71st Sydney Film Festival

The Sydney Film Festival (SFF) returns in June, offering its usual mix of titles from Australia and the world across 12 days and nights. Films will screen alongside a series of public program talks and events set to be attended by both local and international guests. The first titles in this year’s 71st SFF program will be announced in April, and audiences can expect the full festival program to be revealed in May. The venues for the festival are the...

Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards 2024: Submissions

The annual Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards 2024 is open for applications from the state’s Creative Industries exporters. Queensland’s highest export honour acknowledges the innovation, passion, creativity, and determination of the state’s most dynamic exporting businesses. Trade and Investment Queensland is striving to attract record-level entries in Creative Industries, eCommerce, First Nations, International Health, Professional Services, Resources and Energy, and Sustainability and Green Economy. The Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards boasts 15 categories including two which are state specific. The...

The Children’s International Film Festival

The Children's International Film Festival (CHIFF) is back with a month-long celebration of cinema designed to captivate and inspire young audiences and their families. The CHIFF program features 18 Australian premiere titles, a program of family short films and special events tailored to young filmgoers aged from three years old and up.

The 2024 HSBC Spanish Film Festival

The best cinema from Spain and Latin America. This year’s festival centrepiece is The Teacher Who Promised The Sea (El Maestro que Prometió el Mar), winner of the Audience Prize at the 2024 Gaudí Awards.

The Channel Lab: Short Cuts

Screen Queensland is calling for applications from emerging practitioners from across the state to create innovative scripted, factual or artistic vertical content for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and TikTok. It will support up to 10 emerging Queensland teams with $10,000 each to develop and produce an innovative vertical series. Over the five-month program, participants will also receive guidance from industry professionals through in-depth online workshops to support the critical development, production and release stages for the selected projects.