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Sophie Linnenbaum’s feature film The Ordinaries is set in an imagined dystopia where the world is a film set and three strata of society emerge: Main Characters, Supporting Characters, and Outtakes. A…
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Love Road is Ulysses Oliver’s directorial debut. It’s also one of five films that have screened at the Sydney Film Festival in 2022 and 2023 that hail from production company Breathless Films. In 2022…
Iranian/Dutch director, poet, writer, and producer asks the audience of That Afternoon (link review) to consider the plight of refugees and immigrants who seek a better life. As an author of multiple…
Angus McDonald’s work as a filmmaker and an artist is steeped in activist storytelling. His 2019 short film Manus transported viewers to the cruelly neglected refugees isolated and trapped on Manus I…
Sunflower, written and directed by Gabriel Carrubba is a tender, yet tough coming-of-age queer story set in the suburbs of Melbourne. The film documents a turbulent time in the life of high schooler L…
Filmmaker David Easteal has talked about films ‘unique ability to capture passing time,’ and it’s with his three-hour docu-drama The Plains that the viewer is gifted the feeling of watching a city cha…
The Castlemaine Documentary Festival (C-Doc) is now in its ninth year, and with the 2023 festival, Festival Director Claire Jager embarks on her fourth year. The festival has long been about bringing…
Note that this interview contains mentions of extreme violence and trauma. Australian director Esther Takac’s profoundly humanist documentary The Narrow Bridge brings together people who have lost lo…
Petrol is currently screening around Australia with Q&A screenings. Visit petrolfilm.com for more information. Alena Lodkina’s second feature Petrol is a film that has been referred to by critics…
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With his latest release Infinity Pool Brandon Cronenberg cements his place in that pantheon of cinematic extremism that questions what it is to be human and what humanity is capable of. Nadine Whitney…