
Director Ian Hamilton and co-producer Anna Kelly have chosen the Dungog Film Festival for the World Premiere of their riveting and sought after new film Honeymoon in Kabul.

Ian took friend and fellow filmmaker Jamie Lewis to Afghanistan to shoot his debut feature.
Honeymoon in Kabul. The story follows the journey of clowndoctor Jean Paul Bell and Midwife Maggie Hearstch as they spend their honeymoon delivering aid and humour to the children of Afghanistan. In the process they find that delivering aid in Afghanistan can be as delicate and complex as any second marrige.

Best mates and cousins, Harry and Elko, are living the typical Aussie surfer’s dream: they’ve got the boards, the shorts, the look and the lingo… the only thing is - they can't bloody surf! Yes, they’re try-hards, kooks - they’re Hodads! They live hundreds of miles from the nearest beach and the closest they’ve ever come to a tube is at the local waterslides where they work! Join the filmmakers for a special work-in-progress screening of Hodads, the ultimate surf movie.

Bitter & Twisted stars Leeanna Walsman, and Matt Newton with Festival Director Allanah Zitserman at the Sydney Launch of the 2008 Dungog Film Festival. Bitter & Twisted will have it's Australian Premiere in Dungog. The Christopher Weekes helmed drama has had the film industry buzzing after its Tribeca Film Festival screening in New York.

The Nothing Men (Dungog World Premiere), starring Colin Friels, David Field and Martin Dingle Wall, is the tale of six men trapped in a factory, impatiently waiting for their redundancy payments to come through. Forbidden to work or leave the factory, the film curls from a seductive beginning into a gripping and tense climax, as the workmates turn on each other when dark secrets are exposed. This powerful new thriller, from writer and director Mark Fitzpatrick, was shot using groundbreaking RED camera technology - an Aussie first.
In The Raw has selected five new scripts from Australia's most exciting screenwriters including Lawson by acclaimed Newcastle poet Andrew Slattery.

Never Say Die Matildas will have its World Premiere in Dungog.

This exciting new documentary tells the inspiring story of the Matildas, the Australian Women’s Football Team, during their roller-coaster year in which, against all odds, they became one of the nation’s most successful sporting teams. From missing out on the Olympic Games, the resilient team fought to the bitter end to represent Australia with great pride in the FIFA Women’s World Cup China, 2007 Quarter Finals.