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First Nations Spotlight Shorts – 2026

In celebration of screening an incredible collection of some of our country’s most creative First Nations talent, both behind and in front of the camera.

Screening: Mon 26 Jan, 6.30pm | Runtime: 112 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult

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  • La Pa Legends: A First For Mardi Gras

    A short documentary on a powerful celebration of resilience, identity, and community as the La Pa Legends make history at the ‘Free To Be’ Mardi Gras parade in 2025.

    • Director: Jes John Laverack
    • Writer: Jes John Laverack
    • Producer: Jes John Laverack, Perle Divine Isimbi
    • Runtime: 10min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • Bringing His Spirit Home

    Peter’s great-uncle, an Aboriginal WWI soldier, is buried far away from his family and traditional lands. With a cultural belief that his ancestor’s spirit won’t be at rest until he returns home, Peter travels to France to visit his grave, performing a traditional ceremony to bring his spirit home.

    • Director: Dylan Nicholls
    • Writer:
    • Producer: Sophia Carolyn Wallace, Dylan Nicholls
    • Runtime: 14min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • Faceless

    An Indigenous man navigates three parallel realities; at once a rough-sleeper, an aspiring actor and the employee of a mining corporation. Can he find a place within Australian society or is he bound to remain an outsider in his own land?
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Fraser Pemberton, William Jaka
    • Writer: William Jaka, Fraser Pemberton, Chris C.F.
    • Producer: Chris C.F.
    • Runtime: 28min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • The Secret

    Alone and ashamed, a young woman grapples with the weight of her choice as she endures an abortion at home.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Lilla Berry
    • Writer: Lilla Berry
    • Producer: Piri Eddy
    • Runtime: 12min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • The Truth About The Telegraph

    Hailed as a triumph of technology that connected Australia to the world, the Overland Telegraph Line and the communities of settlers it introduced was a significant frontier in the colonisation of Australia. Directed by Kieran Mpetyane Satour, “The Truth About the Telegraph” delves into the disruptions caused by the Telegraph Line through the stories of Kaytetye and Warumungu peoples and their encounters with the stations as sites of an originary frontier violence. Placed in the heart of Central Australia, the film transports viewers beyond a colonial history determined by settlers and their exploitation through marking Country with wires and poles. It reveals a complex tapestry of testimony that unearths a narrative of cultural displacement, resilience, enduring connection to Country and survival in the face of rapid societal shifts.

    • Director: Kieran Mpetyane Satour
    • Writer:
    • Producer: Ramona Telecican, Jamie Lee Bolger, Maya Ghattas
    • Runtime: 18min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • Second Chance

    Taylor and Sarah haven’t seen each other in over two decades, and their initial awkwardness gives way to reminiscing about their shared past. As they reconnect, they uncover old feelings and unspoken truths.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Thibul Nettle
    • Writer: Thibul Nettle
    • Producer: Tim Harkness
    • Runtime: 18min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia

  • Catchin’ Mumoo

    When a Great White shark keeps taking a fisherman’s catch his seven year-old son takes it upon himself to row out to sea and catch it.
    NSW PREMIERE

    • Director: Dylan Tabiltja Coleman
    • Writer: Dylan Tabiltja Coleman
    • Producer: Gregory John Read
    • Runtime: 12min
    • Year: 2025
    • Country: Australia
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