News & Events
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Festival wrap up 2018
Well, those few days from 19-23 September 2018 were an absolute whirlwind of film from down under! As the festival wraps up for 2018, we bring you all the important information about the festival week, the winners, news on ou (...)
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2018 winners announced!
Down Under Berlin 2018 has come to a close and here are all your winning films! Voted by our audience, 5 films have won prizes from our award sponsors. Read about who won which prize......did you cast your vote?
Congratulations (...)
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DUB 2018 - Staff Pics!
The Down Under Berlin 2018 Staff Picks list is released! Get the insights into the films our team liked the best, and why.
Learn a bit more about a few of our favourite films from this year, and how they hit a chord with us. (...)
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Closing night 2018 - Hotel Coolgardie
For our closing night, we are proud to screen Hotel Coolgardie - a documentary that represents another side of Australian culture that most people won’t experience. Described as both shocking and jaw-dropping, you’ll need t (...)
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Expat Filmmakers In Berlin - James Watkins
Our next Expat Filmmaker in Berlin heralds from the Australian surf scene and now runs his own music production company, helping filmmakers score their films with his music licensing platform startup called gnarles, based in B (...)
Program & Films 2018
Find out more about this year's festival program 2018 or click below for some samples.
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The Pretend One
Tony Prescott | AUS | 2017 | Drama, Comedy | 86 min | English | European Premiere
When young female farmer Charlie who lives alone with her father in the Australian outback begins to fall for Guy, a TV producer from the city, her imaginary friend Hugo realises he’s in love with Charlie. Unable to face losing (...) -
Welcome Home Allen
Andrew Kavanagh | AUS | 2016 | Action, Drama | 11 min | no dialogue | German Premiere
Four soldiers return to a home they don’t recognise and that doesn’t recognise them. (...) -
Kill Off
Genevieve Clay-Smith | AUS | 2017 | Drama, Comedy | 16 min | English | German Premiere
A woman with an intellectual disability forms an unlikely friendship with a Sudanese refugee through their mutual love of the street dance, Krump. (...) -
Waiting
Amberley Jo Aumua | NZ | 2017 | Drama, Coming-of-Age | 13 min | English | German Premiere
Starsky has never met his father. So when he receives a letter from him that he wants to talk, he skips school with his best friend Kenny to wait at the payphone outside the local shop. (...) -
Sweet Country
Warwick Thornton | AUS | 2017 | Western, Drama, Crime | 113 min | English | Berlin Premiere
Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia’s Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighbouring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry r (...) -
Adele
Mirene Igwabi | AUS | 2016 | Drama | 15 min | English | German Premiere
In the face of an African family tradition imposed on her in Australia, fourteen-year-old Adele is torn between high school and home where she is a wife from an arranged marriage and a mother-to-be. (...) -
Skin
Emma Blakey, Jason Lance David | AUS | 2017 | Drama, Fantasy | 17 min | English | German Premiere
When a lonely fisherman takes in a Selkie woman who is unable to return to sea, an unsustainable love forms with devastating repercussions. (...) -
Fifty-Two
Brodie Stephenson | AUS | 2017 | Stop-Motion, Sci-Fi | 9 min | no dialogue | German Premiere
An employee by a decade long work placement contract grows tired of the isolation in his underground station and attempts to find his freedom. (...) -
I Will Not Write Unless I Am Swaddled in Furs
Wade Shotter | NZ | 2017 | Drama, Comedy | 6 min | English | German Premiere
A fussy writer prepares to conceive a great work of art, but his list of preparations grows longer and more specific, revealing his love and obsession with writing. (...) -
Library of Love
Miranda Edmonds, Khrob Edmonds | AUS | 2017 | Musical, Romance, Comedy| 12 min | English | German Premiere
Isabelle is a hopeless romantic who spends her days as a librarian reading too many romance novels and dreaming of true love. Can she pull her nose out of the books long enough to write her own love story? (...) -
Mother
David Rusanow | AUS | 2017 | Drama, Dark Comedy | 13 min | English | European Premiere
A suburban housewife finds a used condom while vacuuming her house. It could only have come from one of two people, her fifteen-year-old daughter or her husband. (...) -
Waru
Briar Grace-Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Renae Maihi, Chelsea Cohen, Paula Jones, Awanui Simich-Pene | NZ | 2017 | Drama | 88 min | English, Māori | German Premiere
Following the death of a child at the hands of his caregiver, eight Māori women are confronted by guilt, shame, pride and defeat but will ultimately risk everything for the greater good of their community… (...) -
After the Apology
Larissa Behrendt | AUS | 2017 | Documentary, Indigenous | 82 min | English | International Premiere
Four 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. (...) -
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Claudia Holmes | AUS | 2016 | Drama | 12 min | English | International Premiere
Ellie is an insecure teenage girl who takes all her frustration out on her sweet and neglected mother, Sarah. Desperate to feel beautiful and loved Ellie enters a beauty pageant at the local RSL but by the end of the night Ellie r (...) -
Kiwi Shorts
Diverse directors | NZ | 2014; 2017-2018 | 78 min | English, Māori| Diverse Premieres
What combines Berlin street vibe, cow farmers, a struggling teenager and a longing-for-sex couple? Our "Kiwi Shorts" at Down Under Berlin 2018! Darksong Arthur Gay | NZ | 2018 | Music Video | 8 min | English (...) -
Lemons
Eloise Walker | AUS | 2017 | Drama, Comedy | 13 min | English | World Premiere
A hollow young woman shares a final joke with her dead mother. (...) -
Aussie Shorts #2
Diverse directors | AUS | 2016-2017 | 82 min | English | Diverse Premieres
When pigeon breeders meet a dog hitman, destinies collide, and one man makes the most important call of his life - it's time for Aussie Shorts #2! They Come Home Rowena Potts | AUS | 2017 | Documentary | 21 min | E (...) -
Battle of the Shorts: AUS vs. NZ - Round 1
Diverse directors | AUS & NZ | 2016-2017 | 87 min | English | Diverse Premieres
In this short film slot, Australian and New Zealand short films battle for pride and glory, and to win the audience's vote. Join the fun and vote for your favorite film! Winner Winner Chicken Dinner Claudia Holme (...) -
The Bookshop
Ashley Pollard | AUS | 2018 | Romance, Comedy | 9 min | English | World Premiere
A desperate writer tries to woo a publisher into taking on his manuscript. But has his arrogance, and stupidity, got in the way of something more real than a book deal? (...) -
Darksong
Arthur Gay | NZ | 2018 | Music Video | 8 min | English
A music video exploring the dualities and ambiguities of the ego and a journey to confront them. (...)
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