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Platon Theodoris and Nitin Vengurlekar’s wonderfully absurd, hilarious and moving film The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour recently launched at Perth’s Revelation Film Festival, before moving east to the…
Jayden Rathsam Hüa’s Sushi Noh is a gloriously grotesque horror film about a young girl (Geneva Phan) who is trapped in the care of her uncle (Felino Dolloso) in his rundown apartment. With the hope o…
Filmmaker Lachlan Pendragon’s animated short An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It is a meta-comedy where a call centre employee gradually discovers (thanks to a mysterious ost…
Brodie Poole’s explorative and politically-focused documentary General Hercules tells the story of the 2019 Kalgoorlie-Boulder mayoral elections, with the titular General Hercules himself (aka John Ka…
Since its 2010 inception, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne has become the biggest celebration of Indian cinema outside the motherland. This year's program showcases the film 83 about the jour…
Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis, and within that crisis there are hundreds of thousands of homeless people, or people at risk of homelessness. Sue Thomson’s latest documentary, Under Cov…
Sari Braithwaite’s latest documentary, Because We Have Each Other, is a tender and intimate invitation for audiences to spend time with Janet Sharrock and her husband Brent “Buddha” Barnes, who togeth…
Renée Brack built a career interviewing everyone from Oscar-winners and scientists to ordinary people and Chopper Read. Now, she has transitioned from putting the spotlight on other people to putting…
Nick Barkla’s The Healing is a calming and powerful documentary about Scott Brodie and the horses he re-trains with the assistance of veterans who are living with PTSD and the impact of trauma on thei…
Sarah Legg’s Cherubhead arrives in the world as impressive debut feature film from the 19-year old filmmaker. Creating a purely independent production is difficult for any filmmaker, but for Sarah, sh…
The name Charles Carson might mean little to most people, but to the rural town he lived in in the UK, he was a familiar friendly face with. Charles would share stories of his life on the farm by taki…
Maya Newell is a filmmaker who has managed to redefine what the label of ‘director’ means when it comes to documentary filmmaking. With the downright essential In My Blood It Runs, Newell utilised the…