Home-Grown Films
Byron and the Northern Rivers is home to Australia’s largest regional filmmaking community. Our 2025 program includes a number of locally-made films as well as films with a local focus.
Home-Grown Films
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BEYOND THE BREAK
SURF DOC | 75 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: CALEB GRAHAM
From Lennox Head to the world stage, Joel Taylor’s journey from paralysis to para-surfing World Champion is a powerful story of resilience, reinvention, and the healing power of the sea.
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FLOWING WOOD
SHORT DOC | 10 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: JOEL BYRANT | SUFFOLK PARK
A documentary following Dean, a solo traveler, surfer, and artist who turns driftwood into aerial seascapes, exploring nature, solitude, and healing in the wake of personal loss.
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HAUNT ME
SHORT | 13 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: NATALIE GRONO | BALLINA
A daydreaming teen’s summer is upended by a mysterious boy, forcing her to choose between imagination, first love, and reality.
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HUDDY - BEYOND THE BOARD
SHORT DOC | 12 MIN | DIRECTORS: ASH MINES + JASPER CARDOZO | PRODUCERS: ASH MINES + LAURENCE ADALIAN | FERNLEIGH
At just 10 years old, Hudson Walker pursues his dream of skateboarding greatness, facing setbacks, self-doubt, and the pressures of ambition, with his family’s love and support driving his resilience.
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LIKE A BROKEN RECORD
SHORT | 6 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: SCARLETTE-ROSE DRIVER |
When a coastal girl finds a mysterious vinyl record in her hands, she is unaware of the havoc it will bring to her and others. A record that will change and end lives…
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LIGHT IN DARK PLACES
SHORT DOC | 15 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: SAM CLARKE | MULLUMBIMBY
After a near fatal accident, Beau is thrust into an out-of-body journey where confronting his deepest darkness becomes the only path back to life - and to the inner light he’s been searching for.
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LIZZIE
SHORT | 10 MIN | DIRECTOR: EMILY HUTCHENSON | PRODUCER: JACKSON HAYAT | LENNOX HEAD
When two housemates ask their third bat shit housemate to move out – the tables are turned in a diabolical way.
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OUR SALVAGE PROJECT
SHORT DOC | 15 MIN | DIRECTOR: ASH MINES | PRODUCERS: ASH MINES + SOPHIE WILKSCH | FERNLEIGH
A documentary following Shedding Community Workshop and Sophie Wilksch as they tackle waste, sustainability, and climate resilience through their bold six-month “Salvage Crew” initiative.
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RADIANT AND SOMBRE
MUSIC VIDEO |4 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: TEDNABUNG | GOONENGERRY
A stark black-and-white vision where sound collides with shadow, Radiant and Sombre channels tension and transcendence in a hypnotic interplay of light, rhythm, and emotion.
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SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW
SHORT | 4MIN | DIRECTOR:JORDAN EDMEADES | PRODUCER: JESSE JEAN | GREEN PIGEON
A young girl returns to her forest hideout with something special for a new friend.
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STRANGE ATTRACTOR
SHORT | 19 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: HADLEY PERKINS | COORABELL
In a future dystopian Australia, nature’s hard-man, Lyll, disrupts the domestic enclosures of three unsuspecting victims connecting them with an ancient rite of passage deep within the Australian outback.
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THERESA
SHORT | 2 MIN | DIRECTOR: TREVOR WARDEN | PRODUCER: LEANNE WORDEN | MURWILLUMBAH
Theresa explores the deep psychological barriers that emerge from unresolved childhood trauma.
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THINGS THAT MATTER
SHORT DOC | 26 MIN | DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: KARENZA EBEJER | RICHMOND HILL
Filmed in the aftermath of the 2022 Lismore floods, this documentary captures intimate stories of loss, resilience, and self-discovery as community members reflect on what they saved, what they grieved, and the values revealed through crisis.