The surreal and genre bending Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA) is back with an extremely exciting lineup. For the lovers of indie, alternative, arthouse, cult, visually bizarre, and outright weird (in the best way possible) films, FFFA brings to audiences the films that challenge the traditional tropes of cinema, putting unconventional and unusual to the…
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With legacy sequels working in the favour of classic horror titles like Halloween and Scream, it only makes sense that another staple of the slasher genre gets its due, with the 1997 teen chiller I Know What You Did Last Summer getting a 2025 revisit; and if Jamie Lee Curtis and Neve Campbell can face…
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The War of the Roses, a 1989 satirical black comedy from Danny DeVito which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as a warring married couple and the bitter, fatal divorce that followed, never seemed like the most obvious choice to garner a remake. But here we are, over three decades later, with Benedict Cumberbatch and…
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This ain’t no walk in the park! Based on Ethan Pettus’ cult-favorite novel, Primitive War is a 1968-set action film that follows an elite recon unit, Vulture Squad, who are sent deep into the Vietnamese jungle to locate a missing Green Beret platoon—only to discover a far more lethal threat: dinosaurs. Written and directed by…
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The Persian Film Festival Australia 2025 returns this April and May to offer a unique cinematic experience that brings together the best of Persian cinema from the past year, presenting stories that transcend borders and connect people across the globe. Now in its 11th edition, the festival continues to be a key platform for Persian…
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The 13th Palestinian Film Festival Australia is set to return this May with a bold and innovative program of new cinema from and about Palestine, offering a powerful and resonant exploration of resilience, love and freedom in the face of ongoing war and dispossession. Running across five cities – Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Canberra…
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The Gold Coast Film Festival (GCFF) unveils their fantastic program with 5 World, 11 Australian and 4 Queensland Premieres along with the return of SIPFEST: Shorts in Paradise in this year’s festival, running between April 30th and May 11th, 2025, at HOTA, Home of the Arts. Included in the 12-day festival are some incredible events…
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The 72nd Sydney Film Festival (4–15 June) has today revealed a sneak peek of 16 bold new films set to screen this June, offering a taste of the 2025 program ahead of the full Festival announcement on Wednesday, 7th May. “This first look offers a cross-section of the bold storytelling and distinctive voices that can…
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In 2004, actor Zach Braff, best known for fronting the TV sitcom Scrubs, released his debut feature film Garden State to critical acclaim. The film – co-starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, the late great Ian Holm, and many others – was praised for its smart script (penned by Braff), clever editing, endearing performances and an…
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It was only a few months ago that the great Antonio Sánchez sat at a complex drum kit set up in one corner of the stage at City Recital Hall. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s masterful 2014 hit, Birdman, screened to a sold-out crowd while Sánchez brought new meaning to the film with a live rendition of his…
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Here we go again! It’s been over 20 years since Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan first swapped bodies in 2003’s much loved remake Freaky Friday. You’d think by now lessons would have been learned, but it seems the universe has some unfinished business for the Academy Award winner and the Mean Girls alum if…
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From Apple Original Films and the filmmakers from Top Gun: Maverick comes the high-octane, action-packed feature film F1, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Kosinski, seven-time FORMULA 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Chad Oman. Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes…
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The Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF), a vital home for the championing of female filmmakers, has today unveiled its electrifying 2025 program, featuring an impressive lineup of over 40 world-class features, shorts, and special events. The ninth edition of the festival is set to disrupt, challenge, and inspire filmmaking in a showcase of the…
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The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has announced its full program for its 2025 event, with over 40 sessions, more than 115 speakers, and 90 industry decision makers taking place in-person at ACMI in Melbourne / Naarm, from 2nd to the 5th of March, 2025, with an online-only international marketplace between the 6th and 7th…
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The Alliance Française French Film Festival (AF FFF) has unveiled its 2025 programme of groundbreaking French cinema. Now in its 36th year, the largest celebration of French film outside France will arrive in Australia from 4 March – 27 April 2025. Festival-goers are invited to embark on a unique cultural journey, featuring captivating stories of…
