BEYOND THE BREAK Australia In 2001, at the peak of his bodyboarding career, Joel Taylor was paralysed in a surf accident at Pipeline, Hawaii. For 20 years, he stayed out of the water, struggling with the loss of his identity. The birth of his son reignited his connection to the ocean and led him into…
THAT HALF BARBARIC TWANG Australia UPCOMING SCREENINGs Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Saturday 11 July, click here for tix. The Joker, the Space Cowboy and the Rock Man What do you get when you cross two of Australia’s most recognised television actors with a musical wizard? A troubadour trio of conscientious ‘vagabonds’ – 160 years between…
YESTERDAY ISLAND Australia UPCOMING SCREENINGs Sydney Film Festival Sunday 6 June and Tuesday 8 June, click here for tix. A midnight phone call from a friend asking for a favour leads a failed writer to be trapped on a surreal subantarctic island, with darkly comedic consequences. When failed novelist Amos (Ivan Aristeguieta) agrees to mind…
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER US UPCOMING SCREENINGs TBA IN CINEMAS COMING SOON Brought up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, Lidia Yuknavitch seemed destined for self-destruction and failure until words offered her unexpected freedom in the form of literature. The Chronology of Water, adapted from Yuknavitch’s autobiographical bestseller, follows Lidia’s journey to…
BODY BLOW Australia UPCOMING SCREENINGs 10 June Event Cinemas George St (Sydney Film Festival), tix here 13 June Dendy Newtown (Sydney Film Festival), tix here IN CINEMAS COMING SOON Disgraced cop Aiden is thrust into Sydney’s neon-soaked gay district, where a chance encounter with Cody—a seductive bartender and sex worker—sparks a dangerous spiral. Blackmailed into…
SUKUNDIMI WALKS BEFORE ME Australia / New Zealand UPCOMING SCREENINGs 11 June Event Cinemas George St (Sydney Film Festival), tix here 13 June Dendy Newtown (Sydney Film Festival), tix here IN CINEMAS COMING SOON The Sepik River is the mother line for Papua New Guinea communities. Winding through mountains and rainforests, she is the crucial…
ALPHABET LANE Australia Q&A CINEMA SCREENINGs 11 + 12 JUNE Cooma Little Theatre (NSW) + Q&A, tix here Join us for a special post-screening Q&A featuring Writer-Director James Litchfield. 14 JUNE Headland Theatre at Tathra Hotel (NSW) + Q&A, tix here Join us for a special post-screening Q&A featuring Writer-Director James Litchfield and Producer Lucinda…
PELVERATA Australia Available on Digital Now Click here to find out where https://youtu.be/n-FQBc6AL1E?si=FTZETu_HXJKDiyEI In Tasmania’s wilds, engineers Misha & Myaree face eerie disturbances, unravelingtheir mission. Misha’s mind frays; Myaree hears ancestral echoes of a brutal past. Reality & supernatural blur, threatening survival in a land where history’s scars whisper. Writer/Director/Producer Mark Lipkin CAST…
IMAGINE Australia SCREENINGS Saturday May 30, Sunday May 31, Monday June 1 at Dendy Canberra, tix here. Transported to a vibrant, ever-changing universe, a teen embarks on a fantastic journey to uncover the secrets of her past and find her rite relationship to a world more interconnected than she ever imagined. Directed by Tyson Yunkaporta…
SAHELA Australia Sahela captures the poignant journey of Vir Oza and Nitya Behl, a young married couple residing in the suburb of Parramatta in Western Sydney. Struggling beneath the weight of Indian familial expectations and its ingrained gender norms, Vir and Nitya’s paths intersect at a critical breaking point, propelling Vir to disclose his true…
BRANDO WITH A GLASS EYE Australia/Greece A young method actor works as a mechanic in Athens, where he gets away with a heist that goes wrong. He befriends the critically injured victim, as he tries to reconcile his guilt before he leaves for his one shot audition in New York City. “Απίστευτη ταινία. Μπράβο Νιάρρο.”…