Mardi Gras Film Festival

Queer Screen’s 29th Mardi Gras Film Festival invites audiences on a mission to the Queer Frontier, to meet emerging and established filmmakers and explore new stories, styles and genres – online, in the cinema, or both. The festival will include screenings at Event Cinemas in George Street and special ‘one night only’ sessions at the Hayden Orpheum, Cremorne and Event Cinemas in Parramatta and Hurstville before touring to the Blue Mountains and Canberra in March. Further, more than half of...

Transitions Film Festival

Transitions Film Festival returns this February with an program of documentaries about the solutions to society's greatest challenges and that showcase the heroes and change-makers who are building a better world. The program features over 20 virtual sessions available online, nationwide, as well as a small selection of screenings in Melbourne.

$9 – $12

continuum: Independent animation from Japan and Australia

The Japan Foundation, Sydney Level 4, Central Park, 28 Broadway, Chippendale, NSW, Australia

The Japan Foundation, Sydney’s upcoming exhibition continuum: Independent animation from Japan and Australia will feature 14 works of contemporary animation from independent filmmakers in Japan and Australia. This exhibition diverges from mainstream animation, offering viewers an insight into the unique forms of storytelling from each country. Curated by Deborah Szapiro (University of Technology Sydney) and Honami Yano (Nagoya University), continuum features recent video works from award-winning filmmakers including Kōji Yamamura and Jilli Rose, as well as animation studio PAW Media and social enterprise Tjanpi Desert Weavers. Presented...

Free

VCA Film and Television Graduate Season 2022

Almost 30 short films from a selection of Australia’s emerging filmmakers – the 2021 graduating class of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Film and Television department – will be available for free on the MIFF Play streaming platform from February 21 to March 6. This out-of-season presentation is a showcase of diversity, with stories about love triangles, pacts with the devil, zombie comedies, existential sci-fi dramas, hilarious animated hijinks, and engaging documentaries. The full program and ticketing information...

Jewish International Film Festival

Each year, the Jewish International Film Festival presents a fresh and diverse selection of Jewish cinema from Australia and around the world. In 2022, the Festival will screen 55 feature films and a shorts package from 19 countries, including two world premiere screenings of Australian films. SYDNEY: March 3 – April 4 Ritz Cinema, Randwick; March 3 – 23 Roseville Cinemas, Roseville MELBOURNE: March 2 – April 3 Classic Cinemas, Elsternwick; March 3 – April 3 Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn BRISBANE: March 10 – 20, New Farm Cinemas, New Farm GOLD COAST: March 26 – April 3 Dendy Cinemas, Southport (Queen Street Village) CANBERRA: March 10 – 20 Dendy Cinemas, Canberra PERTH: February 23 – 16 March...