AACTA Awards 2024 – Submissions

Entries are now open across Film, Television, Documentary, and Short Film categories for the AACTA Awards, to be held in Queensland. Earlier this year, the Australian Academy announced the move of all major events to the Gold Coast, including the AACTA Awards Ceremony, ScreenFest, and the AACTA International Awards, all slated for early 2024. This change will position the Australian Academy in the international award season alongside the Oscars and BAFTAs and extends the eligibility period to include film and...

Adelaide Film Festival 2023

Adelaide Film Festival is South Australia’s premier screen event and one of Australia’s leading film festivals. This year's event has the theme of Adelaide Film Festival of ‘see in the dark’ and 130 films planned from 43 countries, including 27 world premieres and 38 Australian premieres. Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel will open the festival, while Scott Hicks’s documentary My Name’s Ben Folds – I Play Piano will close it. AFF was the first Australian film festival to establish an investment...

Byron Bay International Film Festival 2023

Byron Bay’s 10-day celebration of independent cinema returns, screening in Palace Cinemas Byron Bay and venues in Lennox Head, Ballina and Murwillumbah. With a tagline of Anything Is Possible, this year’s screen showcase includes the latest work of experienced and emerging Northern Rivers filmmakers alongside feature films and documentaries made by some of Australia’s leading directors.

Jewish International Film Festival 2023

Featuring 55 Australian premiere films from 19 countries, this year's Jewish International Film Festival will deliver a program 30...