Events

The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) is marking its 50th anniversary at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia with a program of newly-restored short films from some of the school’s most celebrated alumni. The selection showcases the first forays into filmmaking of some of the founding class of ’73 – Gillian Armstrong, Phillip Noyce and Chris Noonan – alongside distinguished directing alumni from the past 50 years: Ivan Sen, Cate Shortland, Robert Connolly, Sue Brooks, Catriona...

Featuring 55 Australian premiere films from 19 countries, this year's Jewish International Film Festival will deliver a program 30 feature films, 20 documentaries, two series, and six short films alongside a suite of live events to audiences in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart and Gold Coast. Launching JIFF 2023 is the Australian premiere of Erez Tadmor's Matchmaking, the story of Moti Bernstein (Amit Rahav), an Ashkenazi ideal, who defies tradition for Nechama, a Mizrahi beauty. The local contingent includes...

The 29th Brisbane International Film Festival will include a program of world premieres, Australian premieres, Queensland premieres and special events from October 26 through to November 5. BIFF will take place at selected Dendy, Reading and Five Star cinemas locations across Brisbane. Opening the festival is New Zealand coming-of-age comedy Uproar, while Taika Waititi's Next Goal Wins will close the festival. Australian titles include Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel, Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping for Beginners, Luke Sparke’s Bring Him To Me, Mark Leonard Winter’s The...

Monster Fest will return to Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth from at Event Cinemas George St, Event Cinemas Brisbane City, Event Cinemas Marion & Event Cinemas Innaloo. The three day line-up has been curated from an eclectic selection of the Monster Fest 10 day program in Melbourne. Films include Suitable Flesh, The Last Video Store, The Emu War, Time Addicts, There's Something in the Barn, Blood Moon and Trim Season. There is a shorts program, Monster Shorts. The Adelaide festival will include an exclusive session...