In 2008, raw, observational documentary The Oasis spotlighted the lives of a group of vulnerable teens living in a Sydney youth refuge – starting a nationwide conversation around youth homelessness. There were televised forums and nationwide media coverage, with the film distributed to every high school in Australia. Then prime minister Kevin Rudd pledged to …
Nine female filmmakers come together to produce eight short films, forming together to tell the life story of Pacific Islander woman, Vai. Although the nine filmmakers come from a diverse array of islands, the name of their protagonist has a common meaning – water. As we pass through the day, Vai is seven years old …
Artist and activist, internationally acclaimed Australian icon George Gittoes has embedded himself in almost all conflict zone hotspots since Vietnam, creating artworks that reveal the horror and complexity of war. Gittoes chose his most unlikely warzone yet for White Light – the streets and corners of Southside Chicago. The largely black population give it the …
“Maternal longing is a key theme in director Kim Farrant’s psychological thriller…which takes what could have been a simple stalker movie premise and fills it out with an intense array of emotions.” -The Guardian. Set against a moody Melbourne backdrop, Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) plays Lizzie, a grieving mother trying to …
Nominee · Documentary Foundation Australia Award. Four years after controversial, temporarily-banned film, Gayby Baby (SWIFF’16), Maya Newell crafts another powerful portrait of Australian youth, this time focusing her lens on the world of Northern Territory’s Indigenous children. “I was born a little Aboriginal kid,” explains Dujuan. “That means I had a memory – a memory …