The seventh London Australian Film Festival
The hottest tickets this summer
4 days, 8 Australian feature films, two of London's coolest cinemas
including the
CRIS JONES Debut Director Prize
Finsbury Park Picturehouse + The Garden Cinema
UK Premiere
The seventh London Australian Film Festival opens with the UK premiere of this rollicking sports drama, set against the backdrop of the sweat-drenched world of 1970s outback tent boxing.
Billy Howle (On Chesil Beach, The Perfect Couple) plays a washed-up Irish boxer named Kid Snow, who must face past rivals, present struggles with his kid brother (Tom Bateman - Death on the Nile), and future with newfound love (Phoebe Tonkin - Boy Swallows Universe).
The film's stars, Billy Howle and Tom Bateman, are hoping to attend.
“The kind of Australian film we used to make” Sandra Hall (Sydney Morning Herald)
Details coming soon
Life on the Australian cattle farm takes a dystopian turn in this taut, sci-fi thriller, set in the not-too-distant-future. Further proof that indie cinema is alive and well down under!
“punches above its weight… an interesting exercise in imagining the future of rural life”
Jennie Kermode (Eye For Film)
Co-directed by Adam C. Briggs and the film’s star, Sam Dixon, this gloriously lo-fi feature is a Super-8mm fever dream of Lynchian proportions, destined to be an underground cult classic!
“difficult to categorise… a liminal work of psychosis and downbeat determinism” - Nadine Whitney (The Curb)
A document of a life lived in the acting spotlight for 50 years - a depiction of a daughter's love of her ailing father - a heartbreaking tribute to a life fading before the camera.
Join us and director Gracie Otto as we delve into the life of Barry Otto, best know to international audiences as the father in Strictly Ballroom but with a career that spanned nearly 5 decades.
We are delighted that Gracie will be joined in conversation after the film with Nick Broomfield
"A deeply personal account of a unique artist” Chris Boyd (Screen Hub)
We follow the UK premiere of Otto By Otto, with the Australian actor’s first leading film role in Ray Lawrence’s gloriously dark surrealist comedy, BLISS (1985), adapted from the novel by Peter Carey.
Life is going great for Harry Joy (Otto), but after a startling near-death experience, the advertising exec awakens to a world that is not as he remembered it.
A stunning remastered print which the producer says looks better than the original.
"Barry Otto is both vibrant and soporific…a droll, dry and mordantly amusing comedy-drama” - Luke Buckmaster (The Guardian)
“a film about nature and creation; the amazing world around us and the art we use to reflect its awesomeness”
This vital and uplifting documentary follows young Tiwi Island women as they set out to break into the professional leagues of Australian Rules Football.
Followed by a live Q&A with DOP/editor, Archie Chew.
“Involving, moving and always interesting, it will have you barracking for these young players even if you couldn’t care less about AFL.” - Annette Basile (FilmInk)
The London Australian Film Festival 2025 closes with this year’s Cris Jones Debut Director prizewinner, David Vincent Smith’s raw and gripping family drama, which features a trio of stunning performances from Sam Corlett (Vikings: Valhalla, Territory) and real-life mother-daughter duo Leila George (Mortal Engines) and Greta Scacchi (Presumed Innocent, Looking for Alibrandi).
“The must-see Australian film of the year.” - Andrew F. Pierce (The Curb)
