Events

The Environmental Film Festival Australia (EFFA)'s twelfth annual volunteer-run festival will take place online from Thursday October 14 to Sunday, November 14. With narrative features, documentaries, shorts, and children’s content, EFFA ‘21 invites viewers to choose their own adventure, whether it be storming the Aussie streets with the School Strike 4 Climate crew, swimming deep with the marlins and sea lions in California, traversing the 18th century Alps in search of the sublime, standing with Indigenous leaders fighting for their...

The second season of ABC/Blackfella Films’ Total Control will headline this year’s Series Mania Melbourne, which will be held online next month. Organised by ACMI and Film Victoria, in partnership with Series Mania France, the four-day event includes a public screening program comprising a mix of web series, comedy, and drama. The festival also features a Screen Industry Day on October 14 that incorporates craft-focused panels, keynotes, and masterclasses with global creators. Bookings for the public screenings open September 29 and bookings...

The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has launched the Digital Futures Summit series to bring together Australian and international screen and broadcast industry leaders with educators and government in discussions on collaborating, adapting, and capitalising on technological changes. The series will explore how technology has and will continue to, shape the future of work, education, training, and creative opportunities across the industry. This online session will look at the many facets of virtual production, from motion-capture and real-time...

The SciFi Film Festival returns this year, presenting a digital program of science fiction and fantasy flicks to audiences across Australia from October 15-31. This year’s program features 80 groundbreaking genre works, made up of 13 features and 67 shorts curated from 28 countries, including Japan, China, Canada, America, Russia, Sweden, Spain, and Brazil. The festival is streaming online thanks to the Australian online platform Hyvio. Tickets are on sale now and start at $8 per session or $29.99 for...