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PRESS RELEASE Antenna, Australia’s leading international non-fiction film festival, today unveils its full program for 2025. Featuring 50 of the most creative, thought-provoking documentaries from ar…
It has been a difficult year for Australian film with few films making it to cinemas for exhibition. Nevertheless, we cannot give up hope for our stories being told. Making lists is always difficult…
Right, there’s no beating around the bush: 2024 was a hard year for Australian films. An engaged film critic should hold their local film industry to account, with the following piece delving into th…
So, what of the best Australian films of 2024 then? The below list talks a look at thirty-one of the best Australian films of 2024. Collectively, those thirty-one films highlight the future state of…
PRESS RELEASE Flickerfest – Australia’s largest and most prestigious short film competition, renowned for its Academy® and BAFTA qualifications – has announced its official programme for 2025. Celeb…
Few filmmakers have explored the human condition through technology and biology as David Cronenberg. Long a fan of blending experimental technology with the corporeal in films like Videodrome, The Fly…
PRESS RELEASE Bonsai Films has launched the official trailer for crime thriller INSIDE, the debut feature film from award-winning writer-director Charles Williams, whose short film All These Creature…
The nominees for the 2025 Golden Globes have been announced. Read the nominations below, alongside the nominee reactions. On behalf of my producer Liz and I, Sarah, Kodi, Jacki and all the many arti…
Six-year-old Alexis Truong has made history by becoming the youngest filmmaker ever to participate in the SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3), one of the world's largest smartphone film festivals. Her debu…
PRESS RELEASE The iconic Peninsula Film Festival is set to dazzle the Mornington Peninsula this summer when it returns for its 14th edition. The annual event, taking place over three days, will incl…
PRESS RELEASE National Indigenous Television (NITV) and the wider SBS network invite all Australians to deepen their understanding of January 26 through a curated week of First Nations programming an…
Filmmaker Todd Haynes spoke about his aborted project with Joaquin Phoenix during an in-depth conversation at the Marrakech International Film Festival. “What happened this summer was tough,” Haynes…