Events

SmartFone Flick Fest is Australia’s international smartphone film festival for filmmakers of all ages. A worldwide festival open to anyone with a smartphone or tablet and a great idea for a film. The festival’s 7th year will be live on screen in-cinema in two venues in Sydney over the weekend of Feb 26-27, plus online until March 13. This year has seen more than 300 entries for shorts and 18 feature films, of which 70 will feature online with curated...

The world’s largest French film festival outside of France returns to Australia, presenting Contemporary French cinema from March 1 to April 26. The upcoming cinematic showcase will celebrate the next generation of filmmakers creating a new blueprint for French cinema. Set to delight Francophiles and cinephiles alike, the annual festival returns with a touring programme of 42 feature films. The line-up of 2022 ambassadors includes director Phillip Noyce, actor David Wenham, screen and theatre director Shannon Murphy and filmmaker Samantha...