DUB is taking a break... See you in 2021!
Down Under Berlin Film Festival won't take place this year, but we are looking forward to being back in 2021 with the best of Australian and New Zealand films up our sleeves! (...)
Films and Series from Down Under at Berlinale 2020
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for film lovers around town: the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival – Berlinale – starts today, and films from Australia and New Z (...)
Season's Greetings & A Little Something Extra
‘Tis the season to be jolly – and to watch awesome Australian and New Zealand short films!
Merry everything and happy always - all of us at DUB headquarters wish you a joyful holiday season 201 (...)
Attending Filmmakers & Receptions 2019
Join Down Under Berlin 2019 for Q&As with attending film folk and some delicious treats at our Opening and Closing Night receptions!
In 2019, Down Under Berlin again welcomes several makers of (...)
Island of the Hungry Ghosts – Program Highlight 2019
Down Under Berlin is proud to present Gabrielle Brady’s extraordinary multi-award-winning documentary, Island of the Hungry Ghosts, in attendance of co-producer Julia Niethammer.
Premiering at th (...)
Shorts: Sunday Selection
Diverse directors | AUS & NZ | 2015-2017 | 64 min | English & German| Diverse PremieresIn this short film slot, Down Under Berlin serves its audience a fine selection of exquisite film nibbles. Bon appétit! AFTER LIFE Prisca Bouchet & Nick Mayow | NZ | 2016 | 16 min | German Premiere No Monsters in Berli (...)
The Marshes
Roger Scott | AUS | 2017 | Horror | 85 min | English | International PremiereDeep in a remote marshland three young biologists conduct research but when they encounter evil, science ends and survival begins. (...)
Stuffed
Warwick Young | AUS | 2013 | Comedy, drama | 22 min | English | German PremierePeter loves two things in life: stuffing animals, and his mother. When Ellen asks Peter to the dance he struggles to leave the comfort of home and his mum. (...)
Etch
Monique Terry | AUS | 2016 | 5 min | English | German PremiereCan others shape your identity? Can words carve at your soul? What marks are left behind when love ebbs and flows? (...)
Deep Water: The Real Story
Amanda Blue| AUS | 2016 | Documentary | 87 min | English | European PremiereUp to 80 murders, 30 unsolved cases, thousands of assaults. In the 1980s and 1990s, a murderous epidemic targeting gay men bloodied Sydney’s coastline. The film sheds new light on these hate crimes, and the institutional corrupt (...)
Stille Nacht
Matthew R. Young | AUS | 2018 | Drama | 13 min | English | European PremiereA widowed German-Australian mother finds answers to generational secrets as her gay daughter begins to face an unexpected pregnancy. Libby is a 20 something year old, modern day Australian girl grappling with guilt, regret and (...)
Shorts: Late Night Special
Diverse directors | AUS & NZ | 2015-2016 | 60 min | English | Diverse PremieresIn this short film slot, meat-eating monsters, long-lost lovers and a wannabe Tour de France winner inhabit the big screen. Feeder Christian Rivers | NZ | 2016 | 16 min | European Premiere The Dam Brendon McDonall | AUS | (...)
Am I Dancing
Jacqueline Hanlin | AUS | 2014 | Drama | 14:23 min | English | International Premiere26-year-old art school graduate Andie loses her job as a commercial photographer. It’s the starting point for a tragicomic odyssey from one narcissistic misfortune to the next: mishaps of Riesling, pet cannibalism, and run-ins w (...)
Twenty One Points
Pete Circuitt | NZ | 2018 | Comedy, Drama | 10 min | English | German PremiereMeet 35-year-old Alan who still lives with his mum, and his imaginary best friend Gary – a 6 foot robot who loves to smoke and swear. Twenty One Points is what it takes to win a game of table tennis. Alan has played most of h (...)
Battle of the Shorts: AUS vs. NZ - Round 2
Diverse directors | AUS & NZ | 2016-2017 | 90 min | English | Diverse PremieresIn this short film slot, Australian and New Zeland short films battle for pride and glory, and to win the audience's vote. Join the fun! Mute Adam Thorogood | NZ | 2018 | Drama, Coming-of-Age | 14 min | English, N (...)
After the Apology
Larissa Behrendt | AUS | 2017 | Documentary, Indigenous | 82 min | English | International PremiereFour Aboriginal grannies each face their own battle to challenge government policies to bring their grandkids home. Their grassroots actions spearhead a national conversation to curb the skyrocketing rates of child removal. [su (...)
Shadow
Sandra Fonseca | AUS | 2013 | Drama | 20 min | English | European PremiereA young woman pursues a relationship that provides no emotional fulfillment. She struggles to find out what she really wants and deserves in life and in love. (...)
Maybe Tomorrow
Caitlin Farrugia, Michael Jones | AUS | 2018 | Comedy, Drama | 79 min | English | European PremiereAfter the birth of their first child, Erin and Pat start work on their new film and in the process discover who they are as partners, parents and artists. Patrick is optimistic that filmmaking and parenthood are a good mix. But (...)
Eagle
Gus Berger | AUS | 2015 | Drama | 10 min | English | International PremiereAfter a death in the family, Coombra lost himself in a life of drugs and crime sinking deeper into despair, he finds support in an indigenous community program. (...)
Copycat from Ballarat
Stig Wemyss | AUS| 2016| Drama| 09:31 min | English| International PremiereOn the morning a gunman is sentenced to death for randomly killing people at his workplace. Tom, a young building worker from Ballarat, mirrors the attack, fuelled by a lifetime of abuse. (...)
Baby?
Mark Prebble | NZ | 2017 | Drama | 12 min | English | European PremiereIsabelle, determined not to spend her 65th birthday alone, invites herself into the home of her new neighbour, a struggling mum in the middle of a nervous breakdown. (...)
Shmeat
Matasila Freshwater | NZ | 2016 | Animation | 6 min | English | German PremiereIn a dystopic New Zealand, the struggle for food and resources takes a heavy toll on society. Peculiar scientist Lecta takes it upon herself to solve this crisis. But for this, she needs human flesh… (...)
The Blue Ducks
Ellen Richardson | AUS | 2016 | Drama | 11 min | English | German PremiereTeenager Mallory must humiliate her younger sister in order to not lose face in front of her clique. (...)
I Am Emmanuel
Genevieve Clay-Smith | AUS | 2013 | Drama | 20 min | English | German Premiere21-year-old Sudanese refugee Emmanuel seeks a future in Australia that is not determined by his past. Where words are not available, emotions erupt into movement. (...)
New Talents Showcase: Becoming Whole
Diverse directors | AUS | 2013 | 55 min | English | Diverse PremieresIn this short film slot, Down Under Berlin serves its audience a fine selection of exquisite film nibbles. Bon appétit! Biting Down Kate Cornish | AUS | 2013 | Drama | 7:38 min | English | German Premiere Nowhere Carolina (...)
