Coming of age

The film can look almost like a holiday postcard one moment and like a premonition of catastrophe the next … That contrast is ultimately what makes La Gradiva so powerful.

Aussie writer, director and producer Mitchell Law makes his big screen debut with the youth comedy drama Juvenescence, which follows four Aussie high-school students navigating their final days before graduation.

...a sweet-tinged coming-of-age winner that effectively balances adolescent ribaldry with genuine warmth.

… works both as giggle-worthy entertainment and potential tool of awakening.

Tommy Dorfman adapts Mason Deaver's novel for their debut. We hear that this is POTUS' favourite film of the year. Corey Fogelmanis stars, with Alexandra Daddario, Cole Sprouse, Amy Landecker

We know what growing up looks like, but you haven’t quite seen it like this before on the screen.

The artist may have amassed plenty of misgivings in his 50+ years, but his female-led feature debut Misgivings isn’t one of them. With his first foray into feature-length filmmaking, Australian

… an emotionally resonant film, but one ultimately lacking in narrative depth.

… just another coming-of-age romance.

… washes over the viewer with a beautiful, yet sentimental sense of family, friendship, loss, and growth …