Screen NSW Short to Feature Fast Track: Submissions

This year's Screen NSW Short to Feature Fast Track initiative will provide up to five creative teams with an opportunity to develop a short film or proof of concept production, and to further develop the concept into a low-budget feature film. Creative teams will also be given the chance to build their networks and relationships with experienced practitioners, as well as industry professionals from the distribution sector. Successful teams will be allocated an experienced, NSW-based executive producer by Screen NSW...

The Very Short Film Festival: Submissions due

The annual Very Short Film Festival has announced its call for submissions, welcoming films spanning all genres with a sole requirement: they must be within 5 minutes and incorporate the 2024 signature theme - 'spark'. The theme can be achieved through visuals, dialogue, metaphor, or any other creative interpretation. In a commitment to inclusivity, the festival waives entry fees, ensuring that all storytellers, regardless of background, have an equal opportunity to share their stories. The festival is exclusive to filmmakers...

Applications due – Screen Queensland Channel Lab: YouTube Accelerator

Screen Queensland, in partnership with Changer and with support from YouTube, will provide up to 20 emerging Queensland creators with in-depth training to enhance their production skills, better understand their audience and build their YouTube presence. Channel Lab: YouTube Accelerator participants will undertake a 16-week masterclass and mentoring program with Brisbane’s globally recognised creator specialists Changer, who have run creator workshops in Australia and internationally in collaboration Google. Practitioners will be equipped with the skills to maximise their creative potential...

Inner West Film Festival

The 2nd Inner West Film Fest  has announced the first five films from this year’s program, including actor and director Faouzi Bensaïdi’s comical road film, Déserts, which premiered at the Cannes Director’s Fortnight; and the Australian premiere of Drugstore June. The line-up will also include writer-director Ally Pankiw's directorial debut feature, I Used to Be Funny, starring rising star Rachel Sennot as a promising stand-up and the latest film from Denys Arcand, Testament,  which pokes fun at political correctness, identity...

Fantastic Film Festival 2024

The Fantastic Film Festival returns to Sydney and Melbourne in May for its fifth edition, offering a cross-section of cult, genre, arthouse, and alternative cinema across 24 feature films and 14 short films. The festival will open with a bang with the Australian premiere of Kiah Roache-Turner's Sting, with the director to participate in a Q&A following the screening. Other highlights include a 4K restoration of Gareth Evans 2011 Indonesian action thriller The Raid, and a 30th anniversary screening of...