Australian film – HadNews.com

Kangaroo Island is a quietly powerful Australian debut that explores family, grief and belonging

Back to Back Theatre tackles an epic Shakespearian conflict – set in a factory, with cardboard props

new Aussie film The Surfer, starring Nicolas Cage, is an absolute blast

first animated film by an Indigenous woman explores heritage and identity through a thylacine

new Australian prison film Inside is an astonishing debut

Aussie film Take My Hand is a sweet love story – but it misses the mark in depicting chronic illness

Nugget Is Dead brings queer love, multiculturalism and Aussie flair to the Christmas movie formula

A sister’s last hope to save her brother from addiction – David Vincent Smith’s He Ain’t Heavy is a triumphant debut

Adam Elliot’s Memoir of A Snail is a stop motion triumph

Peter Weir’s The Cars That Ate Paris – a driving force in Ozploitation filmmaking

Runt is a gentle, beautifully shot, and warmly humorous small town Australian story

The documentary Killjoy captures the personal and the political of family violence and gender activism