Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) is South Australia’s premier screen event and one of Australia’s leading film festivals. It’s an annual celebration of courageous cinema where filmmakers and audiences come together in October. Alongside the festival, AFF has an Investment Fund that launches careers and profiles local stories in an international context.
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Goes to Cannes
Lesbian Space Princess
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Emma Hough-Hobbs & Leela Varghese
Produced by: Tom Phillips | We Made a Thing Studios
Country of production: Australia
Original title: Lesbian Space Princess
Genre: Comedy
Language: English
Runtime: 80'
Completed in: 2024
Introverted space princess Saira is devastated when she is dumped by her girlfriend Kiki for being needy. Saira is thrown a lifeline when Kiki has been kidnapped by forgotten incels known as the Straight White Maliens. With 24 hours on the clock, Saira sets out to save her ex to win her back.
Goes to Cannes
Mockbuster
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Anthony Frith
Produced by: Sandy Cameron | Mostly True Media, David Eliot-Jones, Naomi Ball | Walking Fish Productions
Country of production: Australia
Original title: Mockbuster
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Runtime: 80'
Completed in: 2025
A struggling filmmaker’s chance at redemption collides with chaos and compromise as he navigates the eccentric world of notorious Sharknado production house, The Asylum.
Goes to Cannes
Iron Winter
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Kasimir Burgess
Produced by: Ben Golotta & Morgan Wright | Repeater Productions
Country of production: Australia, Mongolia
Original title: Iron Winter
Genre: Documentary
Language: English, Mongolian
Runtime: 90'
Completed in: 2025
For generations, the herders of the Mongolian Tsakhir Valley have protected their horses from arctic storms by amassing a giant winter herd, nominating their bravest young men to protect it.
Two friends are handed the responsibility to protect the valley’s herd and save its most sacred practice.
Goes to Cannes
With or Without You
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Kelly Schilling
Produced by: Carolyn Johnson, Su Armstrong | WitWot Pty Ltd
Country of production: Australia
Original title: With or Without You
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Runtime: 90'
Completed in: 2024
A mother, a daughter and a stranger from another land are thrown together on an unexpected road trip that takes them on a journey of love, humour and redemption.
Goes to Cannes
Kangaroo Island
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Timothy Piper
Produced by: Peter Hanlon | Pouch Potato Productions Pty. Ltd.
Country of production: Australia
Original title: Kangaroo Island
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Runtime: 110'
Completed in: 2024
Forced to reunite with her sister as part of her father’s last wishes, a struggling Hollywood actress returns home to Kangaroo Island and confronts the love triangle that tore her family apart.