Larissa Behrendt's documentary 'Araatika: Rise Up!', to make its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, explores how a group of NRL greats came together to invent a new pre-game ceremony in response to the Maori Haka – one that could celebrate First Nation cultures.
A French comedy following an oddball duo on an unconventional road trip and an Australian documentary about four refugees that compete in the World Wine Blind Tasting Championships have topped the audience awards at this year's Sydney Film Festival.
Larissa Behrendt's 'You Can Go Now' and Sari Braithwaite's 'Because We Have Each Other' are both set to screen at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival next month.
The Adelaide Film Festival has unveiled the full program for its first annual edition, which carries the theme of A Celebration of Imagination.
Blackfella Films documentary 'Maralinga Tjarutja', directed by Larissa Behrendt, is the winner of this year's Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (SDIN) Award.
Four-part documentary series 'The First Inventors' sees actor and proud Tiwi Islander man Rob Collins lead a team of First Nations investigators as they uncover more than 65,000 years of invention and innovation.
Editor-turned-director Sean Lahiff's environmental horror/thriller 'Carnifex' and Brenda Matthews and Nathaniel Schmidt's feature doc 'The Last Daughter' will each screen at the Adelaide Film Festival in October.