Screens with: Hen

Bright, funny, and wonderfully wacky. Ducks depicts a perfectly normal day at the park, with some perfectly normal ducks.

Screens as part of: Young Australian Filmmaker Of The Year

Punchy And poignant; Simmer is a family drama that gets to the heart of inherited expectation, while asking what we must release in order to move forward.

Screens as part of: Young Australian Filmmaker Of The Year

A thrilling Western that beautifully captures the Australian landscape.

Screens as part of: Young Australian Filmmaker Of The Year

Fenômeno Boy is about the fleeting moments when a child is allowed to dream; and the power those dreams carry.

Screens as part of: Young Australian Filmmaker Of The Year

Deeply personal and profoundly honest, Enmeshed navigates the tender complexities of parent child relationships.

Screens as part of: Young Australian Filmmaker Of The Year

Heartfelt and playful, In The Trees captures the magic of imagination and childhood.

Screens as part of: Young Australian Filmmaker Of The Year

Tender and deeply moving, Nothing And The Sun explores grief through the eyes of a child.

Screens as part of: Young Australian Filmmaker Of The Year

Capturing how we remember childhood, The Squatters And The Fairy Princess resonates with dreamy nostalgia and childlike wonder

Screens as part of: Young Australian Filmmaker Of The Year

Tender and experimental; Goodbye, Fishies is a meditation on love and memory.

Screens as part of: Young Australian Filmmaker Of The Year

A visually striking and remarkably tense sci-fi thriller. Solar Retaliation is a bold imagining of an alternative 1990s.

Screens with: Sweet Milk Lake

Beautiful, profound, and deeply moving. Reliefs is an achingly intimate meditation on the love between a parent and child.

Screens with: Late Fame

A dreamy and nostalgic yarn steeped in Australian identity. A Stable For Horses is a homage to the great traditions of oral storytelling.

Premiered at Cannes Film Festival

Screens with: The Best Summer

An exploration of mental health as honest and powerful as the ocean waves.

Screens with: The Tale Of Silyan

Morning Mr Gerrey is a gentle portrait of ageing and companionship; celebrating the power of quiet moments and private routines.

Screens with: The Tale Of Silyan

Birders is a heartwarming story on the importance of friendship and the beauty of time spent out in nature. Capturing the magic of the bond between two bird watchers and in the landscapes they adventure to.

Screens with: The Best Summer

A razor sharp black comedy that explores the absurd humour of bleak situations

Screens with: The Best Summer

We Don’t Take Breaks is a relatable glimpse into the mind of an underpaid hospitality worker.

Screens with: Derek Vs Derek

Morning Mr Gerrey is a gentle portrait of ageing and companionship; celebrating the power of quiet moments and private routines.

Screens with: The Cycle Of Love

Interview With A Hero explores themes of universal diaspora, intergenerational trauma, and the power and importance of art.

Screens as part of: Salt In Her Veins

A portrait of women in extreme sport, and the search for direction when everything familiar begins to fade.

Screens as part of: Salt In Her Veins

An insightful look at the everyday reality of cold-water surfing in Northern Denmark.

Screens as part of: Salt In Her Veins

Surf, Eat, Repeat is a film that celebrates the women and the diversity that make up the surf community in Rockaway Beach, New York.

Screens as part of: Salt In Her Veins

Surf Sisters celebrates the power of connection, reinvention, and the women who find strength and sisterhood in the sea.

Screens as part of: Salt In Her Veins

Women Of The Waves celebrates women and the community they find in surfing.

Screens as part of: Salt In Her Veins

Of Waves and Worth is a celebration of those carving out space and a reminder that change is already in motion.

Screens With: Bitter Christmas

Next Level explores anxieties around fertility and pregnancy with festive sense of humour.

Screens with: Bitter Christmas

Beautifully crafted and surreal. If/When is a time-bending exploration of love, fate, and what it means to hold on when everything is slipping away.