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Fiyero, I don’t think we’re in Oz anymore. After making an entrance as the Winkie Prince in last year’s thrillifying Wicked, Jonathan Bailey is trading dancing (through life) for dinosaurs in the anticipated first trailer for the latest chapter in the Jurassic Park film series – Jurassic World Rebirth. As paleontologist Henry Loomis, alongside Scarlett…
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25 years ago, a rejected X-Files plot and a morbid sense of humour came together in the most glorious (and gory) fashion for Final Destination. At a time when the horror genre was heavily reliant on the slasher subsect, Final Destination dared to go beyond conventions, taking the pin-up cast of its contemporaries and offing…
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The night belongs to Sinners From the director of Creed and Black Panther, Ryan Coogler, comes a terrifying new vision of fear in Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan as a duo of twin bothers looking to leave their troubles behind, returning to their hometown, only to discover a greater evil awaits them. As the new…
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This morning, Danny & Michael Philippou, ONEFOUR, Damon Herriman, Kate Mulvany, Teresa Palmer, Jack Thompson, Matt Carroll, Academy Award winner Adam Elliott, Lee Tiger Halley, Bruna Papandrea, Anaconda, and more have been added to the star-studded AACTA Festival lineup – Australia’s largest celebration of film, television and screen content, running between February 5th and 9th, 2025.. This expanded…
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Look up… As the DCEU suits up for a brand new iteration under the guidance of director James Gunn, our first taste will fly into theatres from July 2025 in the form of Superman. Embodied by rising star David Corenswet, the Man of Steel will be reintroduced to fans and newcomers alike, and the first…
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Today, the AACTA Festival announced over twenty new sessions have been added to the 2025 program, which returns to the Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, from February 5 – 9 2025. Celebrated Australian music icon Paul Kelly will perform live at the festival alongside Meg Washington, Brendan Maclean, Beddy Rays and other special guests at the How to Make Gravy – Live…
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Today, the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the 87 feature films and six episodic projects selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, revealing a lineup full of bold independent storytelling. The Festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with all of the competition films…
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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has announced the nominees for the 2025 AACTA Awards, presented by Foxtel Group. Returning to the Gold Coast, the awards will celebrate the finest achievements in Australian film, television, documentary, and online content as part of the AACTA Festival, which will run for 5 days from…
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Two-time Academy Award winner Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, a woman whose inimitable approach to life and love redefined an entire film genre. Bridget Jones first blasted onto bookshelves in Helen Fielding’s literary phenomenon Bridget Jones’s Diary, which became a global bestseller and a blockbuster film….
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From the ICC to multiple UTS venues, the Palace, and beyond, the energy of Australia’s film industry was unmistakable at SXSW Sydney 2024’s Screen Festival. Here are some of our highlights from panels, interviews, and sessions featuring indie pioneers and industry giants alike. Creative folks talking candid shop What better way to open a festival…
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The cast of The Correspondent and other dignitaries were out in force for the opening night of the Adelaide Film Festival. The movie tells the gripping story of Peter Greste, a journalist who was sent to cover the riots in Egypt following the election in 2013, and was arrested and convicted of terrorism. Richard Roxburgh…
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2024’s Sony Catchlight Film Festival awards night was a vibrant celebration of filmmaking talent, held at Sydney’s iconic White Bay Power Station. Now in its fourth year, the festival recognises filmmakers from Australia and New Zealand who tell their stories using Sony cameras. The 2024 edition was nothing short of inspiring, with awards given across…
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New Line Cinema, the studio that brought you The Notebook, and the unhinged creators of Barbarian cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story… Written and directed by Drew Hancock, Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, and Rupert Friend, and, if this cryptic trailer is anything…
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Far from your average mother-daughter flick, Audrey is a twisted, razor sharp comedy both gloriously absurd and strangely relatable. Following its acclaimed US debut at Austin’s prestigious SXSW festival, where it impressed audiences with its acerbic humour and high-stakes deception, New Zealand’s funniest export leads the charge, alongside Australian screen veterans and emerging stars, proving…
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Packed full with Australian and Queensland premiere titles, including highly anticipated films out of the Cannes, Berlin and Toronto International Film Festivals, as well as two retrospective program stands, The New Farm Queer Film Festival returns with its biggest and best program yet, running from October 3rd to the 13th. Programmed by Sean Tayler and…
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