79 minutes | Australia | 2026

World Premiere
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
18 July at Cinema Nova, Melbourne
Wildcard Award WINNER

In 2020, seven Australians share their hopes, dreams and fears and choose a landscape to reflect their experience of isolation. Three years later, they listen back with vulnerability and humour, confronting the universal question: can we use difficult times to become who we hope to be?

Official Trailer

Wild Card Award Winner

“With remarkable sensitivity and formal originality, this film turns a collective experience into an intimate exploration of memory, vulnerability, and transformation. Blending documentary, animation, and a unique temporal structure, it offers a fresh perspective on a subject that seemed impossible to revisit, revealing the enduring emotional echoes of an extraordinary moment in history. The award goes to Somewhere After, directed by Nicola Macindoe.”

– Veronika F. Dvořáčková, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Official Jury Statement

Screenings

The Somewhere After world premiere was held on the 18th of July at Cinema Nova at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, where it was awarded the Wild Card Award by their esteemed jury.

The film will continue its festival run this year and next, stay tuned for further announcements.

  • “Issues of isolation, coping strategies, emotional impact...permeate this fine film.”

    —– Peter Krausz, Film Critic, former Chair of the Australian Film Critics Association, FIPRESCI jury member

  • “By creating a conversation between past and present selves, Macindoe captures something many of us rarely have the opportunity to witness: the distance between who we were, who we hoped to become, and who we are now. The result is both intimate and universal — a poignant reminder that growth is often uneven, unexpected, and deeply human. Somewhere After doesn’t offer easy answers; instead, it invites us to reflect on our own capacity for reinvention and the quiet courage required to keep moving forward.” — Susannah Duff, Festival Producer, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

    —Susannah Duff, Festival Producer, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

  • "An unforgettable work of documentary filmmaking...the stories offer the reassurance that the difficult moments do not define an entire life."

    –Documentary Drive

  • "Hauntingly beautiful...there's so much hope and beauty in it."

    –Ani Zal, Watch This Documentary

  • “Poetic and engrossing...this is a beautiful film that is very timely.”

    —— Frank Newman, Creative Producer and former Sydney Opera House Learning Specialist, Test Audience Member

  • "It lingers in memory after viewing. The film gently reveals human vulnerabilities, memory, honesty — how we make narratives of our lives. It is very intimate and non-judgemental. The film's themes and resonances are universal."

    —Carmel Finegan, Film Studies, University of New South Wales, Test Audience Member