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Features

13 of the creepiest Halloween movies to stream

Scream headlong into spooky season with this arcane collection of skin-tingling terrors.

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Industry News

Shot on Sh*t Film Festival 2026 announces record attendance

The Shot on Shit Film Festival is all about short films made with small budgets and old equipment.

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Industry News

Australians in Film and Screen Australia announce Untapped lab participants

Untapped 2026 will support emerging screenwriters and directors to build international creative partnerships.

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Agata the Writer questions who gets to tell history's darkest stories

The new Australian film stars Mia Wasikowska as an author wading into treacherous waters when writing about the Siege of…

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Interviews

How the National Film and Sound Archive preserves film history – and loans it out

The National Film and Sound Archive takes ScreenHub inside its vast collection, and reveals how 16mm and 35mm film gems…

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Ed Kavalee's Cop This is a chaotic comedy free-for-all

Name an Australian comedian and they're probably in Ed Kavalee's low budget comedy telemovie Cop This.

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Features

From lost loves to time travel: 10 highlights of the Adelaide Film Festival

Adelaide Film Festival has once again snaffled a host of great films from the leading international festivals.

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Opinions & Analysis

What makes a feel-good film? At the Joy House Film Festival, the answer took me by surprise

The selection for this year's Joy House Film Festival charted the full scope of joy – but didn't shy away…

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Industry News

Australian film First Light submitted for the 2027 Best International Feature Academy Award

James J Robinson's First Light has officially been submitted for consideration in the 2027 Oscars.

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Opinions & Analysis

26 years on, Sample People stands out as a bright splash of colour in a sea of beige

In a fresh screening at the Sydney Opera House, Sample People was dazzling – and it was a reminder that…

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