Selected from eight nominees, the $10,000 cash prize will be presented to the Amazon Australian Original for deepening the knowledge and awareness of the impact of the global climate emergency.
Dutch ice freediver Kiki Bosch swims in the world’s coldest waters without a wetsuit as therapy for a trauma she experienced, and to inspire others.
Filmmaker Jason van Genderen is set to do national Q&A tour of his documentary 'Everybody's Oma' ahead of its theatrical release August 11 via Bonsai Films.
This year's Sydney Film Festival attendees have declared a pair of films set in the city as their favourites.
Kylie Bracknell's 'Fist of Fury Noongar Daa' sees Bruce Lee's 1972 kung fu classic, re-voiced into Noongar language, with cast including Clint Bracknell and Shontae Farmer.
Angus McDonald's 'Freedom is Beautiful' follows the journey of Kurdish refugees, Farhad Bandesh and Mostafa Azimitabar, who were finally freed from detention after being imprisoned for almost eight years under Australia’s offshore processing regime.
'Ghosthunter' follows Jason King, a western Sydney security guard and part-time ghost hunter, who has spent two decades searching for his absent father. As a survivor of trauma, he seeks to reconcile his fractured memories and piece together his past. When his search converges with a police investigation, a horrific family secret is exposed — forcing him to confront a brutal past in order to reclaim his future.
In feature documentary 'Girls Can't Surf', director Christopher Nelius tells the story of how a "ragtag bunch of inspired, punk girls" who took on the male-dominated sport of professional surfing in order to achieve equality.