Saudi Film Nights

The Saudi Film Commission, in partnership with Australian production company Blacksand Pictures, is bringing Saudi Film Nights to The Sydney Opera House and Sofitel Melbourne on Collins from June 26 - 28. Aimed at fostering collaboration between the Australian and Saudi film industries, the event comprises two separate screenings with two films each. In Sydney, there will be Abu Bakr Shawky's Hajjan, represented by producer Majed Samman and actor Ibrahim Alhasawi, and Sara Balghonaim's short film Me & Aydarous, represented...

NSW Government Crew Connects Placement Program – Submissions

The NSW Government is welcoming applications for its Crew Connects Placement Program, which is designed to provide professional screen practitioners with credited employment in areas of critical need within the state's screen industry. Financed with the assistance of Screen Australia, the $400,000 program funds the placement of emerging crew members who are keen to upskill and advance their careers into roles for up to six months with screen businesses offering the relevant development opportunities. Funding is available for established production,...

VicScreen Internships: Submissions

Early to mid-career Victorian creatives are invited to apply for two year-long VicScreen internships, featuring four-month rotations at industry partners ABC, Blackfella Films, and Good Thing Productions. Now in its fourth year, the program is designed to create pathways into the screen industry for Victorian screen producers from culturally and racially marginalised backgrounds, First Peoples of Australia, people living with disability, or people who identify as female or are trans/gender diverse. Successful applicants will build skills and knowledge of commissioning,...

Revelation Perth International Film Festival

The festival screens more than 200 international films at cinemas and bars across Perth and Fremantle. Combined with its moving image art collaborations at galleries across Perth and its XR:WA games and VR expo, Revelation attracts around 22,000 patrons.

The Best Film’s You’ve Never Seen: ‘Cléo from 5 to 7’

Agnès Varda’s highly influential French new wave music drama Cléo from 5 to 7 will screen at The Capitol on Wednesday, July 24 as the next title in The Best Films You've Never Seen series. Set across one evening in wistful, summertime Paris, young singer Cléo Victoire traipses around city streets, cafes, and apartments, awaiting the results of a biopsy that she is certain will reveal cancer. Cléo visits a fortune teller, goes shopping with her maid, attends band practice, interacts...