Melbourne International Film Festival returns to metro cinemas with a bumper program, and 70th anniversary celebrations that include a major retrospective and cinematic homages to the festival from Ivan Sen, Justin Kurzel and Soda Jerk.
Realising the long-term ambitions of its organisers, Adelaide Film Festival will become an annual event from this year onwards following a $2 million investment from the new state government.
Alena Lodkina's sophomore feature 'Petrol' has been selected for Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente (‘directors of the present’) program, dedicated to first and second features by emerging global talents.
CinefestOZ has unveiled the four finalists for this year's film competition, with Gracie Otto's 'Seriously Red', Matt Nable's 'Transfusion', Jub Clerc's 'Sweet As', and Goran Stolevski's 'Of An Age' to compete for the $100,000 prize.
The event, to be headed by managing director Colin Daniels, will be an exploration of the best in music, screen, gaming, technology, and innovation, with more than 1,000 experiences.
This year's Sydney Film Festival attendees have declared a pair of films set in the city as their favourites.
Actor and filmmaker Kylie Bracknell, composer Caitlin Yeo, and Luke Cornish's 'Keep Stepping' are among this year's Sydney Film Festival award winners, with Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont's 'Close' triumphing in the official competition.
Georgie Stone hopes the short documentary about her life - 'The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone', which recently premiered at both Tribeca and Sydney film festivals - will be empowering for other trans people.