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Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature at the ACMI

ACMI, Melbourne Flinders St, Melbourne

Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF): Works of Nature features five major digital artworks that incorporate guided meditation and transcendent, interactive experiences. Visitors evolve from droplets of water to majestic and ancient trees, cells and black holes – gaining a deeper understanding of the natural world, and our place within it. MLF has staged exhibitions across the globe – from Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals to London’s V&A and Design Museum, to Lisbon Triennial, Istanbul Design Biennial, and beyond – using immersive...

Antenna Documentary Film Festival 2024

The 2024 Antenna Documentary Film Festival will be held in Sydney towards the end of February, showcasing a selection of creative, thought-provoking documentaries from around the globe over 11 days. The Australian premiere of Maria Fredriksson's The Gullspång Miracle will open the festival. The film follows two pious sisters who buy an apartment after having witnessed a divine sign – only to realise that the seller looks identical to their other sister, who committed suicide some thirty years before. What...

Vista Group Film and Cinema Industry Conference 2024

Aotea Centre 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland

Vista Group will hold its 2024 conference in Auckland, New Zealand for the first since 2019. Held at the Aotea Centre, the event will bring cinema and entertainment industry representatives from across the globe to New Zealand to share their experience and learn about the latest innovations in technology solutions designed to power the global film industry. Geared towards those in the film and cinema industry, from exhibitors to studios and distributors, attendees will have the opportunity to network and...

Mardi Gras Film Festival

Queer Screen’s 31st Mardi Gras Film Festival will run from February 15 to 29 in Sydney, before an on demand encore March 1 to 11 March nationwide. The festival promises 100 LGBTIQ+ films from across the globe screening, to screen at Event Cinemas George Street, Dendy Cinemas Newtown, Ritz Cinemas Randwick. The full festival program will be revealed January 10.  Confirmed already are the Sydney premieres of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, All the Colours of...

AWGIE Awards

The 56th Annual AWGIE Awards, hosted by the Australian Writers' Guild, will be held on the evening of February 15 in Sydney. The awards celebrate writing across screen, stage, interactive and audio. The formalities will be co-hosted by Alex Lee and Suren Jayemanne.

72nd Melbourne International Film Festival – Submissions

MIFF returns August 8-25 2024, and is on the lookout for exciting voices from the world of cinema, covering feature-length films, short films, XR works and episodic content. Eligible filmmakers will be considered for the MIFF Awards, including the prestigious Bright Horizons Award presented by VicScreen, one of the richest film prizes in the world. Submission fees will increase over the next four months, so get in early to access the cheapest rate (Round 1 applications close on October 31,...

Europa! Europa Film Festival

Europa! Europa returns to Sydney and Melbourne in 2024 for three weeks of prestige European cinema, along with live music and special events. This year's program will be revealed at a screening of Matteo Garrone's Io Capitano on Thursday, January 18 at Lido Cinemas Hawthorn and Ritz Cinemas Randwick. Italy's submission for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award follows the odyssey of two teenagers, who decide to leave their home in Senegal and journey across the ocean to Europe...