Tag Archive for Screenwave International Film Festival 2023

SWIFF’23 Breaks Attendance Record

This year’s festival, the Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival has set a new all-time ticket sales record, meaning that by the end of SWIFF’23 the festival will also break the overall attendance record. Festival organisers attribute a voracious appetite for all things cinema, a strong program line-up, and SWIFF’s expansion back to Bellingen Memorial…

Goran Stolevski’s Of an Age Wins 2023 Ferguson Film Prize

The Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival has announced the recipient of the 2023 Ferguson Film Prize as Australian-Macedonian director Goran Stolevski for his Melbourne-set coming of age romance, Of an Age. The Ferguson Film Prize, which includes a trophy, a $3000 personal cash prize, and an official award accreditation, is bequeathed by Australian film…

SWIFF’23 Kicks of Next Week

The Screenwave International Film Festival begins next week amongst the beaches and mountains of the pristine Coffs Coast, and having already broken its previous ticket presales record, Festival Directors are now predicting a new attendance record for SWIFF’23 (April 20 – May 5). Husband and wife Festival Directors Dave Horsley and Kate Howat founded Coffs…

SWIFF’23 Announces Program

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…

The Survival of Kindness to Open SWIFF’23

The Coffs Coast’s 16-day 2023 Screenwave International Film Festival (April 20 – May 5) have announced revered Australian auteur Rolf de Heer’s first feature film in nine years, The Survival of Kindness, to launch its eighth festival at the SWIFF’23 Opening Night Gala on April 20. SWIFF Artistic Director, Kate Howat explained that the Survival…

Third Screening Venue For Screenwave International Film Festival in 2023

Coffs Harbour-based creative film and screen collective Screenwave has announced their the 2023 Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF), hosting 16 days and nights of film screenings, live music performances, and special events between April 20 and May 5 next year, with the limited presale round of SWIFF’23 festival passes now on sale. Helmed by husband-and-wife…