Events

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...

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...

Almost 30 short films from a selection of Australia’s emerging filmmakers – the 2021 graduating class of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Film and Television department – will be available for free on the MIFF Play streaming platform from February 21 to March 6. This out-of-season presentation is a showcase of diversity, with stories about love triangles, pacts with the devil, zombie comedies, existential sci-fi dramas, hilarious animated hijinks, and engaging documentaries. The full program and ticketing information...