The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), in collaboration with Casting Networks and the Casting Guild of Australia have launched agnational, youth casting initiative to uncover the next wave of Australia’s brightest acting talent - AACTA Young Stars: National Youth Casting Call.  AACTA Young Stars aims to identify exceptional, diverse, bright, young screen talent across Australia and provide tangible opportunities to help them realise their dream. Australian residents aged between 13 and 18 years are invited to submit a video showcasing...

The Screen Music Awards, put on by the APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers, are an annual celebration of the champions of screen music composition. Thirteen awards will presented at this year's ceremony, to be held November 9 at Forum Melbourne. Hosting the awards is  comedian, actor, writer, and improviser Susie Youssef, while the musical director will be Erkki Veltheim. Veltheim will lead the Screen Awards orchestra, who will perform interpretations of the four Feature Film Score...

The 33rd annual Melbourne Queer Film Festival opens November 9 with the provocation 'Rewind to Fast Forward', with this year's program celebrating the indisputable existence of LGBTQIA+ peoples throughout history. Audiences can expect a selection of local and international drama, comedy, documentary, and everything in between. The program features 50 feature films and 17 documentaries, 11 short film packages, 3 world premieres, 26 Australian premieres and 19 Victorian premieres. MQFF will launch with the Opening Night screening of the Australian premiere of...

The AFI Research Collection (AFIRC), in partnership with RMIT Culture’s film series ‘The Best Films You’ve Never Seen’, will host an in conversation at The Capitol with Fred Schepisi. Sharing insights into the creative process behind his first feature, 1976 film The Devil's Playground, Schepisi will discuss his remarkable career which spans five decades and includes films such as The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Roxanne, and Six Degrees of Separation. This will be followed by an exclusive 35mm screening of...

The Iranian Film Festival of Australia (IFFA) returns in 2023 after being forced to pause in 2022, with screenings taking place across Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth from November 16 to December 13. Of the 13 films to be presented, there are eleven Australian premieres and both the 2023 UK and the 2024 Iranian official entries for the Academy Awards, as well as six award-winning shorts. The festival will also feature a retrospective honouring acclaimed director Dariush Mehruji...