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Russian Film Selection to Screen During Beijing International Film Festival

Due to the efforts of the Russian Film Festival project, five Russian films will be shown offline at the festival in Beijing (17 – 30 September). For the first time, the Russian Film Festival will be integrated into a major international film festival and will be held under the BJIFF: Focus on Russia title. An…

BIFF 2019 Winners Announced

The winners of the 2019 Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF 2019) Short Film Awards were announced recently at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) during the Festival’s closing night party. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Director Chris Saines said the awards included the inaugural Screen Queensland Short Film Award valued at…

BIFF Opens With Judy & Punch

The Brisbane International Film Festival 2019 (BIFF 2019) launches at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) tonight with the Queensland premiere of Judy & Punch, the directorial debut of Australian Mirrah Foulkes. Set in a peculiar and turbulent 17th-century town, Judy & Punch is a darkly funny feminist retelling of a classic tale, starring Damon…

Four Australian Films to have Asian Premieres at BIFF

Screen Australia has recently announced that four Australian films will have their Asian premieres at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), from 1 to 10 October in South Korea. A spokesperson from Screen Australia explained that The Dressmaker, The Daughter, Last Cab to Darwin and Backtrack have been selected for BIFF, one of the biggest…