Frozen Waters chronicles the awe-inspiring journey of endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh as he becomes the first person to swim beneath Antarctica's ice sheet.

At 15 years old, Hilda Onley was sexually abused at the NY State Training School for Girls, where she was incarcerated in 1958.

Left in her aunt’s care on a family ranch at the edge of the burning Brazilian wetland, 12-year-old Mia is desperate for the touch of her mother’s love – but in this volatile natural world, with the impending threat of a deadly Jaguar consuming the family, love comes in unexpected form.

Surf teacher, Beau has a near fatal accident, triggering an out of body experience where he is forced to confront what he has been running from his entire life.

Four kids from the refugee camp in Bethlehem decide to visit the sea for the first time in their life.

Sodium chloride is vital for all life, serving
as the primary salt in seawater and an
essential compound within our bodies.

Nickolla Clark an Arakwal Bunjalung

Two old friends reunite in an Inner West Sydney terrace, but something simmers beneath the surface. What does it truly mean to be 'mates'?

Sisters Emily and Nina grit their teeth through their mother Josephine's extravagant engagement party.

It’s 2009, Mick Gatto is at the height of his powers. If you take his business card at face value, he’s arguably one of the world’s best negotiators.

Scantily dressed and wrapped in scotch tape, an aspiring actress poses for a photographer in his Sydney apartment.

Wake is a poignant tale of two brothers Syd & Elijah, who are on their annual camping trip together.

During a family gathering, a shy teenager is forced to confront her cultural disconnection with her Sri Lankan heritage caused by losing touch with her first language.

Lonely in the mundane rigmarole of living, Jane (being very much alive and well) plots her own fake funeral.

Escalating conflict during a car journey through rural Victoria forces 21-year-old Dana to determine where true safety lies for her three-year-old daughter.

A lone photographer at a mountain cabin grows suspicious that she might be someone else's subject.

Rick, an unsatisfied, middle-aged cinema attendant, stumbles into an endless non-Euclidean labyrinth beneath his workplace. He soon realises he is not alone...

CADAVER AMONGST THE CATTLE: Dead body found on family-run station, and police have questions.

Esther is a seventeen-year-old schoolgirl who has been raised in a deeply religious household alongside her twin-sister Veronica.

After his father's death, a distant son returns home, only to have tensions rise when his mother claims she’s seen a giant sea monster on the beach.

From a remote tropical archipelago off northern Australia, a small
island community takes the fight to save their home from climate
change all the way to the global corridors of power.

A man on the edge is offered refuge by an affluent couple, but their generosity comes at an unimaginable cost.

Denied the coveted set menu for dining alone at a famously exclusive restaurant, Frances strikes an unexpected deal with a stranger to access both the menu and a night of peace and solitude.

Newly wealthy and disillusioned, Randall, a mobile game developer, asks his old friend Sarah out for dinner to tell her how he actually feels about her.

A rumination on the realities of a transforming world - offered as a realisation to nature's defiance.

A world premiere from Matty Hannon (The Road to Patagonia), this socially engaged, commissioned documentary captures the creation of a self-sustaining, culturally specific timber surfboard factory in the community of Ulingan Bay, Papua New Guinea. Films start at 7

Beehives and Bottom Turns is a short film exploring the connection between beekeeping, ocean and our climate…
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Job (Jabalí) Verpoorte was a chemical engineer who changed everything to become a surfboard shaper. Films start at 7.

Dean, a surfer and artist from Northwest Australia, creates seascapes on reclaimed wood using beach-found materials. After a friend’s death, art became his therapy. This film captures his journey of healing, creativity, and connection to nature.

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A self-isolated young human known as "James"

Stan is just back from a long day at work and is looking forward to a peaceful evening.

“…the future is known, it's the past that's always changing…”

Keenan, a Noongar and Spinifex man travels 10 hours from his home to connect with his father. Where he teaches him how to make a woomera, and he learns more about his father and the Anangu Way of life.

