Tropfest Returns in 2026
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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Tigran Tovmasian on the urgency of his short film The Circus Lion
The Circus Lion follows Samvel, a young wrestler from Western Sydney, who believes leaving his hometown is the only way to escape the weight of his grief. But as he runs from his pain, he discovers th…
Who Said Romance Is Dead? Two Ugly People in the Context of Australian Cinema by Peter Skinner
Two Ugly People is the feature film debut from Peter Skinner. It follows the story of two strangers who, by chance, meet in a highway-side motel. But, as their stay lingers, they wonder if it was chan…
From WWII wreckage to survival at sea: trailer surfaces for Beast of War
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…
Filmmaker Kaite Fitz on conjuring emotionality of being seen with her short film Smoke
Whether it be loneliness, solitude, finding sanctuary in a stifled relationship or waiting for a takeaway meal, or maybe one of the most precious things of all, the comfort in creating for ones self,…
MIFF Interview: Director Kristina Kraskov and producer Anna Charalambous on the wild, weird world of Spreadsheet Champions
For some of us, the sight of an Excel spreadsheet fills us with dread, but for an elite group of competitors, they see the blank cells of one of Microsoft’s core applications as a challenge to be conq…
Filmmaker David Robinson-Smith on masculinity, his Letterboxd four, and the new wave of Australian filmmakers
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Filmmaker David Robinson-Smith is one of the major voices of the new Australi…
MIFF Review: Fwends is a tender portrait of friendship, loss, and rediscovery
We’ve all been there — that bittersweet moment when you reconnect with an old friend. Maybe it’s someone you thought you’d never lose touch with, someone who once felt like your closest ally through l…
MIFF Interview: Shalom Almond on putting humanity at the core of Songs Inside
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. When documentarian Shalom Almond received access to document a group of women…
MIFF Review: One More Shot is a great Aussie indie treat
New Year’s Eve 1999 and anaesthetist Minnie (Emily Browning) starts her day with a reminder that she’s not got her life together in the manner she thought she would have. Her patient in obstetrics tur…
MIFF Review: First Light is an astonishing debut feature from James J. Robinson
First Light is an astonishing debut feature from acclaimed Australian photographer James J. Robinson, and a film perfectly placed in the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Bright Horizons competi…
MIFF Interview: William Jaka and Fraser Pemberton on dismantling the class system with their short film Faceless
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKyvEHfxFXi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Dogm…