News & Events
Follow our News & Events page to keep updated about Down Under Berlin and trends and talents in Australian and New Zealand film.
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Berlinale 2019 celebrates New Zealand and Australia!
With an impressive list of Australian and New Zealand films at the Berlinale 2019, DUB will be there to cheer them on!
As per usual, the Berlinale Film Festival has been drip-feeding information to the public about their 2019 (...)
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Film Schools in Berlin
Want to learn filmmaking in Berlin? Guest DUB blogger Georgina Titheridge gets her hands dirty researching the best film schools in Berlin.
For all of you who came to this year’s Down Under Festival, and as Winter set in, (...)
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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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Past Festival Films
Find out more what we had in store over the past years in our Films A-Z or click below for some samples.
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True Colours
David Valent | AUS | 2015| Drama | 10:17 min | English | German Premiere
An increasingly desolate teenage schoolboy creates a coded language using paint colour sample cards to express his secret desires and feelings for the object of his affection. (...) -
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. (...) -
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 (...) -
Like Breathing
Liz Cooper | AUS | 2013| Drama, romance | 13 min | English | European Premiere
Working in her father’s mechanic shop, Max surpresses her true colours. When a young woman comes in with car trouble, attraction is instant and Max surrenders. (...) -
The Battle of the Shorts: AUS vs. NZ - Round 2
Diverse directors | AUS & NZ | 2015-2017 | 76 min | English & Samoan | Diverse Premieres
In this short film slot, Australian and New Zeland short films battle for pride and glory - and a one-year premium membership sponsored by film community platform FilmUp! The Fox Louise Turley | AUS | 2016 | 11 min | Europea (...) -
The Dark Horse
James Napier Robertson | NZ | 2014 | Drama, biography | 124 min | English | Berlin Premiere
Based on a true story, this festival hit follows Genesis Potini, a once heralded chess champion. Just released from psychiatric care he finds little support from his family who runs the local gang business. Genesis takes on a se (...) -
Black Divaz
Adrian Russell Wills | AUS | 2018 | LGBTQI, Indigenous | 60 min | English | German Premiere
Following the inaugural Miss First Nation pageant where six Aboriginal drag queens from around Australia battle it out over five days for the coveted crown, Black Divaz goes beyond the glitz, glue guns and glamour of black drag to (...) -
Shmeat
Matasila Freshwater | NZ | 2016 | Animation | 6 min | English | German Premiere
In 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… (...) -
Knock
Thomas Pollard & Nathan Smith | AUS | 2013 | Drama, thriller | 6 min | English | German Premiere
The last man on Earth sits alone in a room as three boys spend a sleep over telling each other scary stories. A dance film with a special twist. (...) -
Kill Your Sons
Amaan Hassen | AUS | 2013 | Drama | 19:43 min | English | International Premiere
Three young men attack a couple at a train underpass. Only upon reflection of this horrific act one of them realises that his actions will determine his future. (...) -
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 (...) -
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 (...) -
Lost Property Office
Daniel Agdag | AUS | 2017 | Stop-Motion | 10 min | English | German Premiere
Edward, a meticulous and thorough custodian of a large city transit’s Lost Property Office, is as lost as the items he is tasked to look after. Alone, in the basement office, he is kept company by a tiny toy robot and an old gra (...) -
Guerilla Bay
Hannah Dougherty | AUS | 2017 | Thriller, Horror | 8 min | no dialogue | World Premiere
A young woman searches for an escape from her everyday life in a holiday home on the South Coast of Australia but finds herself followed by a sinister figure. (...) -
Foal
Vanessa Gazy | AUS| 2015| Drama | 24:02 min | English| German Premiere
Rural Australia, 1915: Aurora is pregnant from her young lover, Joe. As she braces for the imminent return of her older husband, her daughter Annie struggles to make sense of the adult world. (...) -
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 (...) -
AFTER LIFE
Prisca Bouchet & Nick Mayow | NZ | 2016 | Documentary | 16 min | English | German Premiere
A rare glimpse inside the world of a New Zealand funeral home, its staff, and the delicate ritual of preparing the deceased for their final journey. (...) -
The Lake
Michael Gupta | AUS | 2016 | Drama | 10 min | English | German Premiere
Luke is learning to swim in the lake, but his older brother won’t let him face this challenge alone. (...) -
Bad Dog
Gabby Hanrahan | AUS | 2017 | Animation, Action, Drama | 3 min | no dialogue | International Premiere
K is a hitman in a dog eat dog world who has one target he can’t bring himself to hit. (...) -
Horrie
Lucas Li | AUS | 2013 | Documentary | 9:30 min | English | European Premiere
From stray pup to war hero to quarantine hazard, Horrie is the amazing true story of Australia’s most beloved war dog and his human companion, Private Jim Moody. (...)