During a surfing accident, Ydwer became paralyzed from the chest down. But if water is such a vital part of your life and identity, how do you develop this relationship again?

Ersekë, Albania. Elyria lives with her family following the strict rules imposed by her father, hiding her anger with obedience. A powerful desire for rebellion grows in her day by day that will lead her to the fulfillment of a bitter, but necessary, act of revolution.

After putting her daughter to bed, Aura discovers an intruder in her house: an elderly lady who acts strangely familiar, and who is hell-bent on performing a bloody ritual before midnight.

Beneath the quiet emptiness of a morning spent waiting for a letter lies the upheaval of a soul torn by questions of legacy and purpose.

Attempting to recover a confiscated rubber ducky, a young mother incites a violent brawl with her daughter’s teacher..

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.

With reports of a serial killer on the loose, a curious woman locked out of her roadside motel room turns to the stranger next door for help.

Having survived a bushfire crisis, Dany asks us to look around and become present to all beings who are living and dying together.

A Hungarian mother struggles to adapt to her new life in 1950s Australia as intense homesickness drives her further away from her young son and husband.

Filmed during the aftermath of the 2022 Lismore flood disaster, this is an intimate series of interviews with the filmmaker's friends and community members. Reflecting on objects and things of significance leads to moments of self discovery and a constant surrender to the force of nature.

FIRELINE tells the story of an inmate firefighter desperately trying to call home while battling a wildfire with his crew.

Bordeaux, 1987, Christmas Eve. Siblings, left to their own devices, see snow for the first time and put themselves in danger.

At 15 years old, Hilda Onley was sexually abused at the NY State Training School for Girls, where she was incarcerated in 1958.

A teenage girl creatively counters the inappropriate advances of a stranger only to spark judgement and jealousy among her peers.

Simon, a German living in Ballina, became a key developer for an eFoil startup and is now seen as a pioneer in the sport.

Hudson Walker is a 10-year-old with extraordinary talent and drive, having achieved remarkable feats on a skateboard in just five years.

In this adventure documentary, we invite you to travel from France to Dakar, an iconic journey that reveals so much more than stunning landscapes.

In a coastal town, women are not allowed to sing.
A teenager joins a singing competition for a chance to move to the city, while hiding his true voice in a sinister way.

An artist insists on playing despite the world's disasters.
A story told through a filmmaker’s art, inspired by Bach’s timeless music and painted on rolls of toilet paper in an homage to the tradition of drawing directly on 35 mm film.

SIENNA AND THE SIT is a story about the lengths to which we go to avoid our pain, the community that helps us through to the other side, and ultimately our own inner strength. S

Stan is just back from a long day at work and is looking forward to a peaceful evening.

A documentary exploring the Shedding Community Workshop’s bold initiative - tackling waste, sustainability, and climate resilience through hands-on community action.

In her whimsical universe, Charlie finds solace in daydreams and the imaginative worlds she creates in her journal.

When a coastal girl finds a mysterious vinyl in her hands, she is unaware of the havoc it will bring to her and others. A vinyl that will change and end lives

Surf teacher, Beau has a near fatal accident, triggering an out of body experience where he is forced to confront what he has been running from his entire life.

A young girl returns to her forest hideout with something special for a new friend.

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.

In the aftermath of climate disaster

Theresa explores the deep emotional scars left by childhood trauma.

When two housemates ask their third bat shit housemate to move out – the tables are turned in a diabolical way.

Set in a forgotten Australian country town, Alice, a lonely motel receptionist has a strange encounter with a guest amidst the disappearance of a young woman.

At their mother’s deathbed, an emotionally repressed woman tries to force her newly therapised sister to forget the past and say goodbye like a normal person.

Aaron Paulk has found a way to navigate uncertainty — but this time, the path forward is less clear than ever.

On the last work day of a teacher at a small deserted village, his students ask for something which changes everything.