Spark Short Film Initiative 2023 – Submissions

Applications are open for this year's Spark Short Film initiative, which this year carries the theme of Friendship. Supported by Screen Territory as part of the annual program of the Darwin International Film Festival, three successful recipients will be provided with $30,000 in production funding to produce a ten-minute short film and will have the opportunity to work with an experienced Screen Industry story development mentor and will be assigned an executive producer. Each film will also be provided with...

Gold Coast Film Festival 2023

HOTA, Home of the Arts 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

Celebrating its 21st year, the Gold Coast Film Festival (GCFF) will be held at HOTA from April 19 to 30. Tickets are on sale now for the festival's marquee events, which include the Opening Night Red Carpet Gala Premiere, Screen Industry Gala Awards, and the Women In Film Lunch, with the full program to be launched with all ticket sales on March 16. The Red Carpet will be rolled out for Opening Night on Wednesday, April 19 from 6pm for...

Screenwave International Film Festival

The Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival will open with Rolf de Heer’s The Survival of Kindness. Rolf de Heer, lead actress Mwajemi Hussein, and producers Molly Reynolds and Julie Byrne will be in attendance. The Survival of Kindness, filmed in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges and Tasmania, will launch a 150-session line-up of screenings and events at SWIFF’23, running 16 days and nights across three screening venues in Coffs Harbour and Bellingen, including the newly upgraded historic Bellingen Memorial Hall, having just...

The ReelGood Film Festival

Lido Cinemas 675 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

After a brief hiatus, The ReelGood Film Festival is back! Lido Cinemas will host a jam-packed day of 22...

ABC Art Works Documentary Initiative: Submissions

Screenwest and ABC Arts have opened applications for the ABC Art Works Documentary Initiative, a $10,000 production opportunity designed to offer a broadcast credit to Western Australian filmmakers. Up to four emerging to mid-career producer and director teams will be selected to each produce and deliver a 3-8 minute documentary segment profiling the work of a resident Western Australian artist or arts company, for broadcast on ABC and ABC iview as part of this Art Works. Hosted by Namila Benson, Art...