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...

Natalie Miller Fellowship Catalyst Grants: Submissions

The Natalie Miller Fellowship is inviting applications for its $5,000 Catalyst Grants, which are open to five female and female-identifying applicants in the Australian screen industry to take the next step to fulfill their leadership ambitions. Applicants from all backgrounds across Australia are encouraged to apply. To be eligible, applicants must have at least three years’ professional experience in the Australian film industry (including formal unpaid internships) and not enrolled full or part-time in an undergraduate program.  

German Film Festival

The 2024 HSBC German Film Festival, presented by Palace in cooperation with German Films, is set to feature a selection of contemporary German cinema. First highlights include the new drama from Camera d’Or winning writer/director Claire Burger, Foreign Language, which arrives direct from the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival; One For the Road, starring Frederick Lau and Nora Tschirner; Dark Satellites, starring Nastassja Kinski and Albrecht Schuch and Lubo, starring Franz Rogowski. The ‘Kino for Kids’ sidebar, presented by the...