Winner of Best Australian Film Award at Melbourne International Animation Festival

Screens with: Guided By Horses

Comedic and heartwarming. The Scan celebrates unlikely connections and new beginnings.

Screens with: Tiber

A humorous story about how self-discovery never happens in isolation, but always through collision and encounter with others.

Screens with: American Doctor

Fracture explores questions of identity in the face of past trauma, and how the desire to be a "real" person clashes with the fear of someone seeing you for who you truly are.

Screens with: Boss Cat

Trace is a gentle, reflective and contemporary exploration of nature, movement and belonging – centred through d/Deaf and disabled perspectives that reveal different ways of sensing and connecting with the world around us.

Screens as part of: Magic Island + Surf Shorts

Contemporary issues meet established philosophy in this enlightening exploration of harmonious design.

Screens as part of: Magic Island + Surf Shorts

Following the ECAT as it explores conservation and surf culture.

Screens as part of: Magic Island + Surf Shorts

NIO KO BOKK is about belonging. It reflects the courage it takes to remain present in uncertain conditions, and the power of imagining a future where you already are.

Screens with: Broken English

A Message From Khahn is a beautiful meditation on life, philosophy, and what it means to be truly free.

Screens with: The Cycle Of Love

Interview With A Hero explores themes of universal diaspora, intergenerational trauma, and the power and importance of art.

Screens as part of: International Shorts

A drinking game gets out of hand in the tense and insightful examinations of group dynamics.

Screens as part of: International Shorts

Honest and moving, 12 Points explores the power of art in a culture that attempts to stop you from being your genuine self.

Screens as part of: International Shorts

Primal emotions erupt in this exploration of the social dynamics that form amid isolation and peer pressure.

Screens as part of: International Shorts

Beautiful, profound, and deeply moving. Reliefs is an achingly intimate meditation on the love between a parent and child.

Screens as part of: International Shorts

Grounded and deeply human, Norheimsund explores the realities faced by young women in contemporary Cuba.

Screens as part of: International Shorts

Savvy and fresh, Girls Night explores gender politics and interpersonal relationships with style.

Screens as part of: What Belongs Here

Grounded in truth-telling, Ganibarra confronts the dominant narratives about dingoes that have justified generations of killing, while making space for deeper listening and accountability.

Screens as part of: What Belongs Here

Gaga Wakulda plays witness to the powerful impact that language revitalisation has on current and future generations.

Screens as part of: What Belongs Here

Explored the importance of dingoes to Country and ways that we can coexist with them.

Screens as part of: What Belongs Here

Highlighting the strength and resilience of cultural identity for Aboriginal soldiers and their families, Bringing His Spirit Home is a powerful tribute to the Aboriginal soldiers of WW!.

Screens as part of: Onda Latina - Latin Wave

A non-traditional surf film exploring the connection between people and the natural world.

Screens as part of: Onda Latina - Latin Wave

Huiro explores the freedom and belonging found both in the waves and on the road.

Screens as part of: Onda Latina - Latin Wave

Amidst the waves of the local seas, this documentary reveals a man who turned the ocean into his temple of healing, resistance, and survival.

Screens with: Late Fame

Shakespeare and surfing meet in this tense meeting between two actors.

Screens with: The Cycle Of Love

From BAFTA winner Maryam Mohajer; And Granny Would Dance is an ode to Iranian woman. Celebrating their resilience, heart, and humour.

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

A Hand to Hold blends horror with pitch-black Irish comedy, exploring themes of grief and toxic relationships.

Featuring an original score by Golden Globe nominated composer Brian Byrne.

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

Quirky and imaginative, Bidet melds horror and humour.

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

With offbeat humour, Blessed tackles what happens when parenthood challenges how you see yourself.

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

Hilarious and offbeat, Hench is a witty examination of the absurdities of language.

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

Witty and darkly comedic, The Prize explores validation, and how dangerous it can be to treat humiliation as a currency and let approval replace self worth.

