Home-Grown Films
Byron and the Northern Rivers is home to Australia’s largest regional filmmaking community. Our 2026 program includes a number of locally-made films as well as films with a local focus.
Home-Grown Films
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COWING
SHORT | 12 MIN | DIRECTOR: GEOFF O'NEILL, ROSIE JONES | PRODUCER: CHRIS O’NEILL | MULLUMBIMBY | WORLD PREMIERE
A shattered fisherman’s haunting confession reveals his complicity in the new recreational sport of ‘cowing’.
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CRACK ME OPEN
DOC | 72 MIN | DIRECTOR: ENDRE KVIA | PRODUCER: ANGELA BAMBACH |
When faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis, a young family man is forced into a profound confrontation with fear, death, and the painful truth of not fully being himself.
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DEEP HOPE
SHORT | 4 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: JAKE MOSER | BYRON BAY | WORLD PREMIERE
A man retreats into a dreamlike world where his love for a woman consumes him, only to confront the painful reality that his feelings are not returned.
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EXTRA TIME
SHORT | 7 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: NICK GEORGE | BANGALOW
A weathered widower, haunted by memories of his rugby glory days, confronts the quiet cost of masculine stoicism through an ordinary evening with his estranged son.
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FLIGHT OF THE SIRENS
SHORT | 4 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: NATALIE GRONO | BYRON BAY | WORLD PREMIERE
On the eve of the full moon, the sirens leave the sea and rise onto land, shedding their tails for legs and surrendering to the freedom of movement.
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FROM PATIENT TO PRACTITIONER - THE SCOTT PAINTER STORY
SHORT DOC | 10 MIN | DIRECTOR: DANNY MCSHANE | PRODUCERS: DANNY MCSHANE, CLOE JAGER, JESSICA NELSON | WYRALLAH
A brain tumour survivor, with the help of his family, fights though unimaginable adversity to become a clinician.
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FROM THOUGHT TO EXPORT
SHORT DOC | 8 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: OZ BINO | MULLUMBIMBY | NSW PREMIERE
A documentary about the various stages and challenges of filmmaking, showing what goes on behind the scenes and how passion for your project is integral to success and emotional impact.
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MY FRIEND ARTEMIS
SHORT | 9 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: STANLEY COOK | MULLUMBIMBY | BYRON PREMIERE
A poignant story of friendship reunited and a tribute to the persistence of nature to endure in an ever-changing world.
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PRECIPICE
SHORT DOC | 10 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: JULIAN REUBEN CHENEY | BYRON BAY | WORLD PREMIERE
A documentary about Raymond Cheney, an artist whose detailed oil paintings expose a world teetering on the edge, challenging us to look closely at what we stand to lose.
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REFLECTIONS OF FEMININITY
SHORT DOC | 3 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: ANYA ISARA | WORLD PREMIERE
A conversation between the perspectives of women across generations, how their experiences of femininity mirror one another, and the shared vulnerability beneath society's ideal of femininity.
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SPIRIT OF THE THRESHOLD RIVER
SHORT | 12 MIN | DIRECTORS: JADE DEWI TYAS TUNGGAL, POPPY WALKER | PRODUCER: POPPY WALKER | YAEGL COUNTRY | BYRON PREMIERE
At the meeting of salt and fresh water, Yarrawali Birrinba, the mighty Clarence River, is conjured by dancers as witness, storyteller and living archive.
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TIBER
DRAMA | 80 MIN | DIRECTOR: DOMINIC ALLEN | PRODUCER: MARGARITA DECOSTER |
After losing his job in Rome, Australian-Italian art historian Marco returns to Tuscany, where he sets out in a vintage Fiat with his young daughter Lucia on a journey toward the Tiber River.
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TRACE
SHORT | 6 MIN | DIRECTOR: DANIELE CONSTANCE | PRODUCER: KATIE COOPER-WARES | LENNOX HEAD
A dance film that explores how bodies, particularly those with disability, move with, against and through our natural landscapes.
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WEIGHTLESS
SHORT | 5 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: TREVOR WORDEN | WORLD PREMIERE
The film explores the lasting impact of unwanted experiences, memory, and the struggle to find silence within one’s own mind.