8th Down Under Berlin | 19-23 September 2018
News & Events
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Expat filmmakers in Berlin - Ivan Malekin
By Charmaine Gorman - Next up in our expat filmmakers in Berlin series, we talk with Australian filmmaker Ivan Malekin about his experience filming a completely improvised film in Berlin, as well as other worldwide locations.
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Expat filmmakers in Berlin - Jasper Marlow
By Charmaine Gorman - The first of our next interview series about Australian and New Zealand filmmakers in Berlin, we talk to Australian screenwriter, Jasper Marlow, who tells us how he ended up writing for a Berlin web series.
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DUB 2018 call for entries has begun!
Attention filmmakers! It’s that time of year again and if you haven’t heard through the grapevine yet, Down Under Berlin has opened for submissions for the festival 2018.
Why enter? Because we are the leading Australian and (...)
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AUS and NZ films at Berlinale 2018
Guest blogger and DUB volunteer, Rosie Condon gives us all the Berlinale's secrets from Down Under. Here is a rundown of all the Australian and New Zealand films screening at the Berlinale this year.
There are some VERY excit (...)
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Female Filmmakers in New Zealand
Guest blogger Georgia Gilson looks into the women working in the New Zealand film industry, and chats to one of our 2017 short filmmakers.
“Excuse me gentlemen, but the guys seem to eat all the cake,†said renowned New Ze (...)
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Program & Films 2017
Find out which film program we had in store at last year's festival 2017 or click below for some samples.
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Walter
Dave Wade | AUS | 2017 | Comedy | 10 min | English | International Premiere
1969. While travelling through an outback town, two peace-loving hippies accidentally run over a small dog belonging to a family of proud war veterans. (...) -
Hounds of Love
Ben Young | AUS | 2016 | Thriller | 108 min | English
Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors, she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive. “Snowtown meets (...) -
I Am Heath Ledger
Adrian Buitenhuis & Derik Murray | AUS | 2017 | Documentary | 91 min | English | European Premiere
This intimate documentary celebrates the life of Heath Ledger: actor, artist and icon. Through the lens of Heath’s camera, as he films and often performs in his own personal journey, we are taken along for the ride. His creative (...) -
The Dam
Brendon McDonall | AUS | 2016 | Drama | 16 min | English | German Premiere
A lifelong friendship is under siege when two mature men visit the monolithic dam that defined their young lives, and are confronted by feelings that cannot be contained any longer. (...) -
Pecking Order
Slavko Martinov | NZ | 2017 | Documentary | 88 min | English | German Premiere
Join members of the Christchurch Poultry, Bantam and Pigeon Club in the lead up to the New Zealand National Show, as they battle history (and each other) in their quest for glory. Audiences will be introduced to an endearing and e (...) -
Spookers
Florian Habicht | AUS+NZ | 2017 | Documentary | 83 min | English | German Premiere
On the grounds of a former psychiatric hospital, a close-knit community of horror performers transform their lives at the most successful haunted attraction in the Southern Hemisphere. In this family, scaring is caring. “… (...) -
Venice
Venetia Taylor | AUS | 2015 | Comedy | 4 min | English
Josh is in Venice, Mum is in Sydney. Josh doesn't understand backpacking, Mum doesn't understand Skype. (...) -
Liz Drives
Mia'kate Russell | AUS | 2017 | Thriller | 11 min | English | European Premiere
For estranged sisters Liz and Ellie being a family has never been easy – but there are some horrors you create yourself. (...) -
Spring Jam
Ned Wenlock | NZ | 2016 | Animation | 6 min | English | German Premiere
Some stags get all the birds. But not Lone Stag. He lacks a certain something: antlers. And without them he has little chance of getting any birds to help him make music for the spring jam. (...) -
Maria
Jeremiah Tauamiti | NZ | 2016 | Drama | 15 min | English & Samoan | German Premiere
An ailing Polynesian matriarch must find the strength to lead her family one last time. (...)