2026 stellar 12
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BEYOND MEASURE
Directed by David Ferrier
A man discovers he is physically shrinking. With the help of his wife, they navigate life's ups and downs with increasing creativity and adaptability.
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CANDY BAR
Directed by Nash Edgerton
When a young girl says goodbye to her "dad" in the cinema lobby, she leaves him with more than just a warm feeling.
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DIY
Directed by Tony Gardiner
After a bizarre mishap hanging a picture frame in her apartment, a young woman runs to check on her neighbor, inadvertently entering a life-or-death situation.
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I'M THE MOST RACIST PERSON I KNOW
Directed by Leela Varghese
When Lali unexpectedly ends up on a date with another woman of color for the first time, it unravels prejudices she has long ignored.
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JASON IS MY DAD
Directed by Ashley Zukerman
A ride-share driver finds himself helping a private school kid with a paper route while trying to get a refund for a washing machine that he says never arrived.
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MARCIA AND THE SHARK
Directed by Sam Ferris Bryant
Following a shark attack, Marcia comes back to life with something wild inside her, testing her doting fiancee Frank as they take to the road in his mustang. Based on the true story of Sydney Harbour’s fatal shark attack in 1963.
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OVER
Directed by Duncan Ragg & Anna Phillips
A father must confront his apathy towards the world’s big issues when his son, who is terrified of open water, steals his boat and refuses to come back to shore until his Dad has saved the world.
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SOUNDBOY
Directed by Monty O’Brien & Lily Stewart
Set in a small coastal town, SoundBoy follows Connor, a young fisherman torn between family obligation and a secret life as a music producer. After a blow-up with his older brother, Connor is dragged into an impromptu joyride by his younger brother and a growing crew of friends, blasting his tracks across town. As the evening sets in, Connor must decide whether to continue living a life of self-suppression or finally give himself permission to follow his dream. SoundBoy is a high-energy snapshot of youth, brotherhood, and creative courage in regional Australia.
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STRANGER, BROTHER
Directed by Annelise Hickey
When Adam, a self absorbed and lonely millennial, wakes to find his estranged half-brother on his doorstep one morning, he must face the family he’s been running away from.
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THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK
Directed by David Robinson Smith
A dark fairy tale about two brothers who re-live a strange encounter with a man on Christmas Day, their memories shifting until the truth becomes something unknowable-something that quietly, irrevocably changes them.
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UNSPOKEN
Directed by Damian Walshe-Howling
1979. As volatile protests break out across the city of Sydney, Croatian born Marina is forced to expose a secretive love affair with her Australian boyfriend, as an escalating political storm spills into her childhood home with devastating consequences.
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UNSTOPPABLE
Directed by Jack Byrnes & Marcus Porcaro
Grieving the loss of his brother, a paraplegic ex-defence contractor must fight tooth and nail when his workplace is invaded by masked intruders intent on killing him for the mysterious information they believe is in his possession. The paralysed vet is forced to reclaim his strength and self-belief, adapt his paramilitary skills, harness his surroundings and weaponise the situation in order to overcome the odds and survive this cat-and-mouse action-thriller.

