INSIDE

🏆 Winner: Best Film, Director, Screenplay & Best Performance by a Male Actor – 2026 FCCA Awards

Feature Film
2024
104 mins

Director
Charles Williams

Writer
Charles Williams

Producers
Marian Macgowan
Kate Glover

Cast
Guy Pearce
Cosmo Jarvis
Vincent Miller
Tammy Mackintosh
Toby Wallace

Transferred from juvenile to adult prison, Mel is taken under the wing of both Shepard, Australia's most despised criminal, and Warren, a soon-to-be-a-paroled inmate. The paternal triangle that forms between them becomes their undoing.

‘An Australian prison movie poised on perfection.’ ScreenHub

Reviews

Indie Wire:

https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/inside-review-guy-pearce-australian-prison-movie

Loud and Clear Reviews:

https://loudandclearreviews.com/inside-2025-film-review/

Slant:

https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/inside-review-cosmo-jarvis-guy-pearce/

The Hollywood Reporter:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/inside-review-guy-pearce-cosmo-jarvis-1236260361/

AWFJ:

https://awfj.org/blog/2025/06/04/inside-tribeca-2025-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

The Contending:

https://thecontending.com/tribeca-2025-stellar-turns-by-finn-wittrock-asa-butterfield-travis-jeffery-cosmo-jarvis-agathe-rouselle-jacob-tremblay-vicky-krieps-vincent-miller-mark-the-fest/

The Aisle Seat:

https://aisleseat.com/inside-tribeca.html

Next Best Picture:

https://nextbestpicture.com/inside-2/

The Australian

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/conceived-inside-born-inside-and-back-behind-bars/news-story/82500d191771895dc5280ff0fe0f1633

The Guardian

theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/27/inside-film-review-captivating-prison-drama-with-painfully-good-performances?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Screenhub

screenhub.com.au/news/reviews/inside-miff-film-review-an-australian-prison-movie-poised-on-perfection-2649323/

SWITCH Entertainment

maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-inside-an-affecting-and-powerful-debut-aussie-feature

The Monthly

https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2025/february/harry-windsor/father-disfigures-charles-williams-inside#mtr

The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/one-of-the-best-films-ive-seen-new-australian-prison-film-inside-is-an-astonishing-debut-247206

Film Ink

https://www.filmink.com.au/reviews/inside/   

The Curb

https://www.thecurb.com.au/inside-review-charles-williams/

News


AUSCRITIC — 18th Australian Film Critics Association Nominees Announced

https://auscritic.com/18th-auscritic-award-nominations/

Deadline — Quiver Distribution Acquires Australian Prison Drama ‘Inside’ Starring Guy Pearce, Cosmo Jarvis & Vincent Miller

https://deadline.com/2025/04/guy-pearce-movie-inside-release-date-quiver-distribution-1236375332/


The Guardian — INSIDE made Luke Buckmaster’s list of 10 Aussie films to watch this year in 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/01/spit-magic-beach-and-a-crocodile-dundee-redux-10-australian-films-to-watch-out-for-in-2025


FCCA Awards — INSIDE Nominated for 'Best Film’

https://www.macgowanfilms.com/blog/2026/2/4/inside-nominated-for-best-film-fcca-awards-press-release


ScreenHub — FCCA Awards: Inside wins best film, director, screenplay and actor

https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/news/fcca-awards-inside-wins-best-film-director-screenplay-and-actor-2693128/