feature debut

“Right from the start, I wanted to be a director,” says Jenny Hicks. “Never had the self-confidence. Then I tried and failed. Then I had even less self-confidence. Then I

15-year-old Charli Fletcher’s short film Don’t Ignore Me awarded Best Short Film at the Inner West Film Fest. 17 April had been coined National Australian Film Day as the Inner

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

...a low-key but keenly intelligent winner.

Adelaide writer/director Peter Ninos has used the infamous Titan submersible tragedy as inspiration for his debut feature film Locker.  “I was hanging on every report,” says writer/director Peter Ninos of

Australian actor, writer, producer, and director David Cook delivers a knock-out blow with his tough-but-tender debut feature film Heart of the Man.

The premise sounds generic: high school football star struggles with his sexuality in a sensitive coming-of-age tale. And, well, it is. Yet this is also an involving drama, thanks largely

There’s a quiet boldness to Kapadia’s approach, exploring intimacy, personal freedom, and the concept of chosen families all with an almost poetic meditation.

The only bombing taking place here is inside the chests of the audience.

… an exercise in balance … no matter which way you go with the film, you may end up wondering what could have been.