Adelaide Film Festival's Cannes Picks: Bold Aussie Projects

0:00Adelaide Film Festival just dropped the news on five standout projects heading to their Adelaide Ghosts to Cannes program. This is the third year of their hookup with Kanye Marce du Fium, set from May 15 through 18, 2026. It's all about pushing bold, independent Australian flicks into the world's biggest film market. The line of features Dan Jackson directing the doc, Death of a Shaman, Michael Ren, producing the doc, Paulina, Dominic Allen, Helming the Feature Tiber. Matt Gavoni, producing wilderness, and Zane Borg, directing river. These picks mix docs and narrative films with real edge. Festival CEO Matt Kesting calls them ambitious, spanning heavy themes like geopolitical clashes, exploitation, relationships, and grief. He says the program, plus ties to spots like Indonesia's Fest, links Aussie creators to global buyers, and has sparked major wins before. Minister for the arts, Kayamaar, is hyped, congratulating the teams and shouting out how it's building on past successes to get Australian stories in.

1:02Front of international crowds. These projects are primed to shake up cans, bridging local talent with worldwide eyes and deals that could redefine their paths. Local news, powered by AI. This is Adelaide News Today.