Events

The Fantastic Film Festival returns to Sydney and Melbourne in May for its fifth edition, offering a cross-section of cult, genre, arthouse, and alternative cinema across 24 feature films and 14 short films. The festival will open with a bang with the Australian premiere of Kiah Roache-Turner's Sting, with the director to participate in a Q&A following the screening. Other highlights include a 4K restoration of Gareth Evans 2011 Indonesian action thriller The Raid, and a 30th anniversary screening of...

The annual Independent Cinemas Australia conference will be held in Sydney this May at Ritz Cinemas. The Tuesday will be a combined NACO/ICA day where the MPDAA studios will screen footage of their upcoming line ups. From Wed-Fri the event will then move into the traditional ICA Conference format, with this year's focus 'The Future is Now'. On the agenda is premium seating, digital marketing, food and beverage and AI amongst other discussions. The ICA Gala dinner will be held...

The Sydney Film Festival (SFF) returns in June, offering its usual mix of titles from Australia and the world...

Doc Edge will move its international documentary festival to Christchurch this June. The 19th edition of this Oscar-qualifying festival...