Andrew F Peirce

Lint is the first feature film from Boorloo-Perth creative David West. It's a hyper independent West Aussie film about Iris (Melissa Coci) and Susan (Courtney Swartz), colleagues who work at an environmentally friendly dry cleaning company who conspire to bring down their sleazy boss Vincent (Tom Camp). Along the way, they get distracted by dinners with friends, tennis lessons, and more, all the while their exploits are interspersed with sultry shots of Vincent against the backdrop of sunsets.

There's a calm, lived-in nature to Jess Sofarnos' films, one where she holds a mirror up to herself, reflecting emotions and experiences that are familiar and relatable, yet rarely seen in Australian cinema. Sofarnos joins her contemporaries (Kaite Fitz, Lucy Coleman, Annelise Hickey) by bringing internal experiences to life on screen in a manner that reflects the lives of city-based women finding their place in the world. This emerging talent has quickly built up a filmography that comfortably cements her as an essential voice in the Australian film industry, with short films like

After James Gunn's energetic but disposable Superman in 2025, I was looking forward to catching a superhero sidequel that featured a character who doesn't have decades of cinematic history behind them, but alas, malaise kicked in pretty quickly for me as I endured Craig Gillespie's tiring Supergirl

Maddie Sunshine is a creative force who knows exactly what she wants to do as an artist. When she’s not busy setting TikTok afire, she’s acting in award winning short films like Yael Grunseit’s superb Daddy’s Little Meatball.Shot in New York, Daddy’s Little Meatball

We’ve just hit the halfway point of 2026, so it’s a good time to check in on the 2026 Australian Film Challenge.For those keeping track, this is a challenge thrown out to the world to encourage folks like you and me to watch more Aussie films. There

Filmmaker Jess Londono's short film e-Mum is a slightly satirical, completely engaging exploration on motherhood in the age of AI.

Vonne Patiag has been forging a path in film and TV as a writer, director, and actor on shows like Halal Gurls and The Unusual Suspects, and films like Here Out West, Too Many Ethnics, and his new short film Homo, which has its world premiere at the Revelation Perth

Alana Hunt is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores history through a forensic approach to research. Her work mines the history of Australia, often utilising archival material to navigate the violent, colonial past.

Brandon Daley's acidic comedy $Positions has been compared to the Safdie brothers Uncut Gems with the two sharing a level of anxiety-inducing symbiosis as they follow characters who embark on a voyage of self-sabotage and destruction thanks to the allure of gambling and cryptocurrency. But for my

For regular readers of the Curb..., you'll no doubt be familiar with the admiration and respect that I have for Laneikka Denne and the cohort of filmmakers and storytellers they've worked with over their career. The pinnacle of that admiration came in 2024 with the short film