Antenna is an international documentary film festival, established in 2011 with the mission to promote, celebrate and champion creative documentary cinema as one of the most exciting means by which we can connect to the contemporary world.
Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF) returns February 10-14, exploring the theme Laugh Louder, bringing together a program of feature and short films, web series, music videos, talks, and workshops to delve into the theme of comedy. The lineup includes regular short film sessions, with categories including Freshly Squeezed Comedies, Next Gen Shorts, Freshly Squeezed Shorts and Reel Shorts. Freshly Squeezed Comedies (Friday, February 11) features a mix of quirky, heart-warming, horrifying, and slightly gross shorts and web series to...
The Japanese Film Festival: Online returns from February 14-27, streaming best in Japanese cinema for free. Presented by The Japan Foundation, Sydney, the festival will screen 17 films nationwide including feature films and documentaries. FEATURES Aristocrats | 2020 | Director: Yukiko SodeA humanistic drama that questions the state of contemporary life through the perspectives of two female protagonists of different backgrounds. Winner of 2021 Luxembourg City Film Festival Grand Prix Prize. AWAKE | 2020 | Director: Atsuhiro YamadaA thrilling coming-of-age drama depicting the fateful battle between a...
Queer Screen’s 29th Mardi Gras Film Festival invites audiences on a mission to the Queer Frontier, to meet emerging and established filmmakers and explore new stories, styles and genres – online, in the cinema, or both. The festival will include screenings at Event Cinemas in George Street and special ‘one night only’ sessions at the Hayden Orpheum, Cremorne and Event Cinemas in Parramatta and Hurstville before touring to the Blue Mountains and Canberra in March. Further, more than half of...
Tech authority and venture capitalist Matthew Ball headlines the second session of AFTRS Digital Futures Summit series, The Business of Australia’s Digital Future, which will be held online on Thursday, February 17. Ball is considered the world’s leading expert on the Metaverse, a multi-dimensional world that many believe will be the successor to the internet, converging immersive 3D online environments, augmented reality, virtual reality, and personal computing with real life. Author of Metaverse Primer and the upcoming The Metaverse: And...
