Review: ‘Diabolic’ is deliciously diabolical

Filmmaker Daniel J. Phillips makes an early bid with one of the best films of 2026 so far!

Cogently written and smoothly directed, … With or Without You is a sensitive treatise on grief, family dysfunction, forgiveness, the pain of vulnerability, and the sins of the parents being visited upon their children.

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Fresh from its Monster Fest screenings in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Perth, were it was awarded ‘Best Australian Feature‘, DIABOLIC will release from November 20 in Australian Cinemas for Special Event Screenings.

A recent interview I participated in about the filming of Monolith

Diabolic earns rave reviews and national release after Adelaide Film Festival premiere

Diabolic hits cinemas nationwide this November.

An interview I participated in for Diabolic ahead of the premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival

A recent interview I participated in about the filming of With or Without You

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Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has partnered with the Marché du Film, the world’s largest film market, at the prestigious Festival de Cannes, 13–21 May 2025.

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With or Without You tells the moving mother-daughter story of Chloe (Melina Vidler) and her free-spirited, alcoholic mother, Sharon (Marta Dusseldorp). When their lives intersect with Dalu (Albert Mwangi), a West African man, they find themselves on a journey of emotional discovery.

Marta Dusseldorp, Melina Vidler and Albert Mwangi will come together in Adelaide next week for Kelly Schilling’s With or Without You, a real-life inspired mother-daughter story of finding love and safety from tough beginnings.

Matt Vesely’s debut references 2001: A Space Odyssey and Arrival, but ably stakes its own territory as a compelling and fastidious piece of work

In the name of celebrating talent, we are pleased to offer you a free digital copy of our Rising Talent issue for 2024.

Those on this year’s list are people we think will shift and lead our industry into the future. Some are newer faces. Others have recently stepped into senior roles where they’re now making waves. We think you’ll want to work with all of them.

CinefestOZ has unveiled the finalists for this year’s $100,000 film prize, with Sean McDonald’s Bromley: Light After Dark, Matt Vesely’s Monolith, Noora Niasari’s Shayda and Mark Leonard Winter’s The Rooster vying for the award.

Other newly-announced local fare include John Curran’s Mercy Road; Matt Vesely’s Monolith; Gabriel Carrubba’s Sunflower; Jack Clark and Jim Weir’s Birdeater, which recently won the audience award in Sydney; Soda Jerk’s Hello Dankness; Ricard Cussó and Tania Vincent’s animation Scarygirl; and Ben Joseph Andrews’ XR work, Turbulence: Jamais Vu.

With Monolith, director Matt Vesely delivers a gorgeous piece of lo-fi sci-fi that’ll creep in through your ears and nestle itself in the folds of your brain.