In a bold leap for Australian cinema, Shooshfest stakes its claim as Australia’s first-ever silent short film competition. Far from your run-of-the-mill festival, Shooshfest invites creators from all walks of life – not just filmmakers – to weave cinematic magic without uttering a single word. No verbose monologues, no whispered secrets, no foley – just…
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2024 Inner West Film Festival Announce Program
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2024’s Inner West Film Fest will roll out across Dendy Cinemas, Palace Cinemas, Actors Centre Australia, Marrickville Golf Club and many more locations throughout Sydney’s glorious Inner West from April 11 to 21, 2024. In addition to a host of must-see screenings, the festival is jam-packed with fun activities to bring the Inner West community…
2nd Inner West Film Fest Announcements
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The 2nd Inner West Film Fest [IWFF] have announced the first five films from this year’s program, including actor and director Faouzi Bensaïdi’s comical road film, DÉSERTS, which premiered at the Cannes Director’s Fortnight; and the Australian premiere of DRUGSTORE JUNE, co-written, produced and starring comedian Esther Povitsky, with a side-splitting support cast, including Beverly…
Lakelands to Open 9th Irish Film Festival Australia
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Lakelands has been named as the Opening Night Premiere for the 9th Irish Film Festival Australia. Lakelands is the feature debut for writers and directors Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, picking up the Best Film Award at both the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh and Kerry International Film Festival. “I’m proud to present our Opening Night…
MDFF 2023 – Kombi Man
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Director Jeff Bird Rated E Score 4/6 Afflicted with a serious blood cancer, former psychologist Paul Mutimer hits the road on a fun filled and hilarious adventure to buy a Kombi and explore the meaning of life. Kombi Man is being featured in this year’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. I hope that there are more…
SWIFF Has Announced Australian Premiere of Infinity Pool
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The Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival (Apr 20 – May 5), is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated Australian Premiere of Brandon Cronenberg’s latest cinematic disruption, Infinity Pool, set to take place on Tuesday, April 25th, at SWIFF’23. “SWIFF’23 is incredibly excited to host the Australian Premiere of Infinity Pool and proud to be…
World Premiere of A Cotton Moon at the Phoenix Film Festival
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The highly anticipated short film, A Cotton Moon, will make its world premiere at the prestigious Phoenix Film Festival, as part of the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival showcase. A Cotton Moon is a dark and suspenseful thriller that tells the story of Deacon, a loner who finds himself captivated by cryptic TV broadcasts…
SWIFF Announces Partnership with SBS On Demand
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The Screenwave International Film Festival, kicks off on April 20 and finishes on May 5, and will find new audiences this year around Australia, thanks to a new partnership with SBS On Demand. The new partnership will see a dedicated and branded SWIFF program of 10 feature films from previous festivals, which will be able…
SWIFF’23 Announces Program
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Theatres across the Coffs Coast region of NSW are preparing for a record influx of film lovers from April 20 to May 5, with regional Australia’s largest film and screen celebration, the Screenwave International Film Festival, breaking its previous ticket presales record again last week, ahead of the full SWIFF’23 festival line-up becoming publicly available. SWIFF…
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2023 Reveals Program
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The Alliance Française French Film Festival 2023 revealed its complete crème-de-la-crème programme of contemporary French films. The 34th edition of the largest celebration of French film outside of France, arrives across Australia from 7th March – 23rd April. The culturally curious will once again venture to the cinema and be seduced by a season of…