Australia

SXSW: South by Southwest comes to Sydney
SXSW Sydney will expand the world-famous music, film and art festival into the Asia Pacific region for the first time.

Richard Sowada, Revelation Film Festival: 'Anything can happen'
'We're going to celebrate by focusing on the future,' says the Festival Director ahead of the silver jubilee edition of…

Off Country: meet the Indigenous students at Geelong Grammar School
NITV's new documentary series follows the lives of seven Indigenous boarding students over a year at the prestigious school.

Romper Stomper – revisiting a 'dangerous' classic 30 years on
Three decades have passed since Romper Stomper exploded onto screens – have our attitudes towards it changed?

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival – keep an eye on July
Get your doco fix online or at Cinema Nova this July with the handpicked selections of MDFF

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time review
Nearly 40 years in the making, Robert B Weide's documentary offers glimpses of the Slaughterhouse Five author across the decades.

Meet the Penguins: 6 things I learnt from the ABC's new documentary
From battling seals and water rats to surviving the 1980s, the Australian little penguin is full of surprises.

Casting Guild and Showcast launch tool for Deaf and disabled performers
The initiative is designed to widen the pool from which casting directors and directors draw their talent.

Want to be a writer/director? Joy Hopwood says 'start on short-term projects'
From becoming the first regular Asian presenter on Play School, to having a feature film broadcast on Channel 9, Joy…

The Twelve review: Foxtel's jury drama without a body
Marta Dusseldorp, Sam Neill and Ngali Shaw star in this intriguing new Australian TV series, streaming now.