News & Events
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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. (...)
Program & Films 2018
Find out more about this year's festival program 2018 or click below for some samples.
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The Blue Ducks
Ellen Richardson | AUS | 2016 | Drama | 11 min | English | German Premiere
Teenager Mallory must humiliate her younger sister in order to not lose face in front of her clique. (...) -
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 (...) -
And Though The Music Ended, We Danced On Through The Night
Nick Pollack | AUS | 2017 | Drama | 29 min | English | German Premiere
The lives of three disparate people - a grieving mother, a man with early stage Alzheimer's and a lonely nurse - intersect through one tragic moment. (...) -
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 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 (...) -
Mute
Adam Thorogood | NZ | 2018 | Drama, Coming-of-Age | 14 min | English, NZ sign language | European Premiere
Mila is a mute teenage girl struggling to fit in. Her criminal father uses her to mule cocaine to rich suburbanites in Auckland, New Zealand. After things begin to go awry, she must decide whether it is all worth it. (...) -
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. (...) -
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. (...) -
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. (...) -
Terror Nullius
Soda_Jerk | AUS | 2018 | Political Satire | 55 min | English
This revenge fable offers an un-writing of Australian national mythology. As a radical critique of Australian masculinity, refugee policy and the treatment of Indigenous Australians it works entirely within and against the officia (...) -
Battle of the Shorts: AUS vs. NZ - Round 2
Diverse directors | AUS & NZ | 2016-2017 | 90 min | English | Diverse Premieres
In 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 (...) -
Motel
Lauren Porteous | NZ | 2017 | Drama | 15 min | English | European Premiere
A lonely rural motelier befriends one of her guests. For one night, the lives of someone who can't move, and another who can't stop, intersect. (...) -
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… (...) -
Fire in Cardboard City
Phil Brough | NZ | 2017 | Stop-Motion, Comedy | 9 min | English
When a city made entirely from cardboard catches fire it is up to the local fire chief and his brave deputies to save Cardboard City and its citizens from impending doom. (...) -
Tasty
Meaghan Palmer | AUS | 2017 | Drama | 15 min | English | German Premiere
Newbie queer teen, Ben, gets caught up in a police drug-raid during his first outing to gay nightclub in 1994. Inspired by a true event. (...) -
Your Call Is Important to Us
TJ Power | AUS | 2017 | Comedy | 14 min | English | German Premiere
This short comedy confirms our fears about what really goes on at call-centers when we’re asked, 'Please hold?' We peek behind the scenes of one particularly specialized call-centre on that fateful day when big-shot CEO, Simon, (...) -
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Andrew Kotatko | AUS | 2016 | Psychological Drama | 20 min | English | Berlin Premiere
A married couple is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone call. Unable to sleep, they are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and desires. (...) -
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? (...) -
Laundry
Becs Arahanga | NZ | 2017 | Comedy | 11 min | English
When a happily married woman struggles to find intimacy due to the demands of raising a family, orgasmic pleasure is found in the most unlikely of places. (...) -
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 (...)
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