Former refugee Hakeem al-Araibi hopes a new documentary about his jailing can protect him from the Bahraini government.
From Blanchett as a renegade nun to Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny,the festival that starts this week has plenty of highlights.
Elwin Bell says the travelling carnival business is good again – cash preferred – after fires,floods and the pandemic.
She grew up on the sets of her mother Jane Campion’s films,before falling into a successful acting career. Now she has her debut feature Bad Behaviour premiering at the Sydney Film Festival.
The flashbulbs,celebrities and red-carpet mayhem at the Cannes Film Festival is a universe away from Aswan Reid’s outback life in Alice Springs.
In 1993,‘The Piano’ became the first Australian film to win the Palme d’Or while New Zealand-born Jane Campion became the first woman director to win the prize.
The life and times of the late,great music industry figure Michael Gudinski will be celebrated in a documentary that will be unveiled at MIFF in August.
“It’s a strange,funny time where everybody would love to be able to be themselves,but they can’t,” Depp told reporters in Cannes.
The rousing reception granted to Johnny Depp at Cannes is just the latest instance of a man being welcomed with open arms after being accused of behaving badly.
Legions of French Depp fans surged around the barriers set up at the cinemas at the film festival’s opening night,where the star signed autographs and posed for selfies.
Cerise Howard has a strong vision for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival,starting with more festivity – and asking some vital questions.