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

I Fell In Love With My Sleep Paralysis Demon delivers romantic comedy with a demonic twist,

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

Beautifully crafted and personal, Death’s Peak explore grief with humour.

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

Tackling grief with comedy and horror, Third Eye is about how we learn to name what haunts us, whether through folklore or psychology.

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

Evoking classic horror, The Dysphoria‍ ‍explores the trans experience with a fresh lens.

Winner of Best Australian Short at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

Bright, funny, and wonderfully wacky. Ducks depicts a perfectly normal day at the park, with some perfectly normal ducks.

Screens as part of: Stay Strange

Bold, Surreal, and boundary breaking. Chaortic explores the spaces between states of being.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

Flight Of The Sirens is a story about transformation; reconnecting with the most instinctive, playful and untamed parts of who we already are.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

Weightless is an intimate meditation on memory.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

Extra Time is a personal story exploring masculine stoicism.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

Trace is a gentle, reflective and contemporary exploration of nature, movement and belonging – centred through d/Deaf and disabled perspectives that reveal different ways of sensing and connecting with the world around us.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

A poignant tale of friendship reunited and the persistence of nature.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

Thrillingly surreal Deep Hope explores unrequited love and the space between reality and desire.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

An intimate look at the process and passion that goes into filmmaking.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

A poetic offering to the river and the unseen currents that connect body, place and belonging.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

An inspirational story of adversity overcome

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

Cowing is a tense thriller that explores challenging questions.

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

Sincere and insightful, Reflections On Femininity asks, what is femininity?

Screens as part of: Through The Local Lens

Intimate and enlightening, Precipice is a portrait of both an artist and a world on the brink.

Screens with: Big Girls Don’t Cry

Hilarious and heartfelt, That’s So Feis is a joyful love letter to Irish dance and finding your inner child.

Screens with: The Fox

DATE 3 explores the murky, and at times illusive, world of emotional abuse. It gives visceral insight into the everyday threat and vulnerability of the female experience.

Screens with: That Half Barbaric Twang

This funny and modern comedy addresses the current state of filmmaking.

Screens with: The Fox

Comedic and heartwarming. The Scan celebrates unlikely connections and new beginnings.

Screens With: Bitter Christmas

Next Level explores anxieties around fertility and pregnancy with festive sense of humour.

Screens with: The Best Summer

A fresh stoner comedy that serves as a love letter to Hollywood movies.

Screens with: The Best Summer

A razor sharp black comedy that explores the absurd humour of bleak situations

Screens with: The Best Summer

We Don’t Take Breaks is a relatable glimpse into the mind of an underpaid hospitality worker.

Screens with: Guided By Horses

Extra Time is a personal story exploring masculine stoicism.

Screens with: Late Fame

A dreamy and nostalgic yarn steeped in Australian identity. A Stable For Horses is a homage to the great traditions of oral storytelling.

Premiered at Cannes Film Festival

Screens with: The Tale Of Silyan

Birders is a heartwarming story on the importance of friendship and the beauty of time spent out in nature. Capturing the magic of the bond between two bird watchers and in the landscapes they adventure to.

Screens with: The Tale Of Silyan

A poetic offering to the river and the unseen currents that connect body, place and belonging.

Screens with: Crack Me Open

SOME KIND OF BLUE is a haunting exploration of the uncanny and unseen realms of loss.

Screens With: Bitter Christmas

Next Level explores anxieties around fertility and pregnancy with festive sense of humour.

Screens with: Bitter Christmas

Sincere and insightful, Reflections On Femininity asks, what is femininity?

DATE 3 explores the murky, and at times illusive, world of emotional abuse. It gives visceral insight into the everyday threat and vulnerability of the female experience.

Comedic and heartwarming. The Scan celebrates unlikely connections and new beginnings.

Screens with: Late Fame

Daddy’s Little Meatball explores the distance that opens up between a parent and child when a child starts to see their parent too clearly.

Screens with: Late Fame

Psyche explores intimacy, identity, and the unsettling patterns hidden within modern relationships.