giallo delights abound at the 2025 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival

Press Releases Aug 21, 2025 6 min read
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PRESS RELEASE Presented by Palace, the 2025 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival’s annual Spring escape to Italy is one step closer with the announcement of the full programme. From 17 September for four we…

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SBS unleashes landmark docu-drama The People vs Robodebt

Press Releases Aug 20, 2025 4 min read
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PRESS RELEASE Powerful and unflinching, The People vs Robodebt is an emotionally charged political thriller which unravels the devastating human story behind one of Australia’s greatest political sca…

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But Also John Clarke launches nationally on 4 September

Press Releases Aug 20, 2025 2 min read
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PRESS RELEASE Fresh from playing to sold-out crowds, with queues around the block at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and ahead of its theatrical release on September 4, BUT ALSO JOHN CLARK…

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Wirra Distribution Launches with Acclaimed Debut Feature 'Satu – Year of the Rabbit'

Press Releases Aug 18, 2025 2 min read
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PRESS RELEASE 100% Indigenous owned Wirra Distribution, Which could potentially be Australia's first First Nations-owned film distribution company, proudly announces its inaugural release: the in…

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Nat’s What I Reckon cooks for a disabled bull in Australia’s weirdest cooking show: Cooking for Seamus

Press Releases Aug 18, 2025 1 min read
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PRESS RELEASE Cooking for Seamus is an unprecedented observational-docu-comedy-cooking series about a disabled bull food critic and the humans who cook for him which is building momentum with audienc…

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Body Blow to Premiere at FANTASTIC FEST as Global Sales and Theatrical Deals Accelerate

Press Releases Aug 18, 2025 2 min read
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PRESS RELEASE Dean Francis’ provocative new film BODY BLOW will make its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas (September 18–25), cementing its status as one of the most daring genre film…

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MIFF 2025 Short Film Award Winners Announced

Press Releases Aug 15, 2025 4 min read
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PRESS RELEASE The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has tonight unveiled the winners of its Academy Awards® accredited and BAFTA qualifying, MIFF Shorts Awards for 2025. Winners were annou…

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