A lively documentary about a young, undocumented Afghani women living in the gritty, anonymous working class suburbs of Tehran who becomes an internet rapping sensation.

Jodie Foster has been telling journalists from Cannes to Sydney that Hollywood is at its most risk averse in years. She’s made a film that seems to prove it.

From a sexting politician to a talking buffalo - programmer Jenny Neighbour discusses some of her favourite documentaries.

As the credits rolled, there was only a deep, ashamed silence.

A typically cautionary tale about close minded authority, with a slightly mournful tone and a cutting-to-the-bone comedic sensibility.

This isn’t just a bromance, it’s a ménage a trois with the director.

I give it full points for embracing everyday moments that transcend, and avoiding clichéd indie cynicism.

Director and co-writer Anna Rose Holmer skilfully holds her nerve, walking the thinnest of lines between abstraction and full narrative disclosure.

Listed as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s '25 New Faces of Independent Film', The Fits director Anna Rose Holmer discusses finding funding in Venice, the crowdfunding dilemma and why her allegorical, poetic narrative style couldn't have been made without support from outside America.

A sublime slice of Tibetan slow cinema and a gritty indie romance from Indonesia are two of Nashen Moodley's picks from the Sydney Film festival this year. The SFF artistic director also discusses the state of film festivals globally today.