The 2026 Australian Film Challenge Check In
We’ve just hit the halfway point of 2026, so it’s a good time to check in on the 2026 Australian Film Challenge. For those keeping track, this is a challenge thrown out to the world to encourage folk…
Fantasia 30 showcases some Australian bangers and much more
The 30th Edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set for July 16 — August 2 in Montreal. This year sees some extremely exciting world premieres plus a solid contingent of Australian features and shorts.…
Madeline Sunshine on being loud, big, and expressive and the realisation of adulthood in Daddy’s Little Meatball
Maddie Sunshine is a creative force who knows exactly what she wants to do as an artist. When she’s not busy setting TikTok afire, she’s acting in award winning short films like Yael Grunseit’s superb…
Supergirl will give you bad movie fatigue
After James Gunn’s energetic but disposable Superman in 2025, I was looking forward to catching a superhero sidequel that featured a character who doesn’t have decades of cinematic history behind them…
Milly Alcock tries her best to salvage the super generic Supergirl
Milly Alcock is the sole bright spot in the derivative adventure, propping up a script that does little to serve her or the titular character.…
Internal Worlds: Jessica Sofarnos on exploring life, grief, and living in Australian cinema
There’s a calm, lived-in nature to Jess Sofarnos’ films, one where she holds a mirror up to herself, reflecting emotions and experiences that are familiar and relatable, yet rarely seen in Australian…
Giveaway: Saccharine Preview Screening @ Luna Leederville
For our Western Australia based supporters, we're excited to giveaway four double passes to a preview screening of Natalie Erika James' acclaimed horror Saccharine on 6:30pm Monday 29 June 202…
Hal Kirkland on his his sci-fi comedy Please and Thank You
Stop Talking Shit to Siri, You Fool. “What are you thinking?!” Surely you realise all these devices are listening. Everything you say, including the names you call them, is being stored somewhere. A…
Visar Morina on his devastating Kosovar drama Shame and Money
My biggest challenge was to create a shift. To start with a social environment, and basically to examine what it does to the people offering themselves every day and being treated like they are treated.…
Adrian Chiarella on the real-world horrors that inspired Leviticus
The film was made because I feel like a lot of the progress we have made in the last couple of decades has really regressed lately…
“Australia. Find out who you are, and you’ll know how to love somebody else.” - Asian-Australian Memories of Film, Identity and Belonging
In 1983 Hungarian-Australian director Carl Schultz adapted Sumner Locke Elliott’s award-winning novel Careful, He Might Hear You into a film Australia itself has largely forgotten. Set in Depression-e…
Pixar’s Toy Story 5 embraces familiar warmth to tackle childhood in the digital age
Toy Story 5 feels like a natural next step for a franchise that has proved its relevance for over three decades.…