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The Australian Film Yearbook features the work of the flourishing Australian film industry, with over one hundred Australian feature, non-fiction, and short films released to cinemas, streaming platforms, and film festivals during 2021. Discover a thriving and vital film industry that is positively buzzing with filmmakers eager to tell Australian stories, with over forty interviews and contributions that highlight the range of skill-sets and wealth of talent on show during 2021. Sharing their voice and perspectives on what it means to be a filmmaker are Australian creatives. From independent films through to Hollywood-backed productions, you will find critical examinations of iconic and hidden Australian films, providing a historical touchstone for where Australian cinema was during the turbulent year filled with changes and challenges - 2021. Interviews Stephen Maxwell Johnson - Director of High Ground Erin Roche - Costume Designer for High Ground Stephen Curry - Actor in June Again JJ Winlove - Director of June Again and Crossing Paths Ian Watson - Director of Unsound Nick Fenton - Editor of Nitram James Ashton - Sound Designer for Nitram and Mortal Kombat Mark Leonard Winter - Actor in Disclosure and Measure for Measure Angela Little - Composer for Streamline Olivia Martin McGuire & Brooke Silcox - Director and Producer of Freedom Swimmer Sharnya Yates - Director, Producer and Actor in Choice Rachel Grierson-Johns - Editor of Strong Female Lead Allan Clarke - Director of The Bowraville Murders Yaara Bou Melhem - Director of Unseen Skies Cathy Henkel & Sam Lara - Directors of Laura's Choice Frances Elliott & Samantha Marlowe - Directors of Girl Like You Barat Ali Batoor - Director of Batoor: A Refugee Story Eva Orner - Director of Burning Laura Sivis, Sandrine Charruyer & Sophie Lepowic - Creative Team behind Inferno Without Borders Sally Ingleton - Director of Wild Things Jaimen Hudson - Subject of Jaimen Hudson: From Sky to Sea Sally Aitken - Director of Playing with Sharks Bruce Berseford - Director of An Improbable Collection Jonathan Alley - Director of Love in Bright Landscapes Matthew Walker - Director of I'm Wanita Nicole Miller - Director of This is Port Adelaide Christopher Nelius - Director of Girls Can't Surf Tina Fielding, Jacqueline Pelczar, and Cody Greenwood - Creative Team behind Sparkles Thomas Wilson-White - Writer and Director of The Greenhouse Rafe Spall - Actor in Long Story Short Jon Bell - Writer and Director of The Moogai Addison Heath & Jasmine Jakupi - Writer and Directors of My Cherry Pie Robbie Studsor - Writer and Director of Shallow Breath Kylie Bracknell (Kaarljilba Kaardn) - Filmmaker and Artist behind Fist of Fury Noongar Daa Simon McQuoid - Director of Mortal Kombat

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An encyclopaedic deep dive into Australian films released in 2021. It was an extraordinary year that saw Australian audiences flocking to see Australian stories, while US studios held back the release of blockbusters due to COVID. A fascinating and precious glimpse of what an Australian National Cinema might look like. In the words of Erin Roche, who won The Australian Academy Award for Costume Design, ...I am from the oldest living continuous community of artists in the world ... the only way we can can find ourselves as a country is to tell our stories and to see our stories. This is an essential record of a crucial year in Australian film history. - Michael Bentham, Writer/Director of Disclosure

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Andrew F Peirce is a film critic based in Perth, Australia. He is a passionate and dedicated supporter of Australian films, seeking to elevate, support, and champion everything from the biggest titles to the smallest indie flicks. He is a member of the Australian Film Critics Association, and won the prestigious award for The Best Review of an Individual Australian Film in 2019. Andrew is the editor of the culture website The Curb, and is a Rotten Tomatoes accredited film critic. Aaron McCann is an AACTA Award nominated writer and director, best known for his work on the films Top Knot Detective and Koko: A Red Dog Story, and the web series Hug the Sun. WBYK is Sonny Day & Biddy Maroney. Their work is a conversation between two individuals played out in colour, shape, texture and drawing from their shared influences - comic books, skateboarding, music and film. Sonny and Biddy worked and exhibited individually when they met in 2001. They began combining their talents in 2006, creating screen-printed posters for Popfrenzy tours on their living room floor, and have been working as a team ever since. Today they work for clients big and small around the world.Since 2012 they have created many sold-out licensed film posters for Cinema / Pop-culture powerhouse Mondo, including two solo exhibitions in the company's Austin Texas gallery.They've also had solo exhibitions in Monster Children, Mart and MTV Galleries in Sydney and Lamington Drive in Melbourne, as well as contributing to many group exhibitions across the globe. Sonny conducts kids (and occasionally adult) workshops, designing and painting skateboard graphics. He is also commissioned regularly to paint murals and exhibits in solo mode as often as he can. In 2016 he curated Ludlow Creative Space in Orange, NSW.

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