Astonishing Grace: James J. Robinson on his stunning debut film First Light
It is a really personal story, because every single character within the film is like a part of myself that is kind of in constant argument with itself.…
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Storyteller Miski Omar on bringing Somali-Australian stories to life on screen in the short film Button Pusher
Storyteller Miski Omar is a multidisciplinary artist whose creative work includes writing and filmmaking, allowing her work as a speech pathologist to inform her exploration of the intricacies of comm…
Body Blow LIVE. The Film. The Music. The Stage.
Audiences attending the Sydney Film Festival Australian Premiere of the internationally acclaimed film Body Blow are in for a unique second course as the cast take to the stage to perform music from t…
Sydney Film Festival submissions close 27 February 2026
Filmmakers have two weeks left to submit their films to the 73rd Sydney Film Festival with entries closing on 27 February 2026. Returning to cinemas across Sydney from 3-14 June 2026, Sydney Film F…
MIFF Interview: Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama on creating examples of healthy masculinity with Têtes Brulées
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Eya’s (Safa Gharbaoui) world as a 12-year-old Belgian Tunisian is filled with…
MIFF Interview: Denise Fernandes on her film Hanami
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Dreams, imagination and sobering realities meld in this absolutely magical de…
Sydney Film Festival Interview: The Raftsmen director Chadden Hunter on capturing a classic adventure story on screen
Vital Alsar was an adventurer and a scientist. In the late 1960s and into the early 1970s, after being inspired by the attempted journey of the Kon-Tiki by fellow sailor Thor Heyerdahl, Vital led an e…
Sydney Film Festival Interview: Zoe Pepper on the dark housing-crisis comedy delight that is Birthright
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. When we think of Australian cinema, one of the films that springs to mind is…
Sydney Film Festival Interview: Christian Byers on bringing out the dead with Death of an Undertaker
One of the most ambitious titles at this year's Sydney Film Festival is unequivocally Death of an Undertaker. It is an experimental fusion of truth and invention. It centres on Sparrow, an underli…
Sydney Film Festival: Amalie Atkins on the warm hug of a film that is Agatha's Almanac
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Amalie Atkins loving documentary Agatha's Almanac follows Agatha Bock, Am…
Sydney Film Festival Interview: Sean Byrne, Jai Courtney, and Hassie Harrison on the bloody brutality of Dangerous Animals
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Queensland: Beautiful one day, deadly the next! For American drifter Zephyr (…
Sydney Film Festival Interview: Ellis Park director Justin Kurzel on being in the orbit of Warren Ellis
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Director Justin Kurzel has crafted a filmography built on exploring the impac…