Intermittently filmed on the same farm over a period of 18 months, Giants plays out amongst the changing landscape of the worst drought in Australia’s history.
NSW PREMIERE
Jamie is a 20 something year old non-binary person living in Melbourne. They’re whip-smart, creative and have an encyclopaedic knowledge of cinema and pop culture. They’re also single, bored and perpetually horny.
Seven years after deployment, Corporal Kath Davison must face the ghosts of Afghanistan when an exhausted, young, asylum-seeker turns up on her parent’s doorstep.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
When a stranger arrives at an isolated farmhouse in the middle of the night, the farmer’s anxious wife is convinced he is a murderer. In the light of day, she is forced to confront her prejudices.
Goose is a 16-year-old ‘charger’ – a girl whose body produces massive amounts of electricity due to nuclear side-effects – who must fight for her freedom from her overprotective sister, as well as from violent raiders hunting her with the aim of harvesting her energy.
When a burnt-out mum takes the plunge to return to work, she must prove to a mysterious interview panel she’s up to the job.
WORLD PREMIERE
Sheona McDonald’s documentary captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexities of gender identity together.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
She finds letters full of love her dad wrote her 15 years ago. Now she fights to get that love back.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Cole, an anxiety riddled designer by day, aspiring comic book artist by night comes face to face with the manifestation of his Anxiety in the form of an overbearing character wearing a fur coat that can only be seen and heard by Cole, making the simplest tasks in life incredibly difficult. Cole must learn to reason and negotiate with his anxiety, if he’s to live any version of a ‘normal’ life.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
An outcast teenager attends his first roller disco and is quickly targeted by the local bullies. Little do they know Kal has his own agenda and they are on the menu.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE