Film
Iranian voices showcased at Persian Film Festival
The Persian Film Festival opening in Sydney this week aims to be a leader in shifting views and misconceptions in......
Queer Film Festivals reflect and represent diversity
As the 25th Melbourne Queer Film Festival comes to a close, Lana Woolf looks at the important role that Queer......
Iranian cinema takes on the big social issues
Iranian actress Baran Kosari is one of her country’s best known young actresses. She was active in the Green Movement......
OzAsia Festival Art Exhibition – ‘Placement Displacement Replacement’
Artists in Adelaide’s ‘OzAsia Festival’ are exploring issues about change in the new exhibition ‘Placement Displacement Replacement’. The exhibit includes......
Valerie Taylor campaigns for marine protection
Veteran underwater filmmaker, Valerie Taylor, was protesting on the steps of South Australia’s Parliament House against proposed changes to marine......
How a King’s Seal could change land rights in South Australia
In 1836 King William IV recognised the continued rights to land for Aboriginal people in South Australia’s founding document, the......
Low budget SA film renaissance may be snuffed out
South Australian-made films, ’52 Tuesdays’, ‘The Babadook’, and Cannes stand-out ‘Charlie’s Country’ are leading a renaissance of quality low-budget Australian......
Clearing the smoke cloud in Arnhem Land
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are nearly twice as likely as non-Indigenous people to be daily smokers, so it’s no......
Aim High in Creation
When Sydney film maker Anna Broinowski was faced with the prospect of coal seam gas being mined near her home,......
Aunty Doris Pilkington Garimara remembered through her stories
Australia has lost one of its most influential Aboriginal storytellers, with the recent passing of author Aunty Doris Pilkington Garimara.......