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The Australian filmmakers at the biggest overseas festivals: 'It really is a pinch-me moment’
What does it mean to have your feature selected a film festival like Sundance, Berlinale, Cannes, Venice or Toronto?
The Airport Chaplain review: flying high with Hugo Weaving
A sprawling ensemble piece set in a teeming airport terminal, The Airport Chaplain soars with big-hearted kindness.
Our Effed Up World review: X-Files-style spooky stoner movie fun
Our Effed Up World is the latest in a a rapid-fire of features from Australian filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay.
Mad Rush review: this Melbourne spin-out gets existential
Senuri Chandrani anchors Maddelin McKenna’s shape-shifting debut feature, now screening at MIFF.
Phillip Philadelphia review: 'deliriously good'
A fever dream of a film, Phillip Philadelphia was one of the standouts at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.
Whistle review: the surprisingly hopeful world of competitive whistling
Whistlers from all over the world descend on Hollywood to compete – and to lift one another up.
Sweet Milk Lake review: dive into this queer delight
Star of stage and screen Harvey Zielinski delivers a promising debut directorial feature at MIFF.
Wicker review: an inventively tragicomic delight
When Olivia Colman’s fisherwoman asks Peter Dinklage’s weaver to fashion her a wicker Alexander Skarsgård, everyone loses their minds in…
Camp Miasma: how indie director Jane Schoenbrun made the jump to A-league casting
With Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the rule-breaking filmmaker and trans hero Jane Schoenbrun has surprised us yet…
Final girl thrills – Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder on Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
The stars of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma talk horror heritage, queer filmmaking and their favourite final girls.