Events

Uniting the pillars of entertainment, media, and technology, Screen Forever is one of the largest congregations of screen industry professionals in the Southern Hemisphere, attended by a broad cross-section of the Australian screen business. Discussions encompass aspects of producing, creating, writing, directing, distributing, and financing screen content across film, television, games, interactive, and online. The event will conclude with the annual SPA Awards, featuring categories such as Animated Production of the Year, Feature Film Production of the Year, Commissioner of...

The Screen Producer Australia (SPA) Awards are back for 2022, with winners from each category to be announced at an in-person ceremony on the final night of Screen Forever 37, taking place on Gold Coast from May 3-5, 2023. The awards honour industry contributions and are the only awards voted solely by production businesses. With the awards ceremony scheduled for May 2023, the eligibility period has been extended and encompasses July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022. Returning categories include...

The 2023 Independent Cinemas Australia (ICA) Conference will be held in Adelaide in May at The Piccadilly, Wallis Cinemas' refurbished art deco location. Connect with cinema owners, distributors and suppliers, and hear about the latest ideas, tools, and titles to help you navigate the year ahead. This year's conference focus will be on the showmanship that is critical to delivering a compelling cinema experience. Under examination will be the different approaches and the increasingly complex challenge of attracting the widest possible...

Presented by the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and Merri-bek City Council, the Glenroy Film Festival is designed to showcase some of the world’s best cinema. Specially curated by the MIFF team, the event features new, recent, and classic films in Arabic, English, Italian, Nepali, and Urdu, reflecting the diversity of the Glenroy community. This year's highlights include Osamah Sami’s Ali's Wedding, Sujit Bidari's Butterfly on the Windowpane, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner's Ernest & Celestine, Haifaa al-Mansour's...

The First Nations Film Festival, formerly the Virtual Indigenous Film Festival, is returning as part of this year's National Reconciliation Week. Held from May 30 - June 3, the event features a selection of award-winning films - each with a Virtual Screening and live audience participation via Live Chat - with the aim of bringing audiences together from around the country, and spark discussions surrounding the 2023 Reconciliation Week theme: Be a Voice for Generations. This year’s festival will present...