BBFF2026 Meet the Filmmaker: Stanley Cook

Coming from the heart of emerging filmmaker Stanley Cook, My Friend Artemis is a poignant story of friendship reunited and a tribute to the persistence of nature to endure in an ever-changing world.

Ahead of the film’s Byron Bay Premiere, The 17-year-old filmmaker from Mullumbimby speaks to us about his passion for the natural world and journey into filmmaking.