Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF)

Classic Cinemas, Elsternwick; Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn; Ritz Cinemas, Randwick; Roseville Cinemas; Luna Cinemas, Leederville; New Farm Cinemas; Dendy Cinemas, Canberra

From star-studded features, gripping historical dramas, and stories of iconic Jewish trailblazers and innovators, the Jewish International Film Festival (February 17 – March 24) returns for another year of Jewish cinema from around the world. Featuring 51 films from 19 countries, the festival builds on over 30 years of bringing the best of Jewish cinema to Australia, presenting 29 features, 19 documentaries, and episodes from three TV series to audiences in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, and Canberra.   MELBOURNE February...

Mardi Gras Film Festival

Queer Screen’s 28th Mardi Gras Film Festival will be both an online and in-cinema experience, featuring 94 features, documentaries, shorts and episodic films. This includes three world premieres, 60 Australian premieres and 15 Sydney premieres showcasing LGBTIQ+ storytelling from 30 different countries. Films will be available nationally on-demand while social distanced screenings will be held at Sydney's Event Cinemas (George Street), Ritz Cinemas (Randwick) and the Hayden Orpheum (Cremorne), Event Cinemas (Hurstville) and the Moonlight Cinema (Centennial Park), before touring...

Japanese Film Festival (JFF) Classics Program

Art Gallery of NSW Art Gallery Road, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Provocation and Disruption: Radical Japanese Filmmaking from the 1960s to the 2000s, a FREE Classics program.  From revolutionary Japanese New Wave cinema to surrealist psychedelic expressions and experimental horror, the program features boundary-shattering masterpieces from avant-garde Japanese auteurs. 20 February 2021 – 3 March 2021

AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes

Entries are now open for the second AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes in partnership with Screenworks, a national pitching and...

Sydney Film Festival – Submissions

Entries are open for the 2021 Sydney Film Festival for features, documentaries and short films in all categories of the festival program, including: The $10,000 Documentary Australia Foundation (DAF) Award for Best Australian Documentary; the $7,000 Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films Live Action Award and Best Director (the Rouben Mamoulian Award); The $5,000 Yoram Gross Animation Award; Screenability, a non-competitive program for screen practitioners with disability; and the First Nations program.