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A brutal sport: para ice hockey stars are Hard as Puck

A brutal sport: para ice hockey stars are Hard as Puck

It's hard to imagine a sport more brutal than para ice hockey. A documentary follows the struggles of West Australia's only team, the Garden Island Pirates.

Indie Birthday Trip flick finds own way to the cinema

Indie Birthday Trip flick finds own way to the cinema

Indie Birthday Trip flick finds own way to the cinema

Indie Birthday Trip flick finds own way to the cinema

When satirical feature The Birthday Trip was left out of major film festivals, its makers decided they could get it onto the big screen themselves.

Film shines light on systemic silencing by the law

Film shines light on systemic silencing by the law

Film shines light on systemic silencing by the law

Film shines light on systemic silencing by the law

Brittany Higgins reveals the toll of disclosing her rape allegations in a powerful Australian documentary charting how the law can be used to silence women.

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Hollywood stars oppose Paramount-Warner Bros merger

Hollywood stars oppose Paramount-Warner Bros merger

The proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery has prompted more than 1000 film and television figures to oppose it.

Charli XCX, Summersault to star at Sydney Film Festival

Charli XCX, Summersault to star at Sydney Film Festival

After carving out a stellar music career, singer Charli XCX is among the headline names attached to the 73rd Sydney Film Festival.

Rose Byrne, Jacob Elordi miss out on Oscar glory

Rose Byrne, Jacob Elordi miss out on Oscar glory

Five Australians including actress Rose Byrne have lost one battle after another at the 98th Academy Awards, leaving the Oscars empty-handed.

Sinners wins at Actor awards, setting up Oscar showdown

Sinners wins at Actor awards, setting up Oscar showdown

Michael B Jordan's win for his performance in Ryan Coogler's Sinners was one of several surprises at the annual Actor awards in Los Angeles.

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At Tropfest's welcome return, this film is the hottest

At Tropfest's welcome return, this film is the hottest

At Tropfest's welcome return, this film is the hottest

At Tropfest's welcome return, this film is the hottest

Tropfest is back, providing a pipeline for emerging filmmakers, with Wuthering Heights star Margot Robbie serving as jury president.

Horror film and a war series dominate AACTA Awards

Horror film and a war series dominate AACTA Awards

Horror film and a war series dominate AACTA Awards

Horror film and a war series dominate AACTA Awards

Horror flick Bring Her Back and streaming series The Narrow Road to the Deep North have dominated the AACTA Awards, Australia's answer to the Oscars.

Supernatural horror flick wins big at screen awards

Supernatural horror flick wins big at screen awards

Supernatural horror flick wins big at screen awards

Supernatural horror flick wins big at screen awards

Horror film Bring Her Back has won 10 gongs at the 2026 AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast, while The Narrow Road to the Deep North has won nine awards.

'Once in a lifetime': small Aussie studio in Oscar hope

'Once in a lifetime': small Aussie studio in Oscar hope

'Once in a lifetime': small Aussie studio in Oscar hope

'Once in a lifetime': small Aussie studio in Oscar hope

For one Adelaide-based studio, the chance to claim best visual effects for the Oscars' most-nominated film only comes around once in a lifetime.

Human-powered dancefloor 'not your average boogie'

Human-powered dancefloor 'not your average boogie'

Human-powered dancefloor 'not your average boogie'

Human-powered dancefloor 'not your average boogie'

A fringe festival in its 43rd year has officially kicked off, with a unique dancefloor and a musical poking fun at colonial explorers among its offerings.

Timely Tropfest return like sands through the hourglass

Timely Tropfest return like sands through the hourglass

Timely Tropfest return like sands through the hourglass

Timely Tropfest return like sands through the hourglass

Short film festival Tropfest, which last screened in 2019, is making a return and budding filmmakers just need $20 and a phone to enter.

Australians 'waking up' to the breadth of Indian cinema

Australians 'waking up' to the breadth of Indian cinema

Australians 'waking up' to the breadth of Indian cinema

Australians 'waking up' to the breadth of Indian cinema

Indian films are becoming increasingly popular with Australian audiences as the south Asian diaspora continues to grow.

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Film follows fight to heal Country from poison legacy

The film Yurlu/Country explores the impact of asbestos mining on a community that has spent decades fighting to heal their homelands.

Iranian thriller wins Cannes' top prize

An Iranian thriller about a group of former prisoners who abduct the guard they believe tortured them in captivity has won the coveted Palme d'Or in Cannes.

Arson suspected as power outage hits Cannes festival

The grand close of the Cannes Film Festival will go ahead as planned despite a brief outage that shut down power and disrupted traffic in southeastern France.

Assange open to political action as Cannes hosts doco

Julian Assange has appeared at Cannes alongside wife Stella, who says the WikiLeaks founder is concerned about the world and considering what action to take.

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Cannes to open with Ukraine salute and De Niro honour

The Cannes Film Festival is about to make its 2025 premiere, with Robert De Niro to receive an honorary Palme d’Or and Ukraine to get a three-film tribute.

Doco dives deep into the world's most dangerous caves

Documentary maker Nays Baghai learnt cave diving so he could film pioneer diver Jill Heinerth in some of the world's deepest cave systems.

Fresh injection to get film fests buzzing from day one

Rolling out the red carpet and putting up the best cultural films up in lights will be made a little easier under a new program.

'My heart is broken': Nicole Kidman's mother dies

Nicole Kidman has won the award for best actress at the Venice International Film Festival for her role in Babygirl.

Venice Film Festival welcomes Pitt and Clooney

George Clooney and Brad Pitt have hit the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival for the world premiere of their action thriller Wolfs.

Champion racehorse Winx immortalised in new documentary

A new film, A Horse Named Winx, has premiered in Sydney, with generations to come to learn about the champion mare and her historic winning streak.

SXSW descends on Sydney, but will the city get it?

SXSW Sydney is kicking off, and organisers say punters will need to learn how the music-screen-tech conference/festival works.

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