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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DUB board members: from Australia to Berlin and back.
The Down Under Berlin board members are going through a little change, so we thought it a good idea to keep you informed at what they are up to.
Since its inception in 2011, the Down Under Berlin film festival has had three boa (...)
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Submissions are OPEN!
Down Under Berlin's Call For Entries for the 2019 festival is open!
It's true, the moment you've all been waiting for! (well, waiting since the end of the last festival at least!) Submissions are open for this year's festival. (...)
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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 (...)
Videos & Photos
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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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Clan
Larissa Behrendt | AUS | 2013 | Drama, Indigenous | 7 min | English | German Premiere
Despite all naysayers, James Saunders joined Sydney's Convicts Rugby Club and has become a role model not just for young gay Aboriginal people. (...) -
Home
Charles Williams| AUS| 2015| Drama | 03:45 min | English| German Premiere
Home is missing planes and sinking boats; a eulogy for all those, whose bones only made it as far as the arms of mother ocean. (...) -
Hip Hop-eration
Bryn Evans | NZ | 2014 | Documentary | 93 min | English with German subtitles | German Premiere
Who said your grandmother couldn't be a hip hop star? Join Kara, Maynie, and Terri – all in their mid 90s - from a small town in New Zealand. On their journey to the World Hip Hop Dance Championships in Las Vegas. Along with t (...) -
Barbecue
Matthew Salleh | AUS | 2017 | Documentary | 101 min | Diverse w. Engl. subtl. | European Premiere
Barbecue is about more than grilling a piece of meat. From South Africa to Sweden, people light the coals, gather, and tell their story. From the Syrian border to an outback Australian town, intimate portraits of those who stoke t (...) -
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 (...) -
Mrs McCutcheon
John Sheedy | AUS | 2017 | Drama, Comedy, Romance | 16 min | English | Berlin Premiere
Having always felt he was born in the wrong body and now at his third school, 10-year-old Tom is having trouble settling in and finding acceptance from his newfound peers - but a school dance is about to revolutionize it all. (...) -
Am I Dancing
Jacqueline Hanlin | AUS | 2014 | Drama | 14:23 min | English | International Premiere
26-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 (...) -
Short Films: The Future is Now
Diverse directors | AUS | 2014 - 2015 | 59 min | English | Diverse Premieres
In this short film slot, Down Under Berlin serves its audience a fine selection of exquisite film nibbles. Bon appétit! I Remember the Future Klayton Stainer | AUS | 2014 | Drama, sci-fi | 26:32 min | German Premiere The D (...) -
Baby?
Mark Prebble | NZ | 2017 | Drama | 12 min | English | European Premiere
Isabelle, 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. (...) -
Tama
Jared Flitcroft, Jack O'Donnell | NZ | 2017 | Drama | 9 min | English, Māori | German Premiere
Tama is about a young Māori Deaf boy who wants to perform the Haka. He is isolated within his family where communication is non-existent. His hearing dad, Hone, and younger brother Rongo do not know how to treat him well. One day (...) -
I Am Emmanuel
Genevieve Clay-Smith | AUS | 2013 | Drama | 20 min | English | German Premiere
21-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. (...) -
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. (...) -
New Talents Showcase: Becoming Whole
Diverse directors | AUS | 2013 | 55 min | English | Diverse Premieres
In 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 (...) -
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. (...) -
Lemons
Eloise Walker | AUS | 2017 | Drama, Comedy | 13 min | English | World Premiere
A hollow young woman shares a final joke with her dead mother. (...) -
Meat
Sunday Emerson Gullifer |AUS| 2015| Drama | 09:20 min | English| German Premiere
Behind the closed doors of an elite boarding school, Matthews and his friends are cruising through life – but when a weekend joyride ends in disaster, he has to deal with the guilt that consumes him. (...) -
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. (...) -
Love Is Now
Jim Lounsbury | AUS| 2014| Drama, mystery, romance | 97 min | English| German Premiere
Propelled by new love, Dean (Eamon Farren) and Audrey (Claire van der Boom) embark on a formative adventure following the Australian Harvest Trail, but when Audrey goes missing, Dean discovers significantly more than he ever expec (...) -
The Unicorn
Chloé Boreham | AUS | 2017 | Drama, Thriller | 11 min | French, English | German Premiere
Sophie and Christophe are on the verge of making love when they are interrupted by a strange phone call which sends their night into disarray. (...) -
The Drowned Dreams
Farshid Akhlaghipour | AUS| 2015| Documentary | 53:30 min | Persian with Eng. Subtitles| European Premiere
In 2013, 6,400 Iranian asylum-seekers arrived in Australia on Indonesian fishing boats. On one of these boats, a father and his 7-year-old son were struck by lightning on the boat, severely burning the child. After their release f (...)