In 2012, filmmaker Mike Nayna uploaded a video, shaming racists on a Melbourne bus, which sparked international media attention and resulted in two jail terms.
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Claire Randall's 'Wolfe' has won the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film in the Generation 14Plus program of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The film follows three adult siblings as they assist their terminally ill mother to commit suicide.
Three Aussie films, as well as one from across the pond, are headed to SXSW.
'Jasper Jones' director Rachel Perkins and Aussie producer Bruna Papandrea ('Big Little Lies', 'Gone Girl') will also front the panel.
The Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) has launched a short film fund, aimed at supporting emerging filmmakers and films that engage with Jewish life, history and culture.
Each of the selected films has been made by a filmmaker less than 15 years old. Among them is Darwin Schulze, who has now been a Trop Jr finalist four times.
Writer-director Romi Trower’s debut feature ‘What If It Works?’ is set to make its world premiere at the 2017 Cinequest Film and VR Festival in San Jose next month.