DocEdge

Doc Edge will move its international documentary festival to Christchurch this June. The 19th edition of this Oscar-qualifying festival will take place in multiple venues across Christchurch offering immersive experiences with screenings, talks, exhibitions, live performances, awards, and screen industry events. After its Christchurch premiere, the festival will be available in Auckland, Wellington, and across Aotearoa New Zealand through Doc Edge's Virtual Cinema. Stay tuned for additional festival programme details to be unveiled early in the new year. FESTIVAL DATES:...

Showdown Showfest

The two-day red-carpet event will premiere six short films locally-produced by the Sunny Coast Showdown team and presented by Bendigo Bank Community Bank. They will compete for the festival’s prize gong, the Gold Yewwy award. The event will also premiere director Chris Sun’s acclaimed comedy short film, Loophole, starring Hugh Parker and Libby Munro while the Hello Sunshine ‘Light, Camera, Lunch!’ story-telling event will host Showdown co-founder and Showdown Winner Emma Morgan. The festival will also feature a new international...

Dark Nights Film Fest: Submissions due

Dark Nights Film Fest is set to haunt Ritz Cinemas in Sydney this coming October. The inaugural festival is inviting horror and dark genre filmmakers to submit their short and feature projects to the festival, with a focus on independent films from emerging and established Australian and international filmmakers. Dark Nights Film Fest - Call for Entries deadlines: Earlybird: May 26 Regular: June 23 Late: July 21 Dark Nights Film Fest will run at Ritz Cinemas, Randwick, Sydney, October 11...

Screen SongHubs 2024: Submissions

Established and emerging screen composers, who identify as women and gender-diverse music creators, are invited to apply for Paramount Australia and APRA AMCOS's Screen Songhubs sessions, to be held July 24-26 at Sydney’s Church Street Studios. Participants will be immersed in scoring tracks for consideration in productions currently under development, including The Dog House and Aussie Shore. Twelve positions are open in total: 10 for Sydney residents and two for APRA AMCOS members living anywhere in Australia. Multi-award-winning Australian screen...

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...