The 56th Annual AWGIE Awards, hosted by the Australian Writers' Guild, will be held on the evening of February 15 in Sydney. The awards celebrate writing across screen, stage, interactive and audio. The formalities will be co-hosted by Alex Lee and Suren Jayemanne.
MIFF returns August 8-25 2024, and is on the lookout for exciting voices from the world of cinema, covering feature-length films, short films, XR works and episodic content. Eligible filmmakers will be considered for the MIFF Awards, including the prestigious Bright Horizons Award presented by VicScreen, one of the richest film prizes in the world. Submission fees will increase over the next four months, so get in early to access the cheapest rate (Round 1 applications close on October 31,...
The South Australian Game Exhibition (SAGE) returns to Adelaide Studios this year as the flagship event on the Adelaide Fringe Interactive program. Presented by the South Australian Film Corporation, SAGE is a super showcase of South Australia’s video game development sector, with a huge range of locally made games on display to see and play. SAGE allows video game fans, players, enthusiasts and everyone in between to experience exciting new South Australian made games first-hand and meet the people behind...
Over two nights The Capitol will be the spookiest place in Melbourne, as it hosts Screams on Screen, a curated program to feature live music, art, feature films, rarely seen experimental shorts, and artist and director talks. The program includes a 10-year anniversary screening of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, a selection of art/horror auteur David Lynch’s rarely screened earliest experimental shorts (1967-68) as well as new shorts from some of Australia’s finest emerging and established artists, a 4K restoration of...
The BLUSSH Romance Festival is Brisbane's newest festival celebrating films and literature through a romance lens. The festival boasts a diverse program that includes premieres, previews, retrospectives, iconic classics, and adaptations from book to film. Romance literature and its subgenres will be explored across three panels during the festival, featuring notable authors and industry experts. The pink carpet will be rolled out at the Angelika Film Centre, the home of BLUSSH in Woolloongabba, for the Opening Night Gala with the...
