Events

Now an established annual event, the Melbourne Science Fiction Film Festival returns to Cinema Nova in February with 10 sessions of sci-fi/fantasy films. This year’s Melbourne line-up will include 16 Australian premieres of features France, Canada, Macedonia, Sweden, The United States and The United Kingdom. The short-film roster of 12 titles includes works Chinese visual effects sector, Polish animation and three works from Australian directors. Opening Night honours go to French director Damien Faure’s Pyramiden, starring David D'Ingéo as the lone...

The Best Films You've Never Seen series returns to Melbourne's The Captiol in 2024, with Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) and Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (1955), ranked #24 and #25 respectively in Sight and Sound Magazine's 100 Greatest Films of All Time list. 2:30 pm - Do the Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee writes, directs and stars in this story about racial conflict in the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. On a scorchingly hot summer day,...

Entries are now open for the 71st Sydney Film Festival in 2024, in cinemas from June 5—16. This year,...

The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) will includine over 40 sessions, more than 70 speakers and 100-plus industry